Re: [Leica] Erwin's *Ties* not Qualifications

["Bruce Feldman" <brucef@ti.cz>]

Ted,

Switch to decaf, will ya?  No one's going to steal your Social Security
check.  If you would have read my post more carefully, you would have noted
that at no time did I ask for anyone's *credentials*.  That word came from a
respondent.  I simply asked for Erwin's *relationship* with Leica.  That's
all I wanted to know, for the reasons stated.  This doesn't mean I don't
value Erwin's posts; I do -- I've read them with interest for years.  This
doesn't mean I don't consider him knowledgeable; I do.   I simply want to
know his ties to Leica, not his credentials.  I think that would be
invaluable information, and, from the response to my post, so do several
others.

Now, on a more personal level, in response to your suggestion that I go
screw myself, let me just delight in the memory of the special cow in your
life, which to my mind said it all.

Bruce Feldman
Prague


 Original Message -----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Erwin Qualifications



>Given that we who have known him over the years have learned so much about
>Leica glass from Erwin, it's always unfortunate that some character, not
>you Tom, an  earlier poster, has to come along and yap for his credentials
>instead of going back into the archives and reading his excellent lens
>information reports.

>What he does, isn't using a lens, making a few happy snaps and comparing
>with a few happy snaps from another manufacturer, it's all done very
>meticulously and with the right measuring equipment and experience to make
>it as accurate as possible.
>
>I don't have a problem with anyone asking for "credentials." What I do have
>a problem with "is the way they ask!"
>
>Some lug members know how in a polite and courteous manner, others sound
>like they just haven't got the manners of a noodnik!  No, no, please don't
>ask what a noodnik is,:) because I will be terribly impolite trying to
>explain your complete stupidity for asking the question. Be kind now I'm
>getting really old!:)
>
>Back to the topic at hand... For those who wish to know what Erwin is all
>about please go into the archives before you get back on line and read his
>excellent reports first. Then you may find this man really knows what he is
>talking about.
>
>These are not the reports of someone who is fudging numbers, facts and
>results! These are the results of extensive and exhausting testing by
>someone who knows what the hell they are talking about and doing.
>
>Quite frankly if I were Erwin, I'd tell the original poster to go screw
>himself very politely!
>
>ted
>