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Subject: Re: [OM] What an odd day....
From: Chris Charlton <c_charlton@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 04:56:49 +0100 (BST)
Hope your wife gets well soon, give the cat a pat from
me, and as confusious says "forever may your UPS
packages flow like wine.." (or maybe not..)

Chris


 --- Tom Scales <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This
has truly been an odd day.
> 
> Honestly, it really hasn't been going well.  For
> those of you that have been
> on the list for awhile, you know that my wife's
> health has been very poor.
> The last seven months, though, have been pure
> heaven.  Her transplanted
> pancreas has been working and she has been healthier
> than she has been in
> many years.  It has truly been life changing.
> 
> Unfortunately, the last few days haven't gone as
> well. She has become ill
> again and her pancreas isn't functioning as well. 
> She went into the
> hospital and they are trying to figure it out.  They
> are hopeful that it is
> just an infection and they can clear it up.  The
> signs are positive -- the
> pancreas is still functioning and doesn't seem to be
> rejecting.
> 
> So, I just got home from a long day at the hospital,
> trying to keep her
> spirits up.  The kids are at the babysitters for the
> weekend, so it is just
> me and the cat.  He is truly uphappy -- you can tell
> he wonders where
> everyone else is and seems to need a lot of
> attention.
> 
> Let's hope it all goes well.
> 
> When I got home though, the opposite end of the
> spectrum kicked in.  There
> was a huge box from UPS on the porch -- the first of
> the two kits I just
> bought.  The seller described everything as mint
> condition -- which usually
> means it was a small truck that ran over it, rather
> than a large truck.
> 
> Not in this case.
> 
> I am slowly pulling out the pieces from the box.  It
> is almost magical.
> 
> I just pulled out a 35-105 zoom.  In the original
> box.  With the hood.  In
> the original packing. With the instruction manuals
> and the original receipt.
> It barely looks like it has been mounted on a
> camera.
> 
> Next came an OM-1n.  Also in the box, manual,
> receipt.  With the Shoe 4.
> With the little plastic protector in the shoe. With
> the plastic protector on
> the base plate. With the MD cap.  SN 1836xxx.
> Purchased on October 11, 1980
> in Australia.  It's like opening a brand new OM-1n
> from another time.
> 
> OK, let's reach in the box again -- a Winder 2 in
> box.  Purchased May 8,
> 1983 in Singapore.
> 
> An OM-4.  August 11, 1984. Honolulu
> 
> 28/2.8, 35/2.8, screens, caps, filters.  T32, T20.
> 
> Every lens has a thin OM filter on it.
> 
> Guess I'm at the bottom of the box.  I can breathe
> now.
> 
> 
> 
> If I'd worked for Olympus I'd have felt like this
> every day.
> 
> 
> Time for bed.
> 
> Tom
> 
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