Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > My wife threw me out. The last time she did this, she started tossing > binoculars at me -- luckily, these were Zeiss and Docter glasses, and > tough. Only one was damaged, and the Lifetime Warranty fixed that. > > Now, she tosses me out again, more peacefully this time, but I don't trust > her. What to take? > > The answer is economic: I rated all by economic standards. That is, the > first trip saw my gear worth more than $US 1,000 go with me -- Leica M6, > Rollei 2.8GX, Questar, APO (Leica TM!) Televid, 1.5/7.5cm Biotar, and so > forth. The second run saw me dropping to the $750 range (Rollei 2.8F, VISO > lenses). The run today will see me clean out the last of the LTM stuff and > the Mutar and so forth. > > She left four messages on my answering machine and then called a fifth time > and got me: she wants to talk. Sheezh! I am TIRED after lugging all this > German (yeah, the Questar is American, but it might as well be German for > its weight!) metal around! > > Life is hell: I did leave the Canon EOS for her. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!Mark: If you didn't take the Leicas, she probably wouldn't want you back.