I am envious. We have four kids, and most of them have turned
out fairly well in spite of us: two PhD's, a DVM, but -- sob --
there's the N*k*n nincompoop. The three smart ones at least all
have Olympus cameras, even if the P&S kind.
The foolish one, rebellious his whole life, is slowly coming
around, though. With age comes wisdom, I suppose, although
slowly in the case of some of us. He's always looking through
the viewfinder of whatever OM I happen to let him get close to,
and then a strange gleam comes into his eyes, which I take to
mean, "I wonder what's in your will. Do I get this stuff when
you croak?"
He's even starting to complain about various aspects of his big,
fat N*k*ns (yes, he has more than one), whining about inaccurate
autofocus and how hard it is to focus manually since the
viewfinder is so dark and crappy. I try not to smile.
No, I don't! Hah! I laugh out loud and berate him and his
camera, his lenses, even his camera bag and tripod, occasionally
his dog, just like a good father should! Good parenting never
ends.
Congratulations on doing a better job with yours.
Walt
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 22:46:23 +1300
>Hi folks,
>
>Well, I'm feeling pretty happy about at least one thing this
>season. I can't claim to have made a Zuikoholic convert, but the
>toe is in the door ;-)
>
---SNIP---
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