Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gee, Dick, d'ya recon there might be a Mont Blanc chat site somewhere(else)? Best, George Lauterstein http://www.flash.net/~leicam2/ http://www.tawnybark.com/ - ---------- >From: "Richard E. Baznik" <reb10@po.cwru.edu> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Fountain pens, etc. >Date: Thu, Jun 10, 1999, 8:16 AM > >Martin: > >Great post! My own theory is that as the concept of aristocracy and other >inherited markers of "social worth" fade from the scene, the species looks >for surrogates for these traditional signs of distinction. It is almost too >convenient (maybe not coincidental) that good craftsmanship, long >associated with the artifacts treasured by the aristocracy, is also >increasingly difficult to find. And, of course, there is the incessant >focus on youth in virtually every aspect of modern life. > >Putting these trends together, it's not hard to see why the remaining >examples of high craftsmanship (cameras, pens, cars, whatever) hold special >appeal to persons entering their middle years. The positive spin may be >that this penchant will allow at least some examples of high quality to >survive the onslaught of mass production and commodity-level pricing. The >down side is the apparent use of high quality implements as "jewelry," to >quote a post from another LUGger several months ago. > >In the interest of full disclosure, let me admit that I am 56, use Leica, >and write with Mont Blanc. I appreciate the quality of all three of these >traits equally, though the service available for the Leica equipment is the >least satisfactory.///Dick Baznik >___________ > >At 12:18 PM 6/10/99 +0200, Martin wrote: >> >>At the risk of insulting absolutely everyone on this list at the same >>time: If it has been established that the majority of Leica owners >>and users are 40+ men, how come that we spend so much time bickering >>like 5 year-old boys over which fountain pen, which car, which watch, >>and which carrying-case is the best? >> >>M. > > >