Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] I did not buy an M8 and my glass is half full
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Dec 18 12:50:05 2006
References: <C1AC3DA8.19BE3%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <000901c722d5$ad003980$f3cee704@oemcomputer>

Learning to drive in 1950's Arizona was fun with my dad's Morris Minor. 
And the TR-2 screamed . ( a dozen tickets the first year I had my 
license) That only happened when they caught me though. The FCCA and 
SPCA were very exciting for a young lad but certainly glad I renounced 
car buffism at a fairly early age. Two Fiat Spyders in the family (mine 
and my dad's) both were junk. Only outdone in headaches by Austin Healys 
and a TR-7. Besides the many VWs I've had the best advice I was giver 
was "buy Japanese". Loved my Z but win the weather turns, a Jeep is the 
only way to roll. ;-)

Montie wrote:

>>>Walt:
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>Those addicted to the  self-flagellation incurred with Leica's
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>>>latest dog should buy a Fiat.
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>>>BD
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>>Ah - The Fix It Again Tony! But they were so much fun to drive! :-)
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>...and those addicted to mechanical film M's should buy,
>restore, and drive mechanically fuel injected Alfa Romeo's.
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>Here's my daily driver since 1994...bought it in "91"...
>rust bucket with 168,000 mi...took me three years to fully
>restore it to showroom condition...now has 306,000...
>regular trips to NYC from Ft Lauderdale with nary a prob!!
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>Bad PS shot by my "significant other" with her Minolta 
>whatever!
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>Montie
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] I did not buy an M8 and my glass is half full)
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