Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can understand how this off topic thing could be upsetting to some But it seems that most of it goes back to Leitz related issues anyway. Besides, it helps us learn more about each other. For example, before joining I was told that this was a forum for snots. Instead I've found that most posters here are part photo enthusiast, part antiquarian and maybe just a tiny bit eccentric but in a delightful sort of way. I appreciate talking to folks who take interest and find value in the sort of things most people take for granted. It's almost like an alternate realty that you can become part of for a few hours a night, a few nights a week, a refuge from the other place a watch is something you consult every now and again when you are late, a car is something that takes you to work and shopping, a camera is a thing that you take on vacations to record your presence there and a pen is something you write with. Perhaps some of this is outside the scope of this list. Then again, maybe it overflows the boundaries of the forum format. Perhaps this peculiarity should become a movement. That's right an anti appliance movement, through which every worthy item is afforded a history, a personality and is the object of discussion and debate in a far more interesting world. Are we the Proto Anti-Utilitarians ??? See Ya Javier