[Leica] Beware HCB Wannabes

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Ted,

If you read the posts of recent days, you will find that a number of folks 
have expressed that they have missed your posts, and associated advice. 
Welcome back, and stay a while.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Beware HCB Wannabes


> Lord Jesus Henrietta,
> I had to get off the recovery table only to discover without question will 
> return me for another time of recovery to get over this particular HCB BS 
> topic! Wannabees? CRAP!
>
> I haven't read all the post on this "photographer?" "HCB WANNABE?" Such a 
> babblefest of drivel back and forth about some diddly squat exposure 
> maker, I looked at his bird site.... "twitter-flicker whatever?" and all I 
> found were a bunch of crappy happy snaps by what looked like some dead 
> head amateur happy snapping folks here there and yon!
>
> At the moment I counted 51 postings on my screen and I'm sure I must have 
> deleted a bunch earlier about this chap and his crap exposures! You will 
> notice I did not refer to them as photographs! Because I have neither the 
> time nor inclination to read all this drivel about this sorry character 
> referred to as a "Street Photographer?" Like what is the big deal in any 
> event?
>
> I may of course annoy some or possibly many of you and whatever bad 
> feelings you might have about my post! "Tough, get over it!"  I don't 
> really care, as this is the LUG! It truly is supposed to be about taking 
> real photographs with Leica cameras and or related equipment!"
>
> And this jerk ass and his "HCB whatever, is completely with out one itoa 
> of a question nothing more than a bloody waste of time!"
>
> So why aren't all you wasters of time over some dickhead idiot non-Leica 
> user, "NOT OUT TAKING PICTURES RATHER THAN THROWING YOUR LIVES AWAY 
> PIDDLING TIME AWAY ABOUT SOME TWIT WHO ISN'T EVEN USING A LEICA?" This guy 
> and whatever about him is a complete waste of time! Are you going to shoot 
> better photographs due to what is typed here about him and his 
> tactics?????
>
> Don't you really think you should get with the program, please! Get back 
> to real life and the fun of taking pictures? As THAT'S FAR MORE FUN! AND 
> FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL THE BLOODY WASTED TIME OVER THIS TWIT AND HIS 
> EXPOSING ANTICS!
>
> Yeah yeah I know , "OK Dr. ted go back to resting and your single malt 
> scotch! Cool Baby! :-) But at least I'm cool and relaxed... well that was 
> until a few minutes ago when I unfortunately allowed myself to begin 
> reading all this drivel about some character who supposedly makes 
> exposures on the street or God knows where, without a Leica!! I rest my 
> case! I am in the right place aren't I? This is the LUG about using Leica 
> cameras and an assortment of related lenses aren't I????
>
> Damn don't you people have something far more important to do with your 
> time than going on about some meaningless twit who will die of interest in 
> a few days or so of the new electronic world? Notice I did not say 
> photographic world!
>
> I rest my case and must return to a different life before "she who takes 
> care of me" catches me here raising my blood pressure to boiling point! 
> ;-)
>
> Have a nice weekend my friends,
> cheers,
> Dr. ted :-)
>
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