Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very good observation. My family came to Texas in a wagon in 1824. Two Harrisons died in the Alamo, one at the Goliad massacre. We would have saved the battle if we had placed machine guns on top of Joskeys.. > [Original Message] > From: alex olstein <alexolstein@comcast.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Cc: zz <alexolstein@comcast.net> > Date: 12/11/2002 11:21:15 AM > Subject: [Leica] OT Texas and Alaska > > Just my opinion. > > We have been calling large format rangefinder cameras Texas Leicas. And > now the thread has gone to question why since Alaska is larger than Texas. > > Well Alaska became officially a state in 1959. As time and reputations go, > that is almost yesterday. In the hayday of the Leica M3 and M2. Before > that, the largest state by far was Texas. And it seems that Texans being > rather shy, quiet, loyal, people would sometimes whisper that Texas is > BIG . BIG. BIG. And this true statement, plus bragging went on for about > 100 years. The reputation for being BIG is still alive. And Texas is > still Big. > > Leica users being shy, quiet, loyal, people would sometimes whisper that > Leicas are the Best, the Best, the Best. And the Leica reputation for > being the Best is still also alive. > > Just a quiet voice in tiny New Jersey, with a few old Leicas, and a few > rolls of film ready to shoot. > > Alex Olstein > > -- > 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