Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/07/12

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Subject: [Leica] Testing a Elmar F 3.5 / 5cm
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 08:22:40 +0530
References: <E6F68499-0CC8-4730-9C0E-3D4EA08E13DC@gmail.com> <CA+3n+_nmihK1Z4H8DFAw+twsxDQ2iSpMJhmpu1+QtEpB8WLrog@mail.gmail.com> <a94cc3b4bf1fd1c3fe208482c7c400f2@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
 
The number 420 in India has a different connotation as Section 420 of the
Indian Penal Code deals with cheating. Therefore, 420 is commonly used to
describe cheats and conmen.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 2:38?AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
wrote:

> The number 420 signifies cannabis. It originated in apartment ads a few
> decades ago; landlords would put the number 420 into their for-rent
> advertisements to indicate that they would not object to cannabis being
> consumed by the tenant.
>
> >  Last, after our experience in the early 40's I
> > don't know why someone would want to number themselves.
>
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