Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Glad to hear everyone is safe and sound. Some nice snaps. What are you studying? Scott Aaron Sandler wrote: > 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