Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:57 AM -0400 8/7/00, M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos wrote: >At 11:26 PM 8/7/00 +1000, you wrote: >>The number eight is auspicious in Chinese culture as it means 'prosperity'. >>The number 3 means 'long life'....... > >Just think....Spock could have just saved a whole bunch of time and said "3 >& 8" instead of "Live long and Prosper." >Carpe Luminem, >Michael The following is what I've been told by Lee Yan Zhan, a Singapore Leica user (sorry Lee, if I got some of it wrong!): 1 - Everyday, daily 2 - Easy 3 - Life, Long life 4 - Death 5 - Never 6 - Luck, Happiness 7 - Gone, vanish 8 - Wealth, prosperity 9 - Forever, continuing 0 - Karma, fate The reason Lee went into the details is that he checked all my Leica lenses and saw that I had one numbered 3636888. After telling me about the meaning of the numbers, I think I should hang on to that lens. If I don't, Lee said he would give me a good price for it ;-). * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com