[Leica] STORY SERIES AS A TEST FOR THE NEXT BOOK? :-)

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Both are keepers! Definitely.

Peter

On 24/09/2012 23:05, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
> Hi Crew,
> Well I have a half million.... well it seems like that. Stories written 
> over the years that some day would become a book. Partly because anytime I 
> was engaged in conversations of.... "Over the years what have you done?" 
> People have encouraged me to start writing and collecting.
> 
> You have seen the odd one or two over the years. But I'm going to give it 
> a shot of at least one or two stories a week, possibly more.
> 
> Then you the CREW can say yea or nay whether any good. interesting or file 
> 13 it! A sort of test drive read:
> 
> Here goes: 
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>  
> 
> Branding Action:
> 
> Before I knew what was happening, they had me on the ground. One relieved
> 
> me of my boots, others had stripped me of my jeans and I was held down like
> 
> a calf with bare buns to the breeze. I yelled and struggled for freedom,
> 
> but with those young fellas holding me down, I wasn't going anywhere.
> 
>  
> 
> It was the end of an assignment in Alberta and a group of cowboys had
> 
> decided I should have a souvenir. One of them arrived with a long needle
> 
> syringe used for calf inoculation, another with the branding iron. In my
> 
> mind, I knew they were kidding-I hoped they were kidding!
> 
>  
> 
> Even when they held the branding iron close enough to feel the heat, I
> 
> wasn't too concerned since I felt it was all in the name of "fun at the
> 
> ranch." But when they yelled for "Harry," the rancher who did the 
> castration,
> 
> I nearly died. Old Harry, known as "The Cutter," came towards us. Smiling
> 
> and sharpening his knife on a wet stone, he prepared for his. . . next
> 
> patient?
> 
>  
> 
> Harry knelt down, "Hold him boys; it'll only take a second." I wasn't a
> 
> great singer in any event, and I thought old Harry wouldn't help a bit with
> 
> his planned action. Then he made a few choice un-complimentary remarks 
> 
> about my "under-pinning!s" Breaking everyone-except me-into howling 
> laughter.
> 
>  
> 
> The "cutting affair" ended with Harry spraying me from my knees to my belly
> 
> button with a purple dyed antiseptic. The final note of embarrassment
> 
> occurred when they threw my boots and clothes around the corral as they let
> 
> me go, forcing me to run around bare-assed purple before the hollering and
> 
> whooping cowboys who hadn't been involved in the initiation. Of course, I
> 
> eventually managed to regain my clothes, cameras and composure to finish
> 
> shooting the real action of the day.
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>  
> 
> But, imagine my wife's reaction when I arrived home from the assignment and
> 
> tried to explain the purple coloring!
> 
> 
> 
> We'll make it two for openers:................................
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> 
> 
> Louis Riel:
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>  St. Boniface, Manitoba -- 
> 
> It appeared rain was imminent and I rushed to
> 
> unpack my equipment for the last location shot where Louis Riel, leader of
> 
> the Northwest Rebellion was buried.  His grave site and head stone were the
> 
> subject of the assignment.
> 
>  
> 
> I grabbed a camera and started shooting, only to run out of film after the
> 
> first couple of frames.  I yelled at my son to hurry-up and load another
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> camera, meaning of course to hurry before the rain started.
> 
>  
> 
> Much to my surprise he replied, "What's you're hurry, he's been there a
> 
> hundred years."
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> 
> 
> So let's see what happens. Thanks for your assistance.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Dr. ted :-) 
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