Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry to hear yuo had an accident, Aaron. Luckily you both didn't get harmed. > From: Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 16:06:02 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Aaron's PAW19: Relief > > Hi Folks, > > I didn't shoot much this past week, as we were in a car crash on > Tuesday. Fortunately we are all fine, but with my wife being pregnant we > spent some time under observation in the hospital followed by a few very > sore days for me and much time spent talking to insurance agents, body > shops, car rental places, etc, etc. I was a bit more tossed about than > Allison, as I am a little too tall to fit properly in the seat of a car and > had also tensed up when I saw the pickup truck in my rear-view mirror just > before it smashed into us as we were stopped waiting for someone in front > to turn left. I think it must be some kind of cosmic punishment...we had > bought our first-ever brand new car in February (the first time I'd ever > owned a car under 8 years old, in fact)...it hadn't even had its oil > changed yet...still waiting to hear whether it can be repaired or is > totalled. Oh well, we are all fine and it's only a car. > > On a brighter note, we also had a good occasion this past week: the first > PhD defense of a member of my close group of friends who all met when we > arrived here at Duke together almost 7 years ago. Afterwards, the new Dr. > Stephanie was happy, relieved, tired, and slightly manic. My PAW this week > is a snap of her at her defense party: > http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2005_19/index.html > > With my time at home feeling sore, I managed to put together a page of > snaps from our recent vacation in the British Virgin Islands...it's all > off-topic equipment (a Holga and an Olympus Sylus point-and-shoot), but > it's there for anyone interested in sailing or the Caribbean (or both). > http://www.duke.edu/~ahh2/2005_04_BVI/index.html > > Comments welcome. > > Best, > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >