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Subject: [Leica] In the Subway with the M6
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (lluisripollphotography)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:34:22 +0200
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+1

I always say ?The age is a statistic record only?

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hixw2y5WDg 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hixw2y5WDg>>

Cheers
Lluis



> El 20 jul 2016, a les 6:51, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> va escriure:
> 
> Tina offered:
>>> Tired, old lady photographer<<
> 
> NEVER! NEVER! NEVER!  :-)
> 
> Not you my dear Lady! Oh you may have aches and pains on occasion, fair 
> enough! BUT? 
> Here is what will keep you going and always reaching for the camera one 
> more? OR? A dozen more times! :-)
> Keep mobile! Walking or any kind of physical activity in comfort that you 
> can do. Or cope with!
> You have told the crew many times about your gardening and harvesting that 
> you do? That's perfect but kind of slip into it easily.
> Not to forget the prepping of foods for some of your meals throughout the 
> winter months. 
> You are a "DOER!" And yes you'll still get some aches and pains just to 
> tick you off some days! :-(
> Modify it as age comes along and you will continue to enjoy the fun and 
> enjoyment of photography, if nothing more than shooting the farm 
> activities. 
> Oh but you have a fine family and a young'n or two that will become your 
> constant ongoing models! :-)
> Trust me the past few years of my life I let everything grind to a halt 
> and I became a mentally wretched physically old man who basically just 
> wanted to die without question! 
> Never ever in all my years while travelling the planet on assignments to 
> all kinds of events and countries was that ever an attitude! 
> It was always "think young, be young" and enjoy every waking moment 
> possible! OH yes at some events the worst aches and pains were hangovers! 
> :-) Not often, as I could never understand the sheer stupidity of it the 
> next day. :-(
> Today my "Young mental & physical attitude" is returning. Here's my way of 
> returning to feel like I was 15 years. Instead of the 87 age in reality! 
> Just add the 8&7 together and allow yourself some wild and crazy thoughts 
> & I'm 15 years young again. :-) Trust me as long as you don't try to be 
> 15yrs you can rebuild yourself physically by gradually keeping the 15 age 
> thought with a smile and start doing the exercising.
> I did twice a day sit-up's until Irene passed away! That created a 
> disposition of depression of doing nothing! I went from quite easily doing 
> 80-100 situps twice a day with hardly any effort! Why that many? Well the 
> original 80 number for the sit-ups was to be an 80th self birthday gift 
> and to improve my over all well being. It took me 4 months and 2 weeks to 
> reach the goal. And I felt like a million dollars. Well I actually had 
> reached the 100 sit-up mark two weeks before my 8oth birthday party. Why? 
> Oh hell just to see if I could!
> Then everything stopped! Attitude being the biggest! Leaving one with 
> absolutely no drive to do anything. And it's all downhill from there!
> HOWEVER? "ATTITUDE" is back in the saddle and it looks like the beginning 
> of a rebuilding is in place to return the "OLDMAN" :-( aaacccckkkk! 
> Back to the 15 year old mentally refreshed with some of the "PARA-jumping 
> attitude again!" :-)
> I'm walking 3 mornings a week with a couple. He was a photo student many 
> years ago and dropped by one day to visit me with his new Bride and we got 
> talking about fitness and attitude. And the PLAN came together and off we 
> went! And I'm feeling a touch of the old "Kick-ass" attitude returning. So 
> I may once again pick-up my M8 and have a "shoot out in and around the 
> garden." if nowhere else! :-)  
> So now Tina my dear Lady, we'll not have any more of that "old lady 
> photographer Stuff!" :-)  thank you very much!  :-)
> Always think positive & always young! :-)
> cheers,
> Dr.Ted Grant OC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: July-19-16 5:47 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] In the Subway with the M6
> 
> It's almost enough to make me go back to film.  Almost but not quite!!  I'm
> too old to go back to film but if I were a young photographer just starting
> out, this would convince me to try film.  :-)
> 
> Tired, old lady photographer,
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 7:21 PM, lluisripollphotography <
> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Tina,
>> 
>> Thank you very much! film is different ? I really appreciate you like it
>> Lluis
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> El 20 jul 2016, a les 0:47, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> va 
>>> escriure:
>>> 
>>> Your film photos are wonderful!  Beautiful tones.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 5:06 PM, lluisripollphotography <
>>> lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Waiting the train
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Subway/2016F050423LR5.jpg.html
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Subway/2016F050424LR5.jpg.html
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ongles
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Subway/2016F050425LR5.jpg.html
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Metro-Chat
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Subway/2016F050404LR5.jpg.html
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Leica M6, Summilux 35 Pre, Ilford FP4 EI 125, D76
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
>>>> 
>>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>> Lluis
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
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