Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] cleaning toilets and owning Leicas
From: George Lottermoser <imagist@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:14:38 -0500
 
john@pinkheadedbug.com (Johnny Deadman)9/9/0110:08 AM

> at the time I bought my first Leica one of the duties of my job
was cleaning
> toilets. I was earning exactly a hundred dollars a week.

My first camera purchase was financed by cleaning a photo studio,
including the toilets, of course. $1.25 / hour. Bought a brand
new Mamiya TLR with a couple lenses. Eventually moved up to photo
assistant plus cleaning and bought an M3 and then M2.

George