Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kit One of these days I will have to explain what kind of a place La Jolla is. Jerry Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Jerry-- > > You found a Linn Sondek for how much? Good lord, man, you couldn't buy the > box for that! What kind of garage sales do you visit? Do people in your part > of the country sweep their floors with a broom once, and then throw into the > trash? I'm coming to visit! > > I have a funny garage sale story. When I was in college, I had a friend > whose mother was quite the little fashion plate. She enjoyed buying > so-called "designer" clothing. She also enjoyed garage sales. One day she > was at a certain garage, and was inspecting various items arrayed on a > table, and came across a very nice leather purse, marked with the insignia > of the designer Etienne Aigner, which was at that time, the letter "A" with > some design attached to it. The seller was asking $5.00 for the bag (this > was a bag that retailed for maybe $200.00 at the time). Anyway, she couldn't > believe her luck, and asked the seller, who was just a very down-home sort > of woman, "Is this the real price?" To which she replied, "Yes, someone give > me that darned bag as a present, and ain't none of my initial is an "A"! > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry > Lehrer > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:35 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] What power drill should I buy? > > Kit > > Though I don't go to many garage sales, I think that my best > buy was a mint Linn Sondek with top of the line arm and > cartridge, for $100 (Probably half of you don't know what I > am nattering about!). > > Jerry > > Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > > > Jerry-- > > > > You got a Bosch drill at a garage sale for $5? I think we need to go into > > business. You find cool bargains, and I'll set up a Web site called > > www.acmestuff.com and we'll make a mint! > > > > Kit > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry > > Lehrer > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:21 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] What power drill should I buy? > > > > Kyle > > > > The industry must love people like you. Keep doing it, > > as that is probably what enabled me to find a super > > Bosch power drill and kit at a local garage sale for $5.00 > > Looks as if it had only been used to drill 6 holes! Top of > > the line rechargeable, with spare battery etc. > > > > The only Leica that I found at any garage sale, was a IIIc with > > a Summitar for $25. Loads of Argus C3s. > > > > Jerry > > > > Kyle Cassidy wrote: > > > > > So I'm in Home Depot yesterday, I need a drill because I need to drill > six > > > pilot holes to put hardware on my kitchen cabinets. And I pick up this > $24 > > > corded Royce drill and this guy next to me, covered in drywall dust with > > > kneepads and goggles around his face, hair sticking out from his yellow > > hard > > > hat looks over and says "Buying a drill for your wife?" I immediately > > > dropped it like it was a spider and grabbed a 36 volt Hilti TE 6-A > Rotary > > > Hammer drill with a $1,059 sticker price, gave him a "what the hell are > > you > > > talking about kemosabe?" look and edged sideways out of the tool corral > > > shouting "hey, I'm building a four room extension. Last weekend I built > a > > > freakin sixty foot SAILBOAT out of TEAK." > > > > > > So I drilled my six pilot holes. Thinking I might drill something else > in > > > again in a couple of years if the mood strikes me. > > > > > > I think this is EXACTLY how I ended up with my leica.... > > > > > > Speaking of which, I posted some new pix, mostly girls: > > > > > > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2003/16/index.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 > > -- > 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