[rollei_list] Re: Merry Christmas
- From: Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 15:44:25 -0500
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all Rollei listers.
From the not terribly frozen midwest,
Allen Zak
On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:10 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Merry Christmas to you too Marc and all the list members!
>
> From the southern hemisphere, close to the Tropic of Capricorn.
>
> Carlos
>
> 2013/12/24 Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> 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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