Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't get it. Regards, Robert At 09:41 AM 2/5/2002 -0500, Colin wrote: >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