[Leica] ORDER of CANADA PRESENTATION & PRIME MINISTER of CANADA? :-)

Gene Duprey geneduprey2015 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 18 20:40:20 PST 2016


Great to hear you had a great time, and again Congratulations on receiving
the Order of Canada.  Glad to hear you are feeling well also.  Can't wait
to see the photos.

gene

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Susan Ryan <skalte at icloud.com> wrote:

> Congratulations, Ted - glad you are home where it’s warm and the grass is
> green. Can’t wait to see the photos!
>
> You rock.
>
> Sue
>
> > On Feb 18, 2016, at 7:03 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jim,
> > Thanks for your concerns as Ottawa on Tuesday 16th had a record snow fall
> > that was amazing all day long and thousands commuters were stranded in
> the
> > city core and had to sleep in hotels as traffic was shut down.
> > I arrived home yesterday afternoon to sunshine, green un-cut  grass and
> sun
> > shine! Just gotta love it! :-)
> > cheers,
> > ted
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf Of
> > Jim Nichols
> > Sent: February-18-16 5:54 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] ORDER of CANADA PRESENTATION & PRIME MINISTER of
> > CANADA? :-)
> >
> > Glad you are back in the warm West.  I kinda worried about you in those
> > frigid temperatures.
> >
> > Jim Nichols
> > Tullahoma, TN USA
> >
> > On 2/18/2016 7:49 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> >> Hi Crew,
> >>
> >> Well home now 24 hours still recovering the most amazing lifetime events
> >> I've ever encountered.
> >>
> >> As you know I flew to Canada's capital, Ottawa, to receive the most
> >> prestigious award a Canadian civilian can receive in recognition of
> >> contributions to his country and above and beyond his/her career.
> >>
> >> For our USA cousin's I understand it's similar to  your "PRESIDENTAIL
> >> AWARD."
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ok so that was the number one event. J TOTALLY BREATH TAKING!
> >>
> >> I suppose the 2nd event was on a par. "I was introduced to our new Prime
> >> Minister Justin  Trudeau. Who's father Pierre Trudeau is the subject in
> my
> >> most famous photograph! The Prime Minister sliding down a stair case
> hand
> >> rail his arms high in the air! .... in "ONE CLICK!" M6 Leica film camera
> >> 1968 when he became the Prime Minister.
> >>
> >> I hearing laughter behind me as I descended the stairs, turned and there
> > he
> >> was arms on high sliding at me! Camera up! "CLICK!" No tech stuff
> > involved!
> >> "SEE, CLICK!" J J
> >>
> >> On historical levels? In Archives Canada it is considered the most
> iconic
> >> political photograph in the history of Canada to date!  Damn, I was
> quick
> > in
> >> my youth! J J J Just kidding folks! J
> >>
> >> In any event the PM was as charming as could be and very pleased to get
> an
> >> 11X14 mounted and matted 100 years archival photo of his Dad!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have a few photos from both events and we'll get them posted this
> > weekend.
> >>
> >>
> >> cheers all,
> >>
> >>  Dr. ted  OC
> >>
> >>
> >>
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