Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica and Thieves
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 20:50:47 -0500

That's funny.  My Fuji GA645 has a Hello Kitty sticker on the back (and has for some time) - so does Lola's Hi-Matic CS and so did my Rollei XF-35.  Brings good luck, I think.

On Friday, November 17, 2000, at 04:07 PM, Dan Post wrote:

> Jim- 
> Ya gotta admit, though, that the 'Hello Kitty' spot has a certain - "Je ne 
> sais quoi" 
> :o)~ 
>  
> Dan ( Barney stickers are definitely 'declassé)Post 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Brick" <jim_brick@agilent.com> 
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> 
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 2:35 PM 
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica and Thieves 
>  
>  
> > At 01:21 PM 11/17/00 -0500, Douglas Cooper wrote: 
> > > 
> > >I've been told that the professional thieves who prey on tourists know 
> very 
> > >well what a Leica M looks like, and what it's worth.  It doesn't take 
> much 
> > >specialized knowledge to recognize a red dot.  One good reason to tape 
> your 
> > >M6 if you're abroad. 
> > > 
> > >DC 
> > 
> > So... do all of the people, Solms employee's, Erwin, Pascal, Lucien, and 
> > many thousands of others that live there, tape their red dots when they 
> > come here? Or do they just keep them taped while they are at home? 
> > 
> > Jim (this taping of the red dot is ludicrous) Brick 
> > 
> > 
>  
>