| Jim is a mirror image of myself - if you forget the height and weight and hair color and accent and....
I mean he matched me (and to an extent, Mark) in humor (dry, stirred not shaken) and views. Though you see Bailey in the photo
I too also learned much about real cameras from Rockbiter and converted to the quality of slides. In fact, he helped me purchase my first SLR in Sigatoka in 1970.
I certainly wouldn't want to place Diane, aka Wallis, somewhere in the background. She could hold her own in dryness but was much
nicer than us and would pull us short when Jim and I might get too carried away in our observations (or insults, according to one's point of view).
They are easily my best friends from the Ooakla group and I have tried to visit them as often as possible: 1975 (FL), 1985 and 1997 (CA) and
they made it down to New Zealand once. |
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