Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Boy, am I feeling slow this morning. Why is it a blast from the past? Bell bottoms? They've been back in for a while. And what's the security guard reference? I know I'm really missing something here - just wish I knew what it was.;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Colin Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 9:42 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Cc: skeenut@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [Leica] Strange, disturbing occurence.... Ah, here's a blast from the past...! :D I took this picture just last week: http://www.availabledark.com/images/nb03.jpg ...and darnit, not a single security guard in sight! I even waited and fiddled with my camera. Jeez, ya think with all the time I spent there I could have at least held the camera straight. :D Regards, Colin http://www.availabledark.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Dan Post > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 7:24 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Strange, disturbing occurence.... > > > On a public street? I woulda told him to kiss my rosie red > schwantz, and if he so much as touched me, I would just tell > him- " I got two words for you, > Audie!--- Johnny Cochran!" > If the company is that big, a settlement of any sort for pain > and suffering would get you a full stable of new ASPH lenses > for the new M6! > :o) > Dan ( ATTICA! ATTICA! ATTICA!) Post > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JP M" <skeenut@yahoo.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 7:01 PM > Subject: [Leica] Strange, disturbing occurence.... > > > > Hello All: > > The group has been very helpful to me as a new M6 > > owner in choosing a first lens. > > Well, the lens arrived today and it's great and I am thrilled. > > I was shooting around in my office and then at our > > Holiday party at a local restaurant. Just my work > > friends, no gutsy PJ stuff for me, not yet anyway. > > So I was walking back to my car, this is in a city in > > central NJ that houses the state University. It was > > about 4:00 in the afternoon and the light was great. > > So I took out the camera and was walking along the > > street when some neat looking concrete stairs that > > went up about a story or so to railroad tracks > > appeared ahead of me about 75 yards away. A target!! > > I was walking toward them with a multi story parking > > garage on my left side and was framing, checking > > exposure, stopping, fiddling with the camera, framing, > > walking, fiddling with the camera...when suddenly a > > Security Guard appeared in front of me and said, "You > > can't take a picture of this building." To which I > > replied, wittily, "Huh?" > > To which he replied, menacingly, "This is a private > > building, you can't take pictures of it." To which I > > replied, incredulously, "What?" And so on...me > > explaining that I didn't want to take a picture of his > > building, I was just taking an exposure reading and > > that I wanted to shoot the stairs over there and him > > not understanding and now saying that I couldn't take > > pictures here at all and me starting to get hot and > > saying what do they own the sidewalk and him getting > > loud and close and other guards now coming over and I > > bravely....stomped off. Took the picture just past > > the edge of their turf, way too close to the stairs > > and way too jerky with these goons glaring at me. > > I was/am outraged to be intimidated/threatened by > > rent-a-cops for some major Pharmaceutical concern > > whose initals are J&J that thinks a camera near their > > parking garage poses a threat. > > Jeesh!! > > I guess this is 9.11 fallout. But I'm pissed. > > Jeff - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html