Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] the larval stages of gen-x leicaslacking!
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 06:48:56 +0200
References: <200104040555.BAA00503@unix3.netaxs.com>

Kyle,

Great writing as always! And it reminded me of somewhat similar experiences,
although a little earlier than the 90s.

Nathan

Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> all this talk of grammer reminded me of a photo-story i did in 1995, sort
> of stale out of college -- i just looked at it again, not so bad a story
> and some nice photographs with it, though i did it in the days when
> everybody was connecting with a 2400 baud modem, so the pictures are
> pretty small by today's standards, but i think you'll enjoy it. and see if
> you can guess what kind of camera i used:
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/writing/wish/
>
> the ancient greeks, we learn, had an optative for unfulillable wish,
> something that you wish would happen but that is impossible. it seemed so
> poignient to me at the time that gen-x was still seeking out some sense of
> definition. heck, this could be the very genesis of my gen-x
> leicaslacking!
>
> kc

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