[Leica] On retirement

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)]

Sounds like a party you shouldn't be missing! Just have the damn party if
the first step doesn't pan out, and we'll make it an annual event!! I'm
even willing to bet that we'd all chip in each year and leave the final one
to you as you won't feel your pocket being lightened!!

Bob


On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 11:29 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Brian Reid OFFERED:
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> 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.<<<<<<
>>
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> 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 ;-)
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Bob Adler