[Leica] CHRISTMAS WISHES & MORE!!

Mon Dec 26 15:19:20 PST 2016

+1!

Loved hearing from you on my Christmas phone call, Ted!!

Lots of love,

Tina

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com>
wrote:

> That’s great to hear, Dr Ted! The whole LUG’s looking forward to buying
> autographed copies to treasure and more copies to send to our favorite
> budding FWACs*!
>
> Best New Year wishes, Ted, and many many more.
>
> —howard
>
> *Fool with a camera, my chosen description of myself and people like me,
> as opposed to LUG members
>
>
> > On Dec 26, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Howard.
> > Thankyou for your suggestion of an autobiography. At the moment I am in
> just that project. No completion date.
> > As it's bits and pieces covering my photo time from 27 May 1950 when my
> dear wife Irene put the first camera, an "ARGUS A2" 35mm  point & shoot
> film model in my hands as a 2oth birthday gift awakening the photo-monster
> within! :-) Ever since!
> > I still have it with a roll of film in it. :-)
> > As curious as to what exposures are in there? I have no idea what it may
> be? It's probably subjects from well over 50 plus years ago? It'll never
> get souped as it's going with me!  ;-)
> > Oh some day before I move to the "BIG DARKROOM" in the sky! OR
> WHEREVER?  :-)
> > THE TRUTH IS? "God wont take me! Nor the devil have me?"
> > SO I'M HERE FOREVER! So get over it! :-) :-) :-)
> > Here's WISHING every CREW member a fabulous NEW YEAR 2017.
> > May your "GREAT SPIRIT" carry you safely and successfully throughout it!
> See you next year! :-)
> > cheers,
> > Dr. Ted C.M. O.C.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Howard L Ritter Jr
> > Sent: December-26-16 6:10 AM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] CHRISTMAS WISHES!
> >
> > That’s a great story, Ted! I guess the LUG will give you a pass on not
> posting photos of the event. Once survival had been assured, it must have
> been very annoying that despite being in the midst of a heart-stopping
> drama, you were too occupied in helping to ASSURE that survival to have
> been able to document it.
> >
> > Hmmm…are you looking for someone to help you write your autobiography?
> Selling a few hundred copies to the LUG would be just the start, I’m sure!
> >
> > Happy Boxing Day! (Or is that tomorrow, and today a holiday in the Great
> White North as it is here in the sunny south?)
> >
> > —howard
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 24, 2016, at 7:10 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Howard,
> >> As we were plunging toward the ice, pilot attempting every flying trick
> he knew. He yelled at me to grab the fire extinguisher and when we landed
> to jump out, run around to the other side of the chopper, open engine
> compartment door and start pumping the fire extinguisher as quickly as
> possible at any fire.
> >> Now I'm kneeling on the floor, camera in one hand, fire ext. in the
> other when I realized God made an error and only gave us two hands and
> arms? :-( So something had to be  modified given I had camera in one hand,
> fire extinguisher in the other? And I'm a normal human being with two
> hands. So how was I going to open the door to get out quickly?
> >> The first and only time I ever put a camera down with the potential for
> exciting photos. Wham!!! we hit and as I already had my hand on the door
> handle it popped open and I'm out like a rocket to the opposite side of the
> chopper, Rotor blades going swishie-swishie over my head as I dashed around
> to the opposite side. Pilot has his door open with smoke billowing out. I
> grab handle, pop door open going to be hero of the day? Pilot screams at
> me' "THAT'S THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT"!!!!!!!!! OOOPPPSSSS!! :-)
> >> Then I grabbed the correct handle and opened to a big poof of smoke!
> Mean while rotor blades still swishing just above my head! Seemed like they
> were getting closer??????
> >> As it turned out it was a fire within the heating unit. So we had it
> out pretty quick. However we then had more than 2 hour flight "without
> heat" to the nearest directional DECCA stn. Where we would be able to have
> plane servicing.
> >> Sorry no pictures of all this as you can imagine I had my hands full
> with survival things. :-) Sure had a fast beating heart though! :-)
> >> cheers,
> >> ted
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of Howard L Ritter Jr
> >> Sent: December-24-16 3:28 PM
> >> To: Leica Users Group
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] CHRISTMAS WISHES!
> >>
> >> Well, the Great Spirit, who must know by now to keep you on a short
> leash, is obviously much with you, Dr Ted, and for that we are all thankful
> as well!
> >>
> >> A blessed Merry Christmas to you and the same year-end sentiments to
> all LUGgers.
> >>
> >> —howard
> >>
> >> P.S. Sure would like to hear more about that helicopter plunging toward
> the Arctic ice…and to see the photos that the Dr Ted we know would have
> gotten. If his equipment survived (Leica? I’ll bet it did!).
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Dec 24, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> MY CHRISMAS 2016 WISHES TO THE CREW! J
> >>>
> >>> I wish you all the most exciting moments you can possibly enjoy while
> >>> opening a gift from a friend or your caring LOVING FAMILY! J
> >>>
> >>> I realize the CREW is made up of a number of varying religions. So be
> it.
> >>>
> >>> May I suggest for a "tiny moment" if you possibly can? Here's my "Great
> >>> Spirit" that has brought/got me this far?
> >>>
> >>> "The GREAT SPIRIT?" In reality, each and everyone of us has a "GREAT
> >>> SPIRIT". Each religion has a different name for "HE? or SHE?"
> >>>
> >>> Maybe you aren't involved in a religion?
> >>>
> >>> BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT? Out there somewhere there is a "Great Spirit"
> that
> >>> looks after you just as you "click?" The shutter assisting you to
> capture a
> >>> magical moment.
> >>>
> >>> Now don't get all "TTTTTTing" J
> >>>
> >>> Nor get all anti-religion as this has nothing to do with religion?
> "WELL AS
> >>> FAR AS I'M CONCERNED!"
> >>>
> >>> My "GREAT SPIRIT" has pretty well always been on my shoulder saving my
> ass
> >>> during a few of the following!
> >>>
> >>> 1/ Crashing in a Sprint car during a race on a half mile dirt track!
> Flipped
> >>> upside down and destroyed! The car was a write off. Me? Stitches in
> face and
> >>> head!
> >>>
> >>> 2/ Crashing in a Stock Car then crashed into while I'm upside down
> hanging
> >>> on my seat belt!" four other cars into me destroying my car!
> >>>
> >>> 3/ In the high arctic on assignment the helicopter filled with smoke
> and we
> >>> are hundreds of miles from base camp falling toward the arctic ocean
> frozen
> >>> ice at 50 below zero. OOPS!JWalked away! Damn cold
> >>>
> >>> 4/A ski equipped twin Otter plane bad landing on Arctic ice, breaking
> a wing
> >>> and strut off. Rather bumpy one might say!  L
> >>>
> >>> 5/ Survived two war assignments.. 1967 Mideast and a short time in
> Vietnam
> >>> 1968.
> >>>
> >>> 6/ While in the center field shooting at car race and wheel came off
> car,
> >>> hit & FLIPPED me and cameras into the sky! OH YEA that hurt! I was by
> >>> ambulance to hospital!  but I survived!
> >>>
> >>> That merely touches the 65 years as a photojournalist hopping about the
> >>> world! That's because my "GREAT SPIRIT" has been on my shoulder all
> those
> >>> years!
> >>>
> >>> So there you go a bit about my "GREAT SPIRIT!"J
> >>>
> >>> HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS DAY & a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!
> >>>
> >>> CHEERS,
> >>>
> >>> Dr. Ted Grant  C.M.  O.C.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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