>From: Norman S. Nadel <nsnadel@xxxxxxxxx>
> This is my second attempt to respond. I have no idea of why some of my
posts
> do not get posted. ....
It's probably just your age. ;-) It always posts mine. ;-)
On the downhill curve I'm on at 50, I can't imagine ANYTHING working at 72.
:-)
> Not really. I bought quite a few items thinking that I would be using
them
> in the future. However, at my age (72) , future is more of a concept than
a
> reality. So, I decided to sell them rather than leave my wife the
problem
> of disposing of them when my time is up. Would any true OM enthusiast like
> to see his or her equipment end up in an "Estate Sale" ? Surely not !
And if you live to be 90, like the old photographer (he did use a M*nolta,
poor old fellow) I visited the other day in the nursing home, and your wife
dies 10 years before you do, what then? By the way, his mind seemed sharp
at 90, and he had just moved in. He showed me all around the home, where
several of his photos hung on the walls. He seemed in such good health, I
asked him why he was in there. He said it was just because of his age. :-)
> Norm
> Norman S. Nadel, M.D.
Wayne
PS, I'm not trying to be rude, and don't know your present state of health,
but I am always amazed at the number of older people who think their spouse
will outlive them, and it turns out just the opposite. Or the number of
people who live 10 years longer than they thought they would, and the ones
who die 20 years before anyone thought possible. I talked to my dad last
night, who just got home from the hospital on Friday, after surviving his
third heart attack. He is 78. He had his first cancer operation (kidney) 15
years ago, at which time the surgeon gave him about a year to live. (That
was before his lung cancer and bowel cancer operations, and before he took
type 2 diabetes.) He presently has cancer in his pancreas, rib, and lung
(again). Today he was to have an appointment with the cancer specialist,
which he said he was going to cancel. "They always tell me the same thing
anyways, that there is nothing they can do for me", he said. "I'll see him
next year."
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