It has been relatively quiet without you here. Welcome back. OBTW, thanks for reminding me about turning 62 and needing autofocus. I keep trying to avoid the inevitable ;-)
On Friday 09 November 2001 00:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All! > > You go away for a little while and... > *You actually retire (& take Social Security because you're finally > 62). *You stop taking assignments of any kind-from anybody. > *You decide to sell all your manual gear because you simply can't see > to focus anymore. > *You conduct an eBay sale to get rid of your manual gear. The only > camera you can still use well is your old PENTAX R70 P&S (aagghh, > Mafud, using a point and shoot)! > *Your best (photography) friend, sensing your retirement, offers you > nearly the same money you spent on the 67ll + zoom lens and you, torn > between the cash and the reality of your now poor eyesight, agree. > *The World Trade Center, the ones you can see from your Mom's rooftop > house in Brooklyn, are struck. You, driving through the night, arrive > in Brooklyn, then strike out, ~walking~ over the Brooklyn Bridge from > Moms to see what you can see, a brace of PENTAX cameras around your > neck. > **You get this strange sensation as you cross the bridge and then you > know what it is: the skyline that since 1972 had contained the twin > towers, is now the ~old~ Manhattan skyline you grew up with, the > Empire State and Chrysler Buildings dominating the Manhattan skies > once more. > *You realize then that a whole generation of people who were born and > grew up under the Twin Tower Manhattan skies won't recognize (or > like) the "new" skyline...but you do...damn dichotomies! > *You, getting ready to leave to go home, discover that your Dad has > Colon cancer and will undergo surgery. The surgery goes well and you, > eager to get home, go home to your own nuclear family. > > You, finally at home and with absolutely nothing to do, rest. > > In a day or so, you crank up your new*+* 1.2 GIG, Plll computer, > rejoin the PDML! > > Hello again All! > > Mafud > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [demime 0.98e removed an attachment of type image/jpeg] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
