Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Our own bag
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:10:02 -0500
References: <B842573A.5373%ternahan@sonic.net>

Right - why worry about what it implies to anyone other than a fellow 
LUGer? If non-LUGers think LUG refers to carrying a bag, rather than to 
Leica Users Group, so much the better...

ternahan wrote:

> But if the patch just says LUG, it just as well implies "this is too heavy
> to schlepp?"
> 
> 
>>From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
>>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 09:27:42 -0800
>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Our own bag
>>
>>Frank Filippone suggested:
>>
>>>>>There is another solution.... have LUG Patches made up, sell them to the
>>>>>
>>>"membership" and have each go to his/her local shoe repair and have them
>>>sewed onto whichever bag they desire<<<<<<<<,
>>>
>>Gee Frank, that's a neat idea. :-)
>>But if we do that don't we announce to the "bad guy ner-do-well crooks" in
>>the cold cruel world, this is a good thing to steal as it's full of LUG
>>Leica things?
>>
>>I mean we all know these kind of people know exactly what a Leica is and to
>>announce to the world this is a LUG bag, they are going to go for it
>>bigtime.
>>
>>Maybe a committee of 12 could be formed to discuss this badge thing then
>>bring it back to the group for approval. Although it might take a few weeks
>>for the research we could put it on the 2000 & 2 agenda for final approval!
>>:-)
>>
>>Then we could ask for one member to volunteer their bag of goodies as a test
>>case to carry it around in some of the more undesirable locations to see if
>>he or she were mugged and bag taken. Or for a non-violent thing........ just
>>the bag taken or pilfered. :-)
>>
>>Do we have any volunteers, preferably someone with at least half dozen M6's
>>so if they loose a couple they'll have back up bodies. ;-)
>>ted
>>
>>Ted Grant Photography Limited
>>www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>>
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Replies: Reply from Paul Chefurka <paul@chefurka.com> ([Leica] This is more my bag...)
In reply to: Message from ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net> (Re: [Leica] Our own bag)