Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I will buy into the party bit but would not mind a postponement of the main event. On 4 Jan 2014, at 08:29, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > Brian Reid OFFERED: > Subject: Re: [Leica] On retirement >> This is one of the best things I've read on the LUG in quite a while. >> Thank you, Larry. I'm 64 and a number of my peers are retiring. I hadn't >> been able to put my finger on why I didn't want to retire, but this nails >> it. A week after I no longer have anything to do, I know I will drop >> dead.<<<<<< > > Hi Brian, > No you can't do that with a little planning as in: HERE'S THE PLAN! :-) > I'm serious! ;-) > > My plan with everything ready for number TWO SON to make it work! ;-O > > PLAN "A:" > DROP DEAD DAY EVENT PLAN: DAY of the 100th birthday? 27 May 2029. > > 1/ UNDERTAKER IS ORDERED FOR THE FINAL DAY! > 2/ small but great little band is hired! Guests can boogie all night! > 3/ An excellent caterer with all wonderful food arranged! > 4/A Bar-Master, assistant and all the bottled liquids required ready. > Taxis's ordered to > drive folks home or to their hotel upon retiring. > 5/ A clean-up crew to set the house, back deck and gardens back to cleaned > space. > > Now you'll ask.... " How the heck do you know that's going to be the day > and have everything in place?" Easy! > > Because during my life and the many near death events I've survived and > absolutely sure I wouldn't survive past 40 due to Stock car crashes as a > driver along with a couple of years driving Sprint cars on dirt and paved > tracks. First day out in a brand new Sprint coming out of number 4 corner > for the staightaway and flipped it off the track and landed up-side down > cut me up a little? Survived covering two wars, 1967 Mid-East "6 Day War" > And the next year a spot of time in Viet Nam. > > Now the simplicty of this plan hinges on the TV weather gal in Vancouver > as she does every evening before her forecast. She names a bunch of > "elders who've reached high end birthdays that day the youngest being > 100." Then she carries on with the weather. > > Now on 27 May 2029 and she announces.... "Over there in Victoria Ted Grant > hit's the big 100!" > > And with that? It's the signal for action! Yer going to love this part! :-) > > 1/ I drop dead! > 2/ The undertakers jump to action. Get rid of body! That's me with a Leica > in hand! > 3/ The band get's rockin' and rollin' > 4/ Bar keep opens bar! > 5 Caterar opens tables laden with food! > And evryone is going to have a wonderful party while remembering the "Old > photog a bit crazy" who just hit the silk as not a bad ass old guy > afterall! :-) > > So is it a plan or not? > > Oh yeah! All you LUGGERS and LUGGITTES are on the guest list! So nobody > goes before 27 May 2029! Be there as it's going to be a wild and crazy > "WAKE!" > > Now didn't I say you'd love the plan! :-) > > cheers everybody and come early! ;-) As it's going to be one of the all > time GREAT photographer parties. Cameras are allowed..MUST BE A LEICA OF > SOME KIND!:-) > BUT NO FLASH! > > Cheers CREW, > ted :-) > > AKA ... Dr. Ted ;-) > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/