[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!
Some think Maufud is nutz. Of course he is.... who ain't? I like him. WB, Mau... and easy on the newbies, ok? grin. -Lon - 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 .
