Re: [Leica] i found a leica in a taxi

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

I seldom learn from my own experience let alone other's but, based on your
tale (posted awhile ago), I went and bought a used baseplate as back up. It
was about $55US.

John Collier

> From: John Brownlow <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
>
> 
> Under almost exactly similar chemical conditions I shot a roll of film on a
> London tube train, only to find when I got home that when I put the roll in,
> I neglected to re-attach the baseplate.
> 
> My (new, very expensive) baseplate now has my email address in it.
> 
> NB I used to see baseplates come up on ebay and think 'huh'?
> 
> Now I look for them and they're never there.
>  
>> John Collier wrote:
>> 
>> No longer do I wish to live the life of Reilly.......the life of Cassidy is
>> looking so much better!
>> 
>> John Collier
>>>
>>> Kyle wrote:
>>>
>>> as i'm riding
>>> home i see, on the seat next to me, a leica m6. holy moly! i pick it up, a
>>> nice black one with some brassing and some lens on it (things are sort of
>>> swishing around past me like an ocean at this time). i'm thinking "wow, i
>>> found a (hic) leica in a (hic) taxi. (hic)." then i realize that it was
>>> _my_ leica that had fallen out of my camera bag, which has upended and
>>> there's film and batteries and flashes and garbage all over the floor of
>>> the cab rolling around.
>>>