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Subject: [Leica] Sunday Shot
From: bjq1 at mac.com (Bernard Quinn)
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2016 21:05:51 -0400
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Douglas,

Didn't mean to offend you. I apologize if I did. 

Barney 

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Oct 31, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Living here in Ireland, there's a dearth of superstition. The view through 
> Hollywood's lens of Ireland via the likes of Darby O'Gill and the Little 
> People, Finian's Rainbow and films of that ilk would have many simple sons 
> of the Stars'n'Stripes (Trump voters) thinking we're always chasing 
> leprechauns and pots of gold at the bottom of rainbows, but I gave that up 
> last year -  although I still buy the occasional lottery ticket :-)
> 
> However, we did give the feast of Samhain to the US, and you lot 
> transformed it into Hallowe'en and gave a more garish version back to us. 
> As I type this, the light is disappearing into the enveloping dusk. Soon 
> the night will be alive with hordes of deformed monstosities and our door 
> will be besieged with the neighbourhood's disguised children demanding 
> Trick or Treat. Unfortunately, gun ownership is illegal here :-)
> 
> On retirement, as someone who retired four years ago, I can tell you I'm 
> baffled as to where all my time goes, so forget about gravestones, enjoy 
> the experience, and I hope you produce many books of photography, and not 
> just the one of the Eastern Shore.
> 
> Douglas
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barney Quinn" <bjq1 at mac.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 12:31 AM
> Subject: [Leica] Sunday Shot
> 
> 
>> 
>> Tomorrow is Halloween. It is also the day when I am going to retire. It 
>> is a good thing that I am not a superstitious Irishman or this is 
>> something which would worry me a great deal. Happy trick or treating or 
>> trick or drinking as you prefer to one and all. I feel a bit like these 
>> tomb stones - worn and weathered, The time has come to let go, make room 
>> for something else, and turn my attention full time to photography, ham 
>> radio, and music along with a book of photos of the Eastern Shore,
>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Grave_Stones.jpg.html
>> 
>> Comments and Criticisms Welcome!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Barney
>> 
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