Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gluewein? Stay clear of this - get Glühwein instead. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> Vastaanottaja: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 20. tammikuuta 2001 11:48 Aihe: RE: [Leica] Makers of Leica Lenses >Guy, >I'm surprised you didn't know this one! > >One afternoon, Max Berek was working on the computations for the lens, then >realised he's misplaced his sin/cosine tables with the betting numbers down >at the local Wetzlar dog track. Realising all that days mathematical >endeavours were wasted he said, >"Heck! Tea, or maybe something stronger like Sharpo, Lagavullin, Schnapps >or Gluewein". >He realised instantly the day's work had not been in vane, he'd hit upon an >ideal name for the lens but due to the strict moral tone of 1920's Germany >was unable to include any reference to achohol so left out the latter part >of the sentence, and abbreviuated the former to HEK + T + OR. > >Simple ;-) > >Jem > >-----Original Message----- >From: Guy Bennett [SMTP:gbennett@lainet.com] > >Now, who'll have a go at Hektor? > >Guy >L.A. (by the sea)