Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:53:55 +0000 > From: john <bosjohn@mediaone.net> > Subject: Re: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital > > Well, after this thread I would venture to say we are them, or at least a > significant number of us are Leicaphiles, and audiophiles. Seems there are > many parallels between the two different passions. I would also venture to > guess we are also quite heavy into computer things. Being cult types I Would > further posit that there is a much higher percentage of Apple users in our LUG > than in the general computer using public. After all, the FBI probably has > Leica User Group on their secret list of obsessive cut religions right along > with a > Apple deciples and golden eared Krell users. > > To test my theory how many of you use Apple computers? This is an informal and > frivolous survey, but well--. I am betting 30-40% or more of us use Apple computers. > John Shick 1. Don't own any stero equipment, high-end or low-end. Just not an audio-sort of person. I listen to NPR on my car radio and have my clock radio set to buzz for the alarm. My TV is a little Daewoo portable...bought it for about $130; so I'm not much of a videophile either.... 2. Owned various Macintoshs for years...SE30, then a Classic, then a Performa 470, then a Performa 630. About a year ago, I switched over to the dark side and bought an HP Pavillion PC. First thing I did was bought a second hard drive and put BeOS on the other drive. I will admit though, for most of my e-mail and newsgroup stuff, I just stay in Windoze...I have to use it at work and I'm just lazy enough to let the damn thing boot to it's default OS. 3. I do have toy poodles. They're obsessive enough...poodles and particularly toys seem to be the type of dog you either love or hate, not many people seem to stand in the middle ground. 4. I've got one friend that's into sports cars and another that's into shotguns. Believe me, this obsessive behavior about what's best and why certain things (be it lens, CPUs, stero cables, car wheels, or shotgun stocks) are worth any price is universal! Les PS: Oh, the obligatory Leica stuff: I own an M6, a Summicron, and a Minilux. Check out my web site at http://home.att.net/~lbonser Home of the PhotoDog!