Goodbye and thanks for all the fish. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 5:02 PM Bob Pdml <pdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://tinyurl.com/y6mkb3ut > > > https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/b162bb4ac7564d6ea31f8a468fdb09d4 > > > On 20 Jul 2019, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> > wrote: > > > > And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched another > planet. All of us, together. OMG! The whole world watched in awe and > wonder, and was uplifted by that fact. > > > > All the problems of the world were then as well as now, as well as for > all the generations of history before and since. That will always be. And > the true sadness of the Apollo missions, despite all that pushing to do > this and creating all the technology and good stuff that it spawned which > helps human beings live longer, be more productive, and look at the world > and the stars around them with new insights, is that it ended and we > haven't gone back or further yet. > > > > But, g*****n it, we managed to do something incredible. We did something > worth writing in the history of our species that no other species we know > has done. And all the naysayers and querulous ambivalents in the world can > moan and whine and whinge about whether we should have or not, but it > doesn't matter at all: We managed to do it, and it was good, and it is > amazing, and it brought all of us worldwide together for one shining moment > of joy and wonder. > > > > If that's not worth whatever it cost, then nothing is. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
