Re: [Leica] April LUG events-Omaha NE?

["kpeters" <kpeters@huntel.net>]

or you may want to know if Berkshire group had thought about aquiring old
German camera companies before?...  we could retail them right out of
Borsheim's here in Omaha!  how about a silver coated Berkshire M6 or a
silver coated CL for the baby Berkers....  kpeters
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Albertson <chucko@siteconnect.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] April LUG events-Omaha NE?


> At $53,800/share (this morning's quote), getting into the annual
> shareholders' meeting won't be cheap. If you do, might ask Buffett what he
> was thinking when he started accumulating all that silver last year. The
> last time that happened, the Hunt brothers drove the price of the stuff
from
> $9/oz. to about $80/oz., and film and paper prices have never been the
same.
>
> Chuck Albertson
> Seattle, Wash.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff S" <4season@boulder.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] April LUG events-Omaha NE?
>
>
> > cec@vbe.com wrote:
> > >
> > > I think I must have missed some of the details in this thread.  What
is
> "the annual Berkshire meeting" and when is it?   Anyone who can give me
some
> more information can write off LUG to cec@vbe.com.  I would appreciate the
> information.
> >
> > I won't be there this year but am thinking of marking my 2001 calendar.
> >
> > "Berkshire" = "Berkshire Hathaway" (you may know them as GEICO, See's
> > Candy and Dairy Queen), and April 29 is when this year's shareholder
> > meeting takes place at the Civic Auditorium in downtown Omaha. I hear
> > that folks make pilgrimages to hear Berkshire chairman Warren Buffett
> > speak; that he gives a good rundown on the state of investing, free of
> > dot.com-type hype. I also want to do some people-watching (hence the
> > camera). There should be a fairly good concentration of very wealthy
> > people there-what will they be like; more Donald Trump or Sam Walton?
> > Cartier or Casio wearers? I also want to see if Omaha's DQs are the best
> > around ;-) As some of the activities surrounding this shareholder's
> > meeting involve visiting Berkshire's furniture and jewelry stores, it
> > might be a fine time to meet up with LUG members who might be making the
> > same rounds!
> > --
> >
> > Jeff Segawa
> > Somewhere in Boulder, Colorado
>