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Subject: [Leica] LUG Yearbook status
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:39:26 +0000
References: <195481fe771d200a9885c4a2abaf72d3@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> <EAE67F27-8692-4A40-AEC6-4DA405DC1375@gmail.com>

And signed with a capital T too, so THAT'S IT!!

Douglas
who always wondered whether the "Ted" was a diminutive of Eadweard as in 
Muybridge a real photographic name, born in a darkroom, and baptized in 
a developing tank...


On 19/03/2021 09:05, Philippe via LUG wrote:
> Happy to read things are getting much better in your quarters :-)
>
> Ted would regularly sign his posts as ted, without a capital T.
> He also was so proud with Dr ted, OC
>
> I bet it?s all in the lug archives :-)
>
> His handwriting here - the Barcelona International Gathering 2012 CREW 
> will remember the episode when Ted was nowhere to be found ? in the wrong 
> building ;-)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/LUG+in+Barcelona/The+OTHER+room+31-8882.jpg.html
>  
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/LUG+in+Barcelona/The+OTHER+room+31-8882.jpg.html>
>
>
> Amities
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>> Le 18 mars 2021 ? 22:47, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> a 
>> ?crit :
>>
>> The deadline for submitting pictures to this year's yearbook was 11 
>> February.
>>
>> On 15 February I tested positive for Covid-19. You can imagine that the 
>> reason I went and got tested was that I was feeling worse than awful. So 
>> on February 12, when I should have started assembling the yearbook, I 
>> just sat there and stared into space.
>>
>> I seem to have recovered. I lost a month to Covid, but today I found 
>> myself feeling good enough to get started on assembling the yearbook. It 
>> went well, and I think I can finish it up in a week or so.
>>
>> I want to dedicate this year's book to Ted Grant, who as you surely know 
>> passed away in 2020. I figured that the name he was born with was not 
>> "Ted", probably "Theodore" or "Edward", and spent more time than I care 
>> to admit trying to find official documents, but can't find anything 
>> authoritative. Does anybody know?
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] LUG Yearbook status)
Message from photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe) ([Leica] LUG Yearbook status)