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Subject: Re: [Leica] would it worth for an M3
From: "John R. Fulton Jr." <JRFjr@compuserve.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:16:33 -0600
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Hi BD--
No big deal. <g>  I have two boys--six and four--and they are always 
howling about something. I'm sorta use to it.
As you say "why would anyone waste time and energy "howling" about 
someone's opinion anyway ;-) "
Certainly not here on LUG!
John



>J.J.C. on a popsicle stick@! It wasn't equating an M3 with a Hugo - 
>and why would anyone waste time and energy 'howling' about someone's 
>opinion anyway ;-) - It was equating putting a Yugo engine - a total 
>piece of crap - in a classic VW, a wonderful, reliable, solid little 
>car, with putting a new M6 finder mechanism - a comparative piece of 
>crap - in an M3, a wonderful, solid, reliable camera whose best 
>feature was its viewfinder. Okay? ;-)
>
>B. D.
>
>John R. Fulton Jr. wrote:
>
>>>
>>>>  Putting an M6 viewfinder in an M3 is a bit like putting a Yugo engine in
>>>>   an old VW - or something like that...;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>I must react : it is like putting a small block Chevy in a Yugo , and
>>>I've seen that done !
>>>
>>
>>I don't understand equating an M3 with a Yugo? I'm surprised 
>>everybody isn't howling at this.
>>Maybe the analogy is putting a Chevy engine in a Mercedes?
>>[On the other hand car-collector and casino owner Bill Harrah put a 
>>Ferrari engine in a Jeep Wagoneer which he fondly called a Jerrari. 
>>(Back then there was no speedlimit in Nevada--what are you to do?)].
>>John Fulton
>>Fort Worth
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