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Subject: [Leica] CHRISTMAS WISHES & MORE!!
From: hlritter at twc.com (Howard L Ritter Jr)
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:03:47 -0500
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That?s great to hear, Dr Ted! The whole LUG?s looking forward to buying 
autographed copies to treasure and more copies to send to our favorite 
budding FWACs*!

Best New Year wishes, Ted, and many many more.

?howard 

*Fool with a camera, my chosen description of myself and people like me, as 
opposed to LUG members


> On Dec 26, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Howard. 
> Thankyou for your suggestion of an autobiography. At the moment I am in 
> just that project. No completion date. 
> As it's bits and pieces covering my photo time from 27 May 1950 when my 
> dear wife Irene put the first camera, an "ARGUS A2" 35mm  point & shoot 
> film model in my hands as a 2oth birthday gift awakening the photo-monster 
> within! :-) Ever since! 
> I still have it with a roll of film in it. :-) 
> As curious as to what exposures are in there? I have no idea what it may 
> be? It's probably subjects from well over 50 plus years ago? It'll never 
> get souped as it's going with me!  ;-)
> Oh some day before I move to the "BIG DARKROOM" in the sky! OR WHEREVER?  
> :-) 
> THE TRUTH IS? "God wont take me! Nor the devil have me?"
> SO I'M HERE FOREVER! So get over it! :-) :-) :-)
> Here's WISHING every CREW member a fabulous NEW YEAR 2017.
> May your "GREAT SPIRIT" carry you safely and successfully throughout it! 
> See you next year! :-)
> cheers,
> Dr. Ted C.M. O.C. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Howard L Ritter Jr
> Sent: December-26-16 6:10 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] CHRISTMAS WISHES!
> 
> That?s a great story, Ted! I guess the LUG will give you a pass on not 
> posting photos of the event. Once survival had been assured, it must have 
> been very annoying that despite being in the midst of a heart-stopping 
> drama, you were too occupied in helping to ASSURE that survival to have 
> been able to document it.
> 
> Hmmm?are you looking for someone to help you write your autobiography? 
> Selling a few hundred copies to the LUG would be just the start, I?m sure!
> 
> Happy Boxing Day! (Or is that tomorrow, and today a holiday in the Great 
> White North as it is here in the sunny south?)
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
>> On Dec 24, 2016, at 7:10 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Howard, 
>> As we were plunging toward the ice, pilot attempting every flying trick 
>> he knew. He yelled at me to grab the fire extinguisher and when we landed 
>> to jump out, run around to the other side of the chopper, open engine 
>> compartment door and start pumping the fire extinguisher as quickly as 
>> possible at any fire.
>> Now I'm kneeling on the floor, camera in one hand, fire ext. in the other 
>> when I realized God made an error and only gave us two hands and arms? 
>> :-( So something had to be  modified given I had camera in one hand, fire 
>> extinguisher in the other? And I'm a normal human being with two hands. 
>> So how was I going to open the door to get out quickly?
>> The first and only time I ever put a camera down with the potential for 
>> exciting photos. Wham!!! we hit and as I already had my hand on the door 
>> handle it popped open and I'm out like a rocket to the opposite side of 
>> the chopper, Rotor blades going swishie-swishie over my head as I dashed 
>> around to the opposite side. Pilot has his door open with smoke billowing 
>> out. I grab handle, pop door open going to be hero of the day? Pilot 
>> screams at me' "THAT'S THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT"!!!!!!!!! OOOPPPSSSS!! :-)
>> Then I grabbed the correct handle and opened to a big poof of smoke! Mean 
>> while rotor blades still swishing just above my head! Seemed like they 
>> were getting closer?????? 
>> As it turned out it was a fire within the heating unit. So we had it out 
>> pretty quick. However we then had more than 2 hour flight "without heat" 
>> to the nearest directional DECCA stn. Where we would be able to have 
>> plane servicing. 
>> Sorry no pictures of all this as you can imagine I had my hands full with 
>> survival things. :-) Sure had a fast beating heart though! :-) 
>> cheers,
>> ted 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Howard L Ritter Jr
>> Sent: December-24-16 3:28 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] CHRISTMAS WISHES!
>> 
>> Well, the Great Spirit, who must know by now to keep you on a short 
>> leash, is obviously much with you, Dr Ted, and for that we are all 
>> thankful as well! 
>> 
>> A blessed Merry Christmas to you and the same year-end sentiments to all 
>> LUGgers.
>> 
>> ?howard
>> 
>> P.S. Sure would like to hear more about that helicopter plunging toward 
>> the Arctic ice?and to see the photos that the Dr Ted we know would have 
>> gotten. If his equipment survived (Leica? I?ll bet it did!).
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 24, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> MY CHRISMAS 2016 WISHES TO THE CREW! J 
>>> 
>>> I wish you all the most exciting moments you can possibly enjoy while
>>> opening a gift from a friend or your caring LOVING FAMILY! J
>>> 
>>> I realize the CREW is made up of a number of varying religions. So be 
>>> it. 
>>> 
>>> May I suggest for a "tiny moment" if you possibly can? Here's my "Great
>>> Spirit" that has brought/got me this far? 
>>> 
>>> "The GREAT SPIRIT?" In reality, each and everyone of us has a "GREAT
>>> SPIRIT". Each religion has a different name for "HE? or SHE?" 
>>> 
>>> Maybe you aren't involved in a religion? 
>>> 
>>> BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT? Out there somewhere there is a "Great Spirit" that
>>> looks after you just as you "click?" The shutter assisting you to 
>>> capture a
>>> magical moment.
>>> 
>>> Now don't get all "TTTTTTing" J
>>> 
>>> Nor get all anti-religion as this has nothing to do with religion? "WELL 
>>> AS
>>> FAR AS I'M CONCERNED!"
>>> 
>>> My "GREAT SPIRIT" has pretty well always been on my shoulder saving my 
>>> ass
>>> during a few of the following!
>>> 
>>> 1/ Crashing in a Sprint car during a race on a half mile dirt track! 
>>> Flipped
>>> upside down and destroyed! The car was a write off. Me? Stitches in face 
>>> and
>>> head!
>>> 
>>> 2/ Crashing in a Stock Car then crashed into while I'm upside down 
>>> hanging
>>> on my seat belt!" four other cars into me destroying my car! 
>>> 
>>> 3/ In the high arctic on assignment the helicopter filled with smoke and 
>>> we
>>> are hundreds of miles from base camp falling toward the arctic ocean 
>>> frozen
>>> ice at 50 below zero. OOPS!JWalked away! Damn cold  
>>> 
>>> 4/A ski equipped twin Otter plane bad landing on Arctic ice, breaking a 
>>> wing
>>> and strut off. Rather bumpy one might say!  L
>>> 
>>> 5/ Survived two war assignments.. 1967 Mideast and a short time in  
>>> Vietnam
>>> 1968.
>>> 
>>> 6/ While in the center field shooting at car race and wheel came off car,
>>> hit & FLIPPED me and cameras into the sky! OH YEA that hurt! I was by
>>> ambulance to hospital!  but I survived! 
>>> 
>>> That merely touches the 65 years as a photojournalist hopping about the
>>> world! That's because my "GREAT SPIRIT" has been on my shoulder all those
>>> years! 
>>> 
>>> So there you go a bit about my "GREAT SPIRIT!"J
>>> 
>>> HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS DAY & a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!
>>> 
>>> CHEERS,
>>> 
>>> Dr. Ted Grant  C.M.  O.C. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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