Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These are mechanical items - they need to be used, at least a little. I'm not saying trot them out to the kid's soccer|football game, but don't stick 'em in a case and never use 'em. Example: The Schlumpf collection of automobiles in Mulhouse in France. Priceless cars - Bugattis especially. If the car is complete enough to run, they will pull it out of the display and drive it once or twice a year. Rest assured they're not driving them in hailstorms or rain, but they DO get driven. It's good for the machinery. One of the staff told me that if a car's not driven, it's just furniture with an engine. CZ NC On Nov 21, 2004, at 10:32 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > There I'll agree with you - because a very limited item like that > belongs in a museum, or company collection. Just as the first O, the > first M3, etc., belong under glass. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Dan C > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 9:58 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting MP > > > Recall the movie "The Magic Christian"? There was a scene where > Peter > Sellers buys a valuable Rembrandt from gallery owner John Cleese, and > then proceeds to cut the nose out of the portrait in the painting, much > to Cleese's chagrin. > > Buying a 24x34 Nikon rangefinder and using it is like cutting the nose > out of a Rembrandt. > > -dan c. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >