Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:04:43 -0500
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Just a quick note, Dad -

Make she doesn't use fabric softener on the underwear.  Fabric softeners accumulate
in clothing (they don't wash out) and their fatty acid content will be tough to get
off multicoated surfaces.  So only do this trick with her new underwear!

Son

Ted wrote:

> Michael Gardner wrote:
>
> > Ted, I always try to pay attention to your pearls of photographic wisdom.
> >
> > As today has been a rather trying day, I just told my wife that I was going
> > to cut up my underpants and sit in the corner polishing my Leica lenses and
> > then maybe have some booze.
> >
> > She gave me a very odd look as she backed carefully from the room.  Now I
> > think I hear her speaking quietly to someone on the telephone.  Did I miss
> > something? ;-)<<<<<
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> jeeeesh, no wonder she thought you'd flipped out.  Didn't happen to have a
> couple of guys in white coats arrive at the door? ;-)   You don't tell them what
> yer going to do in that fashion when it comes to cutting up the under shorts.
> Yer lucky she didn't pepper spray you to keep you down. ;-)
>
> If you really want to do a number on them, take a clean pair, cut the big bottom
> part out leaving a nice big hole, then throw them back into the laundry basket
> without saying anything.  Don't worry, as you'll have to say lots later when
> from the laundry room  you hear a shrill cry of , "What the h... is this?"  :-)
>
> Then you can try to explain your way out of it when she wants to know what
> you've been drinking! :-) Your response will be of course,  "Why Lagavullin my
> dear!"  as you cradle your favorite Leica, sporting a nicely cleaned lens!
>
> ted

In reply to: Message from Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com> ([Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)
Message from Ted <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)
Message from Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> (Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)
Message from Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)
Message from Ted <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)
Message from "Michael Gardner" <mikeg@neca.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)
Message from Ted <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Country of Manufacture)