Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Mr MarkRxxx, Interesting story. Since your shepherd is german, not Canadian, and is a current model, it obviously will not function correctly. Please also fix your keybored - it types Elmo instead of Elmar. Guido the polite >From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: A day on the Farm with Elmo and the killer >llamas. >Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 12:10:41 -0700 > >Yesterday, Sunday, a repeating client, an actress/model invited my wife >and dog and I could come along with my Leica M system to her farm. The >farm or ranch is an hour south of Portland Oregon in wine country as it >is now called. Besides five dogs (most elderly) her family has cats, >horses and llamas. >My 98 pound German Shepard, Elmo has never run free and the question was >would he disturb the delicate balance of animal etiquette/power on the >farm/ranch. >The minute we drove up the llamas called a meeting. There was a predator >on the premises. I have had no experience with llamas. They are like >smaller furrier camels. Or larger bumpier sheep. Quite animated in their >facial expressions. Beautiful as well as funny. >They came right up to the house and wanted to meet Elmo. They wanted to >take Elmo on a short ride on a long trail. (with no trial) >At one point Elmo broke away and was circling or herding the llamas I >was informed that the llamas were certainly going to certainly kill Elmo >as they easily killed whole packs of Wolves. And there was a dog inside >the house with his front teeth missing. >Well we all survived with all our teeth and everyone got along happily >and I shot a roll of Tri X of the idyllic and animated circumstances. >Nice conversation, beautiful kids. >I ate three hamburgers and got sunburnt. >Mark Rabiner _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com