Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oops - I didn't mean to send that to the whole list - I was distracted. My apologies everyone. B. D. your leaking gas tank definitely tops the machine-gun salesman (when composited with the Brooks Brothers suit, especially!) ab On 10/27/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > Your story - complete with 240Z and machine gun salesman tops mine, Adam. > Although...the one detail I left out was that I showed up for our first > date > in my Brooks Brothers' suit on my Honda 305 "Superhawk" with its leaking > gas > tank and barely working brakes.:-) > > > On 10/27/05 2:03 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: > > > B.D., > > > > I love stories about first meetings like this for the same reason I > > love flying into an airport where I know someone is going to meet me > > and I picture the airplane and the car converging - although in the > > case of first meetings there is no expectation, simply two > > trajectories with some, perhaps chance, interaction that makes a > > difference. > > > > I was in the Navy when I met my wife, at the Nuclear Power Training > > School in Bainbridge, MD. I used to do my uniforms at a Laundromat in > > Aberdeen where the LOL who ran it also decided she "needed bridge > > experience" so she invited me and my future wife and another man for > > an evening of bridge in the back of the laundromat. I liked Jan a lot > > but I thought she left with the man in his 240Z (he was a machine-gun > > salesman visiting the proving grounds) and so it wasn't until a chance > > encounter at the local A&P that I discovered she wasn't with him and, > > two days before I left Bainbridge for Windsor, CT we met - and > > conducted our courtship via letter and telephone and occasional visits > > in Pascagoula, MS until we were married two years later - having been > > in each others physical presence for less than 30 days. > > > > The joys of military romances. > > > > Adam > > > > On 10/27/05, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > >> There are times when I think we were all separated at birth - I met my > >> wife > >> on the Washington Monument grounds on the original Earth Day - I was > >> wearing > >> jeans and a denim jacket with the red "Strike!" fist on the back, though > >> part of the Wash Post team covering the event. We ended up a casual > >> conversation with a date, and my wife then told her room mates she had > >> her > >> first date with a "hippy." And I showed up to pick her up wearing a > >> Brooks > >> Brother's suit. :-) > >> > >> > >> On 10/27/05 11:53 AM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > >> > >>> At 08:33 AM 10/27/2005, B. D. Colen wrote: > >>> > >>>> First one works nicely for me, Richard, because of the weirdness of > >>>> two > >>>> panda hats and the angle of the shot. Second one doesn't work as well, > >>>> because one slightly goofy hat strikes me as just that - one slightly > >>>> goofy > >>>> hat. ;-) > >>> > >>> Thanks for the comment, what really struck me is how "scary" this > >>> innocent > >>> kid can look with the weirdo lighting / angle in the photo. It reminds > >>> me > >>> when my wife first met me in college, she was absolutely sure I must > >>> be in > >>> the gang or something (well, I was from NYC). My mom made me get a > >>> hair cut > >>> a few months afterward and she had a change of opinion! :-) > >>> > >>> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > >>> please > >>> use richard at imagecraft.com) > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >