[Leica] happy birthday Philippe - NOW: George SUGGESTED:-)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

George Lottermoser suggested:

> Indeed - enjoy your special day, Philippe.

> I always encourage folks to do something totally out of the > ordinary on
their birthday.<<<<,

Hi George,

Absolutely do something as wild as you?ve always wanted to do. Particularly
the older you get, because if you don?t do it before you die it ain?t going
to happen! 

It?s like this



 

?JUST DO IT AND DON?T WASTE TIME THINKING ABOUT IT OR YOU?LL NEVER DO IT!?

Obviously never tell your wife first if it?s something really stupid! :-)

 

Like taking your first and only solo parachute jump on your 65 birthday! :-)
Because you always thought it would be neat to try. 

(Note to married guys!) 

Really don?t tell her that one before you jump because you may never live to
do it. Actually if I did it again, I was without question told,
. ?I will
kill you even if you land safely!? Man there was fire in her eyes. So I
didn?t do it again.

However on a more fun note on the 76th birthday day, I flew in a P51 Mustang
doing all kinds of cool things barrel rolling, loop the loops and doing
imaginary dog fights with the on-coming Hun 109?s! :-) 

No I didn?t tell her that one either until it was over. Didn?t seem to be as
big a problem as I was in a plane with a parachute on! The story may have
been quite different if she?d seen us flipping about the sky! :-)

Damn good wonderful birthday gifts. :-)

 

George is right, always do something really different and to hell with the
age!

I already have two things in the works for the 80th next May.

One or the other of these two.

I ride in a submarine when it dives 
 A navy attach? buddy is working on
this. However given the state of the Canadian submarines jumping with a
parachute was a much safer idea! :-)

Second
 A big discussion three weeks ago in Ottawa with a high ranking air
force officer

. Not likely to happen. :-( But nothing ventured nothing
gained! What the hell you can only die once! :-) And at 80 who really cares
after the life I?ve had! :-)

But some key people think it?s just crazy enough to work now that I?m
?Doctor Grant? it might pull some extra weight. :-) 

Man if you?ve got it one might as well use it, particularly for a ride in an
RCAF CF18 fighter jet! Not sure what the American?s call them, but it?s our
main fighter plane.

Yes I will take pictures for sure! Just as I did in the Mustang. See Steve
Barbour?s LUG photogs file and there I am hanging upside down like a bat!
:-)

Sorry the long post, but Philippe, go for it old buddy something wild and
crazy! You?ll love it. :-) :-) :-)

ted