[Leica] Canadian calmness?

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Howard,

He is Canadian.  We can't attempt to understand the workings of that
mind.    ;-)


Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com> 
wrote:

> What strikes me as most remarkable about this scene is the utter lack of
> curiosity and wonder manifested by a man who considers it more important to
> mow his lawn (!) ? RIGHT NOW! ? than to pause for a couple of minutes for
> the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to safely (in his estimation) witness at
> close hand and marvel at one of Nature?s most fantastic, primordial and
> dramatic spectacles. I keep trying to picture myself in his position, doing
> what he?s doing, but I always end up at the fence, spellbound.
>
> Incredible.
>
> Or was the photo staged by the man and his wife as a bit of wry visual
> humor, and as soon as she?d made the photo, they were both glued to the
> fence, agog?
>
> ?howard
>
>
> > On Jun 5, 2017, at 1:30 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at 
> > gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Is this an example of Canadian calmness, or someone bucking for a Darwin
> Award?
> > <http://www.timescolonist.com/man-who-mowed-lawn-with-
> tornado-behind-him-says-he-was-keeping-an-eye-on-it-1.20394290>
> >
> > For a moment, I thought, "I wish I'd taken it."  But on second thought,
> no.
> >
> > :-)
> > --Peter
> >
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