Re: [Leica] big Christmas gift! Kinda off topic!:)

["Robert L. Clark" <bobclark1@home.com>]

Congradulations from Sarasota, Florida, USA, Winter home to about half of
Canada!


- -----Original Message-----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 7:38 PM
Subject: [Leica] big Christmas gift! Kinda off topic!:)


>Hi everyone,
>
>Well am I excited or what! A great Christmas gift! YAHOO! :)
>
>I just received a phone call telling me I had been nominated for the Life
>Time Achievement Award by  CAPIC..."The Canadian Association of
>Photographers & Illustrators in Communications."  (CAPIC), Canada's
>premiere association of visual communicators.
>
>This is akin to being nominated for an Oscar and winning! :) :)
>
>On March 26 in Toronto I'll receive the award at a big wing ding affair! It
>can't get any better than this. :)
>
>I may just go out and buy myself a new M6 and a couple of lenses to
celebrate!:)
>My wife on the other hand will have other ideas of celebrating. :) None of
>which have the word Leica attached.
>
>Howver this only happens once in a lifetime, so maybe I can do a real sweet
>talk job on her and she wont complain ____TOO___ much! :)
>
>Just wanted to share this wonderful news with the LUG family and the
>world!:) I had heard some rumours, but I never put much creedence in things
>like that as it's always someone else who gets nominated and wins. Me? Damn
>it's great!:)
>
>Yes teddy, there really is a Santa Claus after all. :)
>
>Going to be a tough night to get to sleep! :) :) Hell who cares. :)
>
>ted
>
>Ted Grant
>This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
>http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>