Very nice! The Golden Rule in action!
ScottGee1
On 11/22/06, NSURIT@xxxxxxx <NSURIT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Call it what you may, and I am pretty grateful/thankful for all I've been
> blessed with in life.
>
> Before going into work this morning, I went to town to pick up some prints I
> had drying at the Museum of Fine Art's, Glassell School. On my way pack, I
> stopped at the Camera Exchange to pick up a couple of rolls of Ilford 120 HP5
> and package of Ilford MGIV fiber paper.
>
> When I got to work, I had a message to call a fellow at the Texas
> Photographic Society. I thought, hey, that is great because I was having
> some trouble
> getting into the area of the site reserved for members and I happen to be a
> new member and would like to have access. Figured he was calling to walk me
> through the process. Great service from TPS. I'm excited.
>
> Well, that wasn't it. My TPS guy wished me a good morning and said he was
> in charge of the raffle at the annual convention last month and that he had
> been a little late informing folks who had won stuff in the raffle. Well,
> that
> was cool because I must have won something and he was calling to tell me
> about it. BINGO! I won the top prize. How cool was that? The prize? 30
> rolls of Ilford 35mm film, 30 rolls of Ilford 120 film, 100 sheets of 11X14
> fiber
> paper, 100 sheets of 16X20 fiber paper, 8 bottles of Harmon Cooltone Paper
> deveolper and the same of their warmtone developer. Makes my little purchase
> of two rolls of film and a 25 sheet package of 8X10 paper look pretty little.
> I'm pumped. This is beyond cool. Don't guess I'll be buying any film or
> big paper for awhile. The search that is currently at the top of my eBay
> list
> is for some particular enlarging equipment as I'm planning on putting a wet
> dark room in the retirement home we plan to start building next year.
>
> So the TPS guy congratulates me and asks me how many raffle tickets I had
> bought. A strange question I thought, and I told him I had bought the 35
> chances for$100 package which was one of the choices. He said that was good,
> because I had also won the Santa Fe Workshops prize of a $895 tuition credit
> for
> one of their workshops. This was something I had always wanted to do, but
> just hadn't done. I've done a few with Rocky Mountain School and had looked
> at
> Santa Fe's, but just never pulled the trigger. Guess that is about to
> change.
>
> Don't know that there is any life lesson in this little story. I do believe
> in the law of circulation and always have supported groups and organizations
> in which I had an interest and whom I felt were making a difference
> somewhere in the world. These folks are and this good fortune is coming my
> way
> because I was willing to support what they are doing.
>
> Yes, as I give thanks tomorrow and share the free turkey the super market
> gave me with family, friends and friends of our daughter , I will also be
> anxiously awaiting the arrival of my free Kodak film. Life is good! <{8^)
> Bill
> Barber
>
> PS - After getting the news of the TPS raffle I did go buy a lottery ticket
> for tonight's draw. Hey, if the stars are aligned properly . . . .
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