Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi B.D, I have an excuse - I'm Australian - we have not caught up to the US level of political correctness yet, we'll get there and by the time we do you would have done fircle circle and then we'll be in sync. (we still call spades spades here) :-) Karina > Wow! Where is 1950s sexism so incredibly alive and well?! ;-) > > 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 > kiklaas@iinet.net.au > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:22 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: Tim Atherton and his on-list insults - was RE: [Leica] M3 > and airport security > > > I thought photographers were happy people - bad genralisation perhaps, > I am new to this thread and I am gobsmacked at the amount of in-house > squabbling that goes on - I would expect this in an all girls high school > (do not see too many females writing into this thread) - GOSH, I thought > this was meant to be an informative, fun, sharing experience. > > I would hate to see what would happen if all came face to face - talk > about egos. > > > > > > Subject: RE: [Leica] M3 and airport security > > > > > > > > > > > > > Other guy, same accent, > > > > > replies, It's a clip. First guy stares at him. Second guy > > > says, You > > > > > know - for ammunition. > > > > > > > > Hi Craig, > > > > > > > > Out of curiosity, did anyone else hear their statement? Statements > like > > > > that could easily cause panic in an airport these days... > > > > > > > > Austin > > > > > > Oh oh - the worlds watchdog speaks - some people (don't want to start a > > > thread here though...) - think it's bad enough the US wants to be > > > the world > > > cop. Now Austin wants to be it's K9 unit, ever on the lookout sniffing > out > > > transgressions - at the Leica warranty office, at airports.... tune in > > > tomorrow and find out where next! > > > > > > tim > > > > Tim, > > > > It was a simple question of curiosity, nothing near what your insulting > > comments warrant. > > > > I really don't know what your problem is, nor do I really care, but this > > list is no place for those comments. Please be mature enough to make > > personally insulting statements off list, or better yet, keep them to > your > > self. > > > > Austin > > > > -- > > 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 > -- > 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