Tom,
My sincerest wishes and prays that your wife is home from hospital soon
and that her health for the next seventy years will be as good as the
last seven months.
The narrative describing your latest acquisitions had me breathless as
well. Thanks, for putting in the reminder to breathe.
Sleep well.
-Charles Packard
Tom Scales 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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