Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Checking the LUG, at least in the morning, is as necessary to me as my first cuppa coffee. Pretty much the same for the RUG.... kinda. My thanks too, to Brian... for the LUG and the Leica knowledge that I've gained... and especially for allowing threads related to digital cameras, hats, drinks and other alien topics. That's a big part of what makes the LUG such a magnet to me. I know when he has had enough though, when my last post on a subject doesn't seems to make it to the list. :-) Jim - http://www.hemenway.com B. D. Colen wrote: > Let me second everything here, including and especially the thanks to > Brian for making this possible, and add that I have long viewed the LUG > as a cyberspace country store, where people gather to warm their hands > around the stove, trade tall-tales and advice, touch base with friends, > and perhaps even pick up a needed item (or bit of knowledge in the case > of the LUG). Yes, Leica ownership is what has drawn us all to this > particular store, but once in the door and leaning back in the rickety > chairs, that doesn't seem quite so important. > > What I am constantly amazed by his how a list such as this draws > together people from all over the world, with common interests, who > would otherwise be utterly unaware of each other's existence. As I've > said before, several of the people who I now count among my small circle > of really close friends are people who I not only met on the LUG, but > who just happen to live within 5-10 miles of my home, people with whom I > have an enormous amount in common - beyond owning Leica Ms that are > gathering dust - and whom I would not know were it not for this on-line > community. > > I also never cease to be amazed that the 'media' has not done more > reporting on the phenomenon of groups like the LUG, and the power of the > internet to create communities of people all over the globe; well, > communities of people whose common interest is something other than > pornography. :-) > > B. D.