[Leica] Noctilux Red dot arrival! :-)

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

Howdy gang,

You can all relax now,  I am saved! :-)

The good Sal de Marco jnr. acquired an emergency red dot from Leica, then
had it shipped via US Airforce  medical relief aircraft to Victoria, where
they did a low level pass over the house dropping the red dot right in my
hands.! Damn those guys sure can fly! ;-)

The only problem? They were moving right over the tree tops at about Mach 2,
scared the hell out of the neighbour's chickens.  Damnedest scene you can
imagine, two hundred featherless chickens running all over the place! ;-)

Not to mention the neighbour with his shot gun blasting away at the aircraft
as it sped out of sight.

Now comes the crucial part of the operation, replacing the red dot in
exactly the correct position to avoid red dot failure in the future. One
must have the deft hand of a surgeon in replacing the red dot precisely in
the designated spot to avoid future right hand flare. This also requires the
correct infinitesimal dab of crazy glue or the lens will forever be flaring
to the right in each frame.

A further medical report will be issued at 12 PST to-morrow.

ted
PS: You can tell we are snowed in here today with nothing better to do with
time! ;-)

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