Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My dad was a journeyman tool and die maker machinist and that is where I got the desire for precise things. Anyway, he always had a great technique for buying new micrometers and the like. Since what he was buying was even more esoteric than buying Leicas, he would always tell my mother as a new "toy" came over the threshold, the amount it cost divided by 2. I think as years went by she got smart to his scheming, but she was happy as long as he didn't go out in bars to drink the paycheck away. gck Leica M, the quiet alternative....