[Leica] Well, Some...at Least One...of the Greats Do

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

> Alastair said:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Well, Some...at Least One...of the Greats Do
>
>> I suppose that's what meant by a foot in each camp ;-). With an active
>> mind and ongoing projects, I suspect those days are few Ted.<<<
>
> Hi Alastair,
> I suppose so. Is that like "one foot in the grave?" And yer not sure where
> the hell the other one is? ;-)
>
> However some days no matter the activity, you get down emotionally and
> figure "I wonder how long I'll put up with this being too old to shoot"
> crap
> from young pups who are in the assigning positions of companies? Then I
> figure screw them I can go shoot wherever I want, went I want. Now that's
> a
> nice feeling. But quite frankly it's a hell of a lot nicer feeling when
> you
> know you are shooting for a specific client assignment.
>
> One thing that lifts me out of these down moments are the work outs I do
> with my trainer three mornings a week, certainly as I did this morning. My
> first time of  leg pressing 270 pounds, 2 X 20 reps. :-) The goal is to
> reach 300 by Christmas!:-) Another little thing to lift a near 78 yr. guy
> out of the dumps. ;-)

You must be doing the training thing around the same time as us. I'm still
recovering from yesterdays flogging, but as I said when we met, and
continue to say, keeping both the mind and the body active keeps the blues
away. Keep it up. I hope we can get back to Vancouver when you are lifting
350 ;-)

Cheers