Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Thank you for looking and commenting. Gerry > On 7 Dec 2015, at 21:32, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > Gerry, > My neighbour across the road a few years was in a wheelchair following a > motorcycle accident. Going down a one way street - the right way - he met > a car coming against him, and that was that - broken neck, no leg movement > and very very limited arm and hand movement. He married his nurse (we were > at the wedding reception). They're both very happy. Life is a conundrum. > > I like your image. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie at > btinternet.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 5:44 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: The Ferry Trip > > >> Well put Gerry.My best friend at University had an accident in 1979 which >> broke his neck and left him quadriplegic. He was hugely disabled but >> after a year on a heart/lung machine learned to breath for himself >> through a permanent tracheotomy it had a flap valve so he could speak.He >> regained his fantastic sense of humour and he was a brilliant man. He >> absolutely hated being talked down to and we had lots of fun together >> over the years, discussing engineering ideas. He designed yacht fittings >> on a CAD system using a mouth stick. Slow but never daunted.He sadly >> passed away following breathing difficulties just after a fantastic 60th >> birthday celebration arranged by his wife and 2 children.I miss him.Frank >> D >> >> >> On Monday, 7 December 2015, 14:53, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at >> icloud.com> wrote: >> >> >> This is from my trip to the US in 2001 and was taken on the Ellis Island >> Ferry using the Leica M6 and TX400CN: >> >> http://gerrywalden.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Black-White-Mono/G0000907QnILyMI8/I0000BFBuiDVd.1A >> >> <http://gerrywalden.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Black-White-Mono/G0000907QnILyMI8/I0000BFBuiDVd.1A> >> >> I thought long and hard about posting this image, and finally came to the >> conclusion that less able-bodied people are a part of our society and >> that this shows a caring relationship and inclusion in the world. >> >> Gerry >> >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> www.gwpics.com >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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