Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 18:13 30/04/1997 -0700, Roger B. wrote: <snipped> >Thank you, thank you, thank you, Ted, for your bang on comments on=20 >how the free enterprise system works with respect to photography. Fine, Roger, I see you are up again, but this doesn't show anything. Your comments is what we in French call: 'Tir=E9 par les cheveux'... >Some years ago I located a magnum of Ch. Mouton Rothschild, 1929.=20 >With a lovely poached salmon and rack of lamb, we enjoyed this bottle=20 >with 11 other couples. It was showcased against 11 other bottles of=20 >very highly regarded clarets. The Mouton and only the Mouton,=20 >however, when uncorked, filled the room with its exquisite bouquet.=20 Did you open the bottle *while* you were at table? Or were you sitting there for days, smelling the exquisite bouquet, waiting for the bottle to be 'ready'...?=20 >It *did not* require "time in type" to appreciate this truly great=20 >bottle. It's the lesser bottles that require knowledge and experience=20 >to make an informed decision as to which are worth cellaring. This=20 >knowledge and experience is called teaching in other fields.=20 >Necessary, for the aspirants to greatness, but not for the great! Let us not forget that even the great once was an aspirant. Even the Chateau Mouton Rotschild was in a barrel, shivering and young, with an uncertain future. >Ok, ok, the evening was captured by very ordinary record shots from=20 >an M3! (Whew, almost forgot what list I was on.)=20 Leica and wine go well together, even if a weatherproof AF is a better choice for sharp pictures in "wet" circumstances... ;#) Oddmund ................................................. Oddmund Garvik 'Words are all we have'=20 Chinon, France Samuel Beckett email to <garvik@i-t.fr>