Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:59 AM 8/1/01 -0700, Frank Filippone wrote: >( Marc is co-author of the Zeiss book as well, but I know Charlie also) > You know Charlie and ADMIT THIS PUBLICLY? Ah! The only reason Charlie would have been exhausted after we wrote the ZEISS COMPENDIUM was from dealing with my love of petty foibles. He was a darling to deal with -- once we got him focused, he cranked out his portion posthaste, with no need for research or enquiry, as the man has a command of the Contarex and Contax systems which is astonishing, where my understanding of the Contaflex and folder lines only began with the writing of the book. I had a grand deal with Charlie: when he visited me, he bought cases of beer. When I visited him, I drank his likker and his most charming wife cooked me magnificent meals of Belgian cuisine. It was heaven, and I really must cadge yet another invite to Schloss Barringer to ensure my waistline remains appropriately rotund. But I did cause him to meet Ollie North, but, then, that is a tale for a different day ... Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!