[Leica] Sunday Shot

[Douglas Barry]

No offence taken at all, Barney. My reply was not meant to give that 
impression!!!

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernard Quinn" <bjq1 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Sunday Shot


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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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