Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg I thought that was a normal day on the rock!! Glad you both survived Ken Oakville, ON > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Locke [SMTP:locke@straylight.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:39 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Leica Abuse! > > How many of you folks had to chip! your car out of a block of ice this > morning? > > JEEEZ! It's on days like this I wonder why I didn't take up tropical > flower > photography. > > Assignment was 8:30AM. I'm out the door at 8:00 but due to freezing rain > (no, not cold... FREEZING on contact., turning to ICE) the car is encased > in > ice. In deed, the streets and sidewalk are like a skating rink. > > ...did I mention I live on a hill? That skating rink is on a hill. > (...think about for a second) > > While scraping ice from the car windows, I fall. Leica M6 leaves my > shoulder proceeds to makes it way DOWN the ice covered street.... picking > up > speed as it goes. > > I scream in horror as it heads for the main road at the bottom of my > street. > > My neighbour, 3 doors down, hears my scream, looks up from his ice > scraping > and spots the M6 coming towards him..... an calmly bends down and grabs > the > strap as it rockets past him. > > Mercifully, there was a happy ending. No broken bones (just a bruised > backside) assignment got done and M6 SURVIVED!.... but it doesn't quite > qualify for MINT status anymore. > > ...what a day... > > > > > > Greg Locke E-Mail: locke@straylight.ca > St. John's, Newfoundland Tel: 709-576-2297 > http://www.straylight.ca/locke > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > PictureDesk International http://www.picturedesk.org > Available at PressLink ONLINE http://online.presslink.com > > >