RE: [Leica] What REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Drink

[Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

Ted--

	My wife is a surgeon and believe me, if we ever came into possession
of a bottle of the Macallan 25 the closest I would come to the bottle would
be to photograph her sipping after a tough day in the OR, and I don't think
she would be so generous as to donate the bottle to the photographer (even
had it been I).  Getting back on topic, my wife is a good sport and often
serves as my "Spouse Pod."  At a mere five-foot-ought, she is the perfect
size for a steady camera rest for those times of fading light when I don't
have a tri-pod.

	Buzz

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	tedgrant@islandnet.com [SMTP:tedgrant@islandnet.com]
> Sent:	Sunday, January 03, 1999 10:46 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] What REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS Drink
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> A gentleman of class, Leica's and a fine McCallan 25! :)
> 
> Here's a suggestion to have "someone else buy it for you! :)
> 
> A doctor friend asked if I would do a shoot of he and his crew during a
> somewhat delicate operation which included a bunch of hardware that made
> the OR look like  a Star trek set.
> 
> He offered to pay me and I refused saying, "Give me a bottle of single
> malt
> scotch some day."  A couple of days later he turned up with a wooden box
> enclosing a bottle of 25 year old McCallan. It was the first time I'd
> actually held one.  Some what like the first time you fondle a new Leica.
> :)  Just so folks can appreciate the dollar value in Canadian.....
> $205.00.
> for the pleasure of drinking this nectar of the gods! Now you know why Bob
> took a year to sip it!
> 
> So the next time you go to your doctor or you know any doctors who might
> like their pictures taken while doing their thing, get them to "pay you"
> in
> McCallan 25 single malt! :)  You'll still only drink it a tiny dram at a
> time. :)
> 
> In the OR best to use the M during the quieter moments of deep
> concentration. After that's over you can rattle away with motor drives. :)
> 
> ted
> 
> 
> Ted Grant
> This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
> http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>