Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: A day on the Farm with Elmo and the killer llamas.
From: "Guido Soprano" <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:22:52 EDT

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


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