[rollei_list] Re: Merry Christmas
- From: J M N <retinaiiic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 02:37:42 -0500
Merry Christmas Marc, you've been a generous soul maintaining and keeping this
Rollei page going!
I came into this world on a snowflake from Lake Michigan on February 6, 1949!
> From: alland435@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Merry Christmas
> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 21:08:50 -0800
>
> The same to you, Marc.
>
> Allan from Olympia too!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rollei_list-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc James Small
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 5:39 PM
> > To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [rollei_list] Merry Christmas
> >
> > 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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