Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/28
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Buzz,
You must have had a career as an academe....
PK
- -----Original Message-----
From: Buzz Hausner [mailto:Buzz@marianmanor.org]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 9:34 AM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] A4, etc
At its worst, the bubonic plague is estimated to have killed about three
fourths of the population of Europe. If another plague claimed the same
proportion, I would expect that it wouldn't reduce the price of new Leica
gear, in fact, because of labour shortages, the cost of new gear would rise.
However, the lower demand might force a steep reduction in the cost of used
Leica equipment to those unfortunate enough to survive.
Buzz Hausner
- -----Original Message-----
From: Bernard [mailto:5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru]
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 11:21 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] A4, etc
Buzz Hausner wrote:
For those who still use a measuring system coming from the Middle
Age :-), an inch is about 25,4 mm.
Oh, come now! The metric system is responsible more than anything for the
decline of civilization since the Napoleonic Era. If we resurrect the
firkin, rood, and fortnight and dump those silly metric measures peace and
prosperity would spread across the world and every photographer could afford
Leica lenses!
Of course that might solve the problem of war and conflict, but who
knows.... The Plague could hit us again!
Bernard.