[Leica] Greetings

Thu Dec 24 19:14:39 PST 2015

Herb:  Sorry you had to go through this, so glad you are OK, and happy
holiday of your choice to you, too!  And blessings to the police officer.
--Peter

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com>
wrote:

> A Very Merry Christmas to Ted and for that matter all the valued members
> of this long and friendly list wherever ye may be.
>
> Scott
>
> > On Dec 23, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Crew,
> > Driving? I'll try to make this short? ;-) But then you know me?  :-) :-)
> It's a story!
> >
> > I learned to drive at the age of 13. Drove all over the country side
> without a licence until I was old enough, 16 yrs to have one. But most of
> that was around the farm and backcountry roads. Not much traffic.
> >
> > Since:
> > 1/ I've drove tanks, Sherman's and Churchill's. Any number of
> reconnaissance
> >    type military scout cars.
> > 2/ STAGHOUND  GMC Armoured cars with 37mm main gun & twin engines.
> > 3/In my twenties I drove "Sprint & Stock Car racing cars on dirt &
> Asphalt tracks.
> > Oh had a few crash and burns and hospital trips! OOPS! :-(
> > Never had any accidents of any kind driving legally on roads nor hywys.
> >
> > A year ago driving in home town a guy started "honking at me!" The worst
> thing another driver can do to me! Urgent feelings of "kill!" Then I looked
> at my speedometer and I was only driving at 40 klm per hour on a 50 KLM
> street.
> > I was so surprised I hadn't been paying attention to the speed limit nor
> my speedometer.
> > Next street to the right I turned  and parked, calmed down and thought
> about my actions, driving & attitude! :-( Calmed down, I drove home parked
> my car. My oldest grandson came over and took the car home and sold it!
> > AND I'VE NEVER DRIVEN SINCE! That's a year now! :-(  It's driving me
> crazy every time I want to go shopping or wherever & maybe being
> "CARELESS!"
> >
> > I was in error when the other driver honked at me because I wasn't
> really paying attention to my driving looking at the "speedometer" which
> also means???????
> >
> > "MAYBE I WASN'T PAYING PROPER ATTENTION TO OTHER THINGS!" :-( "What if
> my in-attention caused a crash or accident or I killed someone or
> myself??????? Can I drive today in my 87th year? YES!
> > BUT? I believe in pure "COMMON SENSE" dictates my life whenever it's
> obvious. So there you go folks. "WHY I DON'T DRIVE!"
> > SAFE DRIVING TO EVERYONE! :-)
> > cheers,
> > Dr.ted  :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim Nichols
> > Sent: December-23-15 7:42 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Greetings
> >
> > Herb, I'm only 85, so I shouldn't try to give advice to my elders, but I
> > will offer a few comments.  I find that daytime driving is no problem,
> > and a lot less stressful than driving at night, so I try to time my
> > errands, and even evening meals, a little earlier.  On my way home one
> > evening last week, I noticed that the car behind me was driving without
> > lights.  It is easy to forget the lights when there are street lights
> > every half-block.  You might want to consider investing the insurance
> > money in an inexpensive car to use for daytime errands.
> >
> > Your cop story is certainly different from the ones that usually make
> > the news these days.  You might consider a "Letter to the Editor" of the
> > local paper, to show that the police do include some fine folks.
> >
> > Glad you came through it ok.
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> >
> >> On 12/23/2015 12:38 AM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> >> Happy holidays everyone.
> >>
> >> I’ve been pretty disorganized all week and not thinking about
> photography. My car was totaled last Friday evening by what must have been
> a drunk driving without headlights. My car was hit from the right at about
> a forty-five degree angle as I was making a left turn. Street showed no
> headlights as far as I could see in either direction and there was no flash
> of light at my car interior as I was hit. The car spun around, crossed the
> street in the process and ended up in the grass in a park, facing the
> street I had been on. I wasn’t even bruised. Airbags did not deploy. I
> never got any details about the other driver other than that he was taken
> to the hospital, claiming pain. Street so wide that I couldn’t even
> distinguish between cop cars, and the one that hit me. Cops didn’t cross
> the street; the cop with me knew nothing about what was known on the other
> side of the street. He just got my story. All I could do re reporting the
> incident to my insurance company was to tell them to get the police report.
> >>
> >> An amazing thing did happen. The young cop on my side was chatting me
> up. Possibly to see if I was campus mantis and sober. The conversation got
> into where I was heading, a specific restaurant that I named, and what I
> was planning to eat: a steak, rare.
> >>
> >> After the two truck took both cars away, the cop gave me a lift home in
> the back of the squad car. About fifteen minutes later, the doorbell rang.
> It was the cop, holding a plastic sack. He went to that restaurant and
> bought me dinner; refused compensation. I got to tell his sergeant about it
> over the phone, and was told the cop would get a commendation.
> >>
> >> Because I’m 93, I can’t tell how many driving years are left in me, and
> I decided not to go through the hassle of buying a car but just use Uber
> and Lyft services.
> >>
> >> Herb
> >>
> >>
> >> Herbert Kanner
> >> kanner at acm.org
> >>
> >> Question Authority and the authorities will question you.
> >>
> >>
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