Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I was having lunch with a model last week and happened to snap a photo Go ahead, gloat about it . . . > . . .she'd never been photographed by anyone using film before. . . > . . .she gave the leica a curious going over, pronounced it "cute but > strange" and we continued with lunch. > Remember when I used to be the youngster in this group? I'm falling > apart anymore. Kyle, you have just had your first "Oh, God, I'm *really* not a kid anymore!" experience. Mine was about 15 years ago when I admired the deft modifications female co-worker of mine had made to a printed circuit board. I joked that you didn't have to have such dexterity when I learned electronics and got my ham radio license, since a lot of stuff then was still based on tubes. She looked at me blankly and said "Tubes?" And then it hit me. So, bro', we feel your pain. You can take comfort in the fact that physical rot and senility is still a ways off. However, you may find that your coolness quotient begins to go down. The gothgrrl and rockerbabe models will no longer see you as edgy, with a thrillingly dangerous air. Instead, they'll begin to view you you as cute and adorable, in a retro, big-brotherly kind of way. You'll live. - --Peter - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html