[Leica] IMG: Christmas Elves

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

A new Ted story is the best LUG Christmas present you could possibly ask
for!
I'll just point out that it will be sunshine, warmth, swimming pools and
bbq season in this part of the woods ;-)


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 3 December 2013 06:15, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Tina Manley OFFERED:
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Christmas Elves
>
>
>  My grandkids, Sophie, Sadie, and Bennett - ready for Christmas:
>> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/153575703/original
>>
>> They will be in Chicago this Christmas with their other grandparents so we
>> are practicing early ;-)<<<<<
>>
>
> HiTina,
>
> Beautiful grandchildren and colourful outfits! :-) In Chicago for
> Christmas? If they live in your neck of the woods as their regular home
> turf? Being in Chicago for Christmas could be a major eye opener if they
> have a huge snowfall?
>
> If that's the case the children may never want to visit Chicago ever again
> at Christmas nor any month when tons of snow fall and it's freezing cold!?
> :-)
>
> Since I moved out here to Victoria very rarely having snow during the
> winter or very cold? I avoid returning to the Eastern parts of Canada
> during winter! I figure I did my "FREEZING COLD -- SNOW" duties over the
> years at my birth home of Toronto and move to Ottawa where they have the
> longest skating rink in the world on the Rideau Canal. It didn't make any
> difference for me as I stopped ice-skating one year after skating on a
> farmer's pond and went through thin ice! :-(
>
> One might call it a "chilling experience!" :-)
>
> Then the many high Arctic assignments shooting at minus 60 below. Or out
> with the Eastern Arctic Inuit seal hunters while riding on  an open "sled
> made from whale bone and wood.." And pulled by a dozen or so sled dogs.
>
> Great ride unless you fall asleep while riding along in the darkness of
> the twilight-zone and get dumped off in the dark. left hollering yer head
> off for the hunter to turn around and come back for you.
>
> Never had a hunter who was a happy camper having to turn his team around,
> they don't do that on a dime! A great big large circle then find you on the
> ice of Frobisher Bay hoping the ice doesn't break through while you're
> waiting and yelling for the sled & hunter to "save you?" ;-) from a certain
> death if he doesn't!
>
> Just another assignment of adventure! :-)  Lot's of stories like this in
> the new biography!
>
> The only place I enjoy snow?  On Christmas cards! :-)
>
> cheers,
> ted :-)
>
>
>
>
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