Re: [Leica] Forsale and WTB on the LUG

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

Bob,

I guess you're saying "do it because everyone else does." To me that is the
antithesis of Leica use.

My attitude has always been that rather than try to regulate the posting of
anything, you should exercise your own ability to read what you want and
delete or filter out what you don't. Just don't make that decision for me.

Bryan

- ----- Original Message -----
From: <Ruralmopics@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Forsale and WTB on the LUG


>
> In a message dated 12/25/99 3:57:10 PM, bcaldwell51@hotmail.com writes:
>
> << I have a very hard time believing that For Sale posts on a Wednesday
are
> going to collapse the list and wreck havoc upon the system . . . .What
> difference does it make?
>  >>
>
> The difference is that it robs this list of one thing that gives it so
much
> character. It's a very subtle and yet sophisticated thing, this "For sale
> Fridays" tradition (not a rule, I now understand). It's like the shutter
on a
> Leica M camera. It doesn't HAVE to be the way it is but we sure appreciate
> the precision of it. You COULD take it away and replace it with some
modern
> electronic wonder but then, it wouldn't quite be a Leica now would it?
It's
> the same way with the For Sale Fridays tradition on this list. It is one
> small thing that sets the list apart from others. Again, you COULD do away
> with it but what would you be giving up in exchange for this
"improvement." I
> guess ultimately the bottom line is this: Since it's not technically a
rule
> you don't have to follow it. You COULD post your all-so-important for sale
> notices on Monday (and Tuesday and Wednesday . . . ) You could do that but
> don't be surprised if some of us begin thinking of you as sort of a Konica
> participant in a field of Leicas . . . .
>
>
> Bob (it's a Leica thing) McEowen
>