Re: [Leica] was @#$@#$#@ foreigners..FU to all who agree withthis crap

["Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net>]

er..... I think you got the wrong guy.  I never suggested that anyone
"lighten up" (other than in print highlights).  I usually wait a decent
period of time on a list before I get contentious!

There are two Jacks here (and both from Tucson).

Jack McLain
Tucson, AZ
http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] was @#$@#$#@ foreigners..FU to all who agree withthis
crap


> Nice one Jack!
>
> I quote:
>
> "But this discussion has become boring and probably would be best
continued
> between those true afficienados of  over-priced bracelets."
>
> And you have the gall to tell me to lighten up!  You may be bored, many of
> us are not.  Please continue to make use of the delete key, or do you
intend
> to censor the contents of this list?  If the latter, I take it we shall be
> hearing from you again when the next thread about single malts comes up.
>
> Simon
>
> On 20/7/03 11:41 pm, "Jack Herron" <jherron@theriver.com> wrote:
>
> > Simon,
> >   Come on, lighten up!  Ted told an amusing story about collecting, and
> > finished with the basically core oriented plea to "shoot more frames",
what
> > this is all supposed to be about.  It hardly deserved the vitrolic and
> > insulting "e-mail me and I will tell you where the delete key is."
> >   I too, find the occasional diversion on the list interesting and
> > amusing, and would not want them to stop.  But this discussion has
become
> > boring and probably would be best continued between those true
afficienados
> > of  over-priced bracelets.  I also know where my delete key is and have
been
> > using it after the novelty  of the discussion wore off.  However I did
not
> > join this list to either excersize my delete key, nor discuss jewelery.
> >   Ted's message was gentle and appropriate.  I am sure he knows where
his
> > delete key is, and is also a model of manners you could learn from.
> > Jack Herron
> > 8118 E. 20th St.
> > Tucson, AZ 85710
> > 520 885-6933
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 3:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] was @#$@#$#@ foreigners..FU to all who agree
withthis
> > crap
> >
> >
> >> Ted
> >>
> >> I really do feel compelled to respond to your message, particularly as
you
> >> seem to be signifying some displeasure at the ramblings about watches
on
> >> this 'Leica photography' forum.  I seem to remember that you are quite
> > fond
> >> of rambling about single malts (at one time on a thread that had this
one
> >> beaten for the number of messages posted), but I guess as an older and
> >> respected member of this forum with more photographic credentials than
> > many
> >> of us can ever hope to achieve, it is OK for you to do that but not for
> >> others.
> >>
> >> In my view, which I am happy for you to disagree with, this forum is
about
> >> more than photography and more than Leicas.  It is about knowing
people,
> > and
> >> forming relationships and understanding with them, without ever
actually
> >> meeting most of them.  I find it very in interesting that many Leica
> > owners
> >> share my passion for fine watches, as I am sure you do with those that
> > share
> >> your passion for single malts.
> >>
> >> If we are 'gabbing' then do as you have suggested to others in the
past,
> > hit
> >> the 'delete' key.  But for me, I like to hear about other things, other
> >> interests, and learn more about those people I have only met in a
virtual
> >> sense.
> >>
> >> Of course, we could have more threads such as ' I have these four M
> > lenses,
> >> which do you all think I should get next'.  Now that does get tedious
very
> >> quickly, and I do know where my delete key is.
> >>
> >> Ted, sorry you are bored with the thread on watches.  If you need any
> >> guidance, please email me and I will tell you where your delete key is.
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >> On 20/7/03 2:27 pm, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] was @#$@#$#@ foreigners.. this means watches I
> > think.
> >>> ;-)
> >>>
> >>> When the '92 Winter Olympics closed our crew went to Lusaunne for a
> > couple
> >>> of days R&R and while looking in the window of a, please for give
me...
> >>> "watch store not a camera store.." I saw this incredible collector
watch
> > for
> >>> my wife. How sweet.:-)
> >>>
> >>> Now she's a collector, some of you know what that is, ;-) not
> > cameras,"Lady
> >>> Bugs!" Not live ones, everything and anything with a lady bug of some
> > sort
> >>> engraved, painted etc. So a gift of a "collector Lady Bug watch" was
> > just
> >>> the thing.
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately when I inquired of the shop keeper it was a price only
the
> >>> King of a rich country could afford. So that took care of that.:-( I
> > missed
> >>> the diamonds!
> >>>
> >>> However, with the quick eye of a sharp shooting photojournalist I
> > noticed,
> >>> you're not going to believe this.... A Mickey Mouse watch! .... Yep
> > that's
> >>> right, a real honest to goodness Hollywood Mickey Mouse watch!!!!  How
> > lucky
> >>> could I be and asked "How much??"
> >>>
> >>> Before I heard the price I was given a story about it being hand made
by
> > one
> >>> of the most famous watch makers in all the world, Herr Timex of Upper
> >>> Slobovia high in the Alps. "Gee this isn't a collector Lady Bug watch
> > but I
> >>> bet she'll love the story that goes with it." ;-) Cost a fortune! No
> > wonder
> >>> I've always been a poor photojournalist spending money on expensive
> > things.
> >>> ;-)
> >>>
> >>> So I bought the story hook, line and watch. There's one born every
> > minute.
> >>> :-(
> >>>
> >>> Why I bet I could've bought a several super size Cokes, or better, a
> > good
> >>> size Lagavulin. But this was for my, " She Who Must be Obeyed" nothing
> > is to
> >>> much for her.     ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-).
> >>>
> >>> End of story and a pile of money ! There you go eh? :-)
> >>>
> >>> Oh did she like it? Yep and a day later showed me the same watch in K
> > Mart
> >>> for $12.95 Canadian dollars. ;-) Oh well some photographers are born a
> > few
> >>> frames short of a full roll! ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Watches and at times, the waste gabbing about single malts and other
> >>> nonsense, rather than picture taking makes us all short a bunch of
> > frames on
> >>> every roll! So get out there and shoot something! oooops, Take
pictures
> > of
> >>> something! :-) It's easy, just don't turn your computer on.
Have
> > a
> >>> nice photo day! :-)
> >>> ted
>
>
>
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