Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! You lead an interesting life. You should have gotten an R8 The prism dome is already pre-collapsed! See Ya Javier S Dimitrov wrote: > cedilla=cadillac > > S Dimitrov wrote: > > > I was covering a labor dispute at the time. While the workers were > > gathering at a park I decided to wait on the sidewalk in front of the > > factory. They were due to picket at any time. The owner came out with > > his family and started in on what I was doing. At the same time he was > > crowding me with his chest, a cop thing as he was a retired reserve > > captain with the LA sheriff's dept. When I raised my camera to my chest, > > and asking if he wouldn't mind being photographed he went ballistic. In > > his attempt to snatch the camera and his groping at me I fell down on > > the SL, the impact completely collapsed the prism housing and warped the > > lens mount. That part didn't bother so much but when he went to his > > cedilla and came back with a black jack I knew that the s---- was > > getting a little too deep. I called the sheriff and did a citizen's > > arrest, sued him and won. Since the SL was a total loss I replaced it > > with a R6, which doesn't compare with an SL. The SL I left with Rudy > > Ling as I didn't need the paper weight. Besides the SL is too thin to > > use as a tire block, unlike my Rollei SLX body which does just fine to > > keep my car from rolling while jacked on one side. > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com