Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] new Leica special commemoration model
From: Dominique PELLISSIER <pelliss@droit-eco.univ-nancy2.fr>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 09:09:44 +0100
 
Pascal wrote :
Wonder what they did with the *rest* of the snake? I hear they taste "just
>like chicken" .
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
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>>Found on the Leica website:
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><snip> Leica Camera AG Solms is offering 150 platinized models of the
rangefinder system camera Leica M6 with individual engraving
><snip>The exterior of the special models will be meticulously hand-crafted
with a platinum and grey snakeskin finish. The snakeskin comes from the
Karung snake, a specially bred, non-endangered species.
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One day, a Karung snake bit a R8. What happened ? The snake died !

(from Voltaire)

Dominique Pellissier