Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rider Haggard, She. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] A nice experience NOW OT : SWMBO origins? > Anyone know the origins of this phrase? I think I know. > > Any guesses? > > ernie > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Phong > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:42 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] A nice experience > > > > I'll answer when SWMBO isn't looking over my shoulder...;-) > > I never paid attention to this acronym before, but it made me > laugh out loud just now. It adds a Leica flavor to the conversation; > how do the Leica Dames and Ladies feel, being reduced to an > accessory ? > > [Even if the Leica 5-letter code was used for cameras (LHSA members > and other Leica historians, please clarify), the mental picture it conjures > is that of Leica accessories] > > - Phong > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark Pope > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 7:21 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] A nice experience > > > > > > I'll answer when SWMBO isn't looking over my shoulder...;-) > > > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:59 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] A nice experience > > > > > > > > > > > > I too have found that photography is a brilliant way of making new > > friends. > > > >There have been a few occasions when we have met new people in France > and > > I > > > >have taken pictures of them. When they get the prints, they have been > > > >delighted, to the point of inviting us to their homes for dinner as a > > 'thank > > > you'. Great for the soul, but not so great for the liver :-) > > > > > > > > > Has this worked with the "young ladies"? ;-) > > > > > > -- > > > Alastair Firkin > > > > > > http://www.afirkin.com > > > > > > http://www.familyofman2.com > > > > > > ()" "'() > > > ( '0',) > > > (,,)(")(") > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html