[rollei_list] Re: Merry Christmas
- From: Jon stanton <Jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 20:53:44 -0800
Thank You Marc,
Blessings to you also
Jon from Olywa
Olympia, WA
> On Dec 24, 2013, at 20:44, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As it says: the best of the holiday to all of our List Members and,
> for that matter, to all others. Some of us are Christians, some are
> of other faiths and some, perhaps a majority, are agnostics. So be
> it. Have a fine day off from work, if nothing else. Spend the time
> studying brain surgery so that you can understand how to fix your
> Rolleiflex on your own. Me? I send mine out.
>
> In any event, have a grand day tomorrow (today for some of you). We
> are a wonderful mix of folks, and our massed expertise astonishes the
> world. Well, it certainly astonishes me. You guys are great, and I
> really sit in shock that this List has lasted as long as it has with
> only one major glitch over the years. I have learned so much from
> the assemvbly that I can never thank you enough.
>
> Many folks see the Yule as the turnover of the year. Well, my
> birthday was on (wait for it) 13 JAN 1950, in the City of Lost
> Angels, LA, California. St. Mary's Hospital in Los Angeles and I was
> born,, as the papers seem to show, at 8:54 PM. The doctor noted that
> this was a 'difficult delivery'. Gosh. If the fellow had followed
> my life, he'd have known the woes I have known. This was the era of
> Joe Friday and DRAGNET. And, to finish the tease, I was born on
> Friday the Thirteenth, and that has remained my lucky day. That is
> when my year changes.
>
> On a side note, some of you are aware of the grand Canon camera
> scholar, Peter Dechert. I received a Christmas e-mail setting out
> that he was doing well in the ninth decade of his life. It has been
> thirty years since I published my Leica Thread-Mount Lens book, and
> Peter was very much a part of that project. He received the first of
> my author's copies of the book.
>
> Have a grand day, whether you call it Christmas or something else.
>
> Thank you, Rollei People, for teaching me so much.
>
> Marc
>
> It is a good world for doing good deeds.
> -- Nathaniel the Faun
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> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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