Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Erwin Qualifications & your daddy's computer
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:28:27 -0700

Stick it Jim.  How do you know what I own.  I use an M3 for your info.
Please stop being a patronizing know-it-all.  You and Erwin should get
together, you have the market cornered on insolence.

Peter K

> ----------
> From: 	Jim Brick[SMTP:jim@brick.org]
> Reply To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Sent: 	Monday, May 10, 1999 11:09 PM
> To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: 	[Leica] Erwin Qualifications & your daddy's computer
> 
> Good grief. This is truly pathetic. And from a non Leica user, on the
> Leica
> list. What the hell is going on here? Not that I really care. It just
> seems
> so ludicrous. There are a lot of folks that make this list a joy. Folks
> with a passion for photography. A passion for Leica photography. I'm one
> of
> them.
> 
> And there is no one more passionate than Erwin. A man who has the greatest
> Leica research facility at hand. A man who spends countless hours
> researching and testing, and we are the beneficiaries. How did we get so
> lucky!
> 
> Erwin, there are a lot of us (many hundreds) who are in awe of your work
> and dedication. Your eloquent manner and precise descriptions are a joy to
> be privy to.
> 
> You know the old saying, "one rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel."
> Well... not here. With odds like 800 to 2, I believe you are in the
> majority.
> 
> Hip hip hooray, Erwin,
> 
> And many many thanks for your dedication and perseverance.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> At 08:46 PM 5/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Such a juvenile reply.  Does your daddy know you're using his PC?
> >
> >Peter K
> >
> 
> At 08:56 PM 5/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Why doesn't Erwin speak for himself regarding his credentials?  
> >Or is he going to threaten to quit the LUG (again) so everyone has to
> kiss
> >up to him and get him not to?
> >
> >Peter K
> >
> 
>