Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Camera bags, was A Land Without Lawyers
From: Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:11:45 -0500
References: <20020328192018.86891.qmail@web21301.mail.yahoo.com>

> > The following short IQ Testconsists of 4 questions and tells whether you are
> > qualified to be a "professional". Scroll down for the answers. The
> > questions are not that difficult....and, this is serious stuff!!
> >
> > 1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?























> > The correct answer is:  Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and
> > close the door.  This question tests whether you tend to do simple things
> > in an overly complicated way. You shouldn't be concerned whether the
> > refigerator will hold the giraffe!
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > 2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator ?
























> > Wrong Answer :  Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant and close the
> > door.
> > Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the
> > elephant and close the door.  This tests your ability to think through the
> > repercussions of your actions.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > 3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference, all the animals attend
> > except one. Which animal does not attend?
























> > Correct Answer :  The Elephant.  The Elephant is in the refrigerator. This
> > tests your memory.
> >
> >
> > OK, even if you did not answer the first three questions, correctly, you
> > still have one more chance to show your abilities.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > 4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How
> > do you manage it?















> > Correct Answer:  You swim across.   All the crocodiles are attending the
> > Animal Conference.   This tests whether you learn quickly from your
> > mistakes.



Photo Phreak wrote:
> 
> --- Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> wrote:
> > After reading 30 messages, I'd like to alter my first
> > answer. I retain
> > my comment that if a person needs 100+ messages on
> > choosing a camera
> > bag, he is better off saving the money for a brain
> > transplant--
> ============================================================
> 
>     This has some validity. but only to a point.  The
> decline in photography as a "serious" hobby has closed many
> photo stores.  The snapshot people go to WallyWorld,
> Walgreen, or Target, etc.  So both information and
> availabilty for inspection are very limited.
> 
>     I will also submit that the bags in many camera stores
> are not high quality, nor well designed.  Fashion trends
> seem to be a dominant factor.
>     What is the great enemy of film and equipment?
>     HEAT!
>     And what color absorbs heat fastest in the summer sun?
>     BLACK!
>     And what color have all the "fashionable, trendy bags
> been for the last ten or so years?
> 
>     It is a very valid point that bags marketed for other
> purposes may actually be more suitable for us than the so
> called "camera bags".
>     So where are inquiring minds going to find first hand
> information?  Or at least opinionated information......
> 
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