Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Ted said . . . May I suggest the following as a remedy to purchase. just eat one good meal a day and in the event you smoke and drink, stop both of those activities, save the money and soon you'll be able to stop drooling and buy that extra lens. ;-) Ted - how right you are! When I was studying in Germany and working in Sweden (for about $1.20 per hour) in 1967, I scrimped on everything but Leicas. By the middle of the year and a half, with some careful used shopping, I was the proud owner of two M2's and four lenses - 28 Elmarit, 35 Summicron, 50 Elmar, and 90 Elmar. I remember eating a lot of bread and cheese, staying only at youth hostels when on the road, and living in old, cold-water Stockholm apartments that were due to be condemned as soon as I moved out. None had baths or showers, so I splurged on the public sauna bath-house once a week, whether I needed it or not! I still marvel at what good sense I had as a mere lad of 21. The once a week bath may have had something to do with also keeping a fairly low-cost social life! Regards, Gary Todoroff Tree LUGger