Re: [Leica] Welcome back Bob (Was: OT bandwidth wasters)

[Ruralmopics@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/99 1:36:25 PM, harrison@mcclary.net writes:

>Bob,
>
>we knew you were coming back so we threw you a party.

And what a party it is, too! Wow!

When this whole thing started I wondered what all our European friends make 
of such "discourse." I suppose Americans have always been enthusiastic about 
matters political -- and I admit I used to be as well -- but some are 
downright zealots when it comes to their particular view. (And I'm sure they 
would say "rightly so.") The pro-gun crowd and the anti-tax crowd seem to be 
particularly prone to raising the volume during these discussions. It does 
make for spirited debate but probably not the best topic for a group that is 
supposed to be about Leica cameras.

With that being said, I'll try to bring the discussion back home. Some may 
remember that I posted a note a couple of days ago about the used Leica M3 I 
bought from Le Camera. The current situation is thus: I returned the camera 
for credit but bought a different body. With any luck this one will turn out 
to be a keeper. Naturally, I'm buying the M3 for it's "high mag" viewfinder. 
I would have probably preferred a high mag M6 but alas, I'm a bottom feeder 
and an M3 is about half the price. I guess I'll just learn to suffer the 
spool until I become a little more affluent.

I also ordered one of Richard Wasserman's add-on rewind cranks and received 
it yesterday. Gee, I wonder how many he'll sell to buyers of the new black 
paint M6?

Bob