Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 Motor Drive & weather! ;-)
From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 20:44:25 -0600
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Ted,

Dump all extra water this way if you can.

We're in about year four of a worse drought than the one that occurred 
here in the 1930's.

Regards,

Greg

PS: You are right, the motor drive balances the R8 perfectly.





Ted Grant wrote:

>Tina asked:
>
>>>>Where are you, Greg??  I can't imagine having a foot of snow in May!
>>>>
>We're
>
>>having a real cool spell now.  The high today was only 76 with real
>>Carolina blue skies.<<<
>>
>
>Now Tina dear, you know I love you dearly daauuuuling, but we north of the
>border in the Great White North are experiencing a somewhat totally weird
>weather situation.
>
>It's snowing when its supposed to be beautiful sunshine and warm breezes,
>but we're getting snow, ice pellets and spring has yet to find itself. Last
>year we here in Victoria were experiencing drought conditions where the city
>and surrounding area was suffering water rationing.
>
>This year there's so much water in the reservoir millions of liters of fresh
>water are being dumped to the ocean.  :-(  Nothing is happening as it
>should.
>
>However, I'm sorry to hear you're suffering through a "cool day" of 76
>degrees. ;-) Damn I'm going to move really south before I die! ;-)
>
>I wont respond for Greg, as I know he'll answer as soon as the huskies get
>him back to the computer. ;-)
>
>I think I should point out snow and R8's go together, with motor or
>otherwise. And I say this simply because the day I received my first R8 in
>December '96 we here in Victoria who rarely ever get snow of any amount, had
>the biggest snow fall blizzard in a century closing the city down
>
>Now Greg over in Calgary gets an R8 motor and they receive a foot of
>snow..... are there Leica aliens involved here  or something? ;-)
>
>ted
>
>Ted Grant Photography Limited
>www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
>
>
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In reply to: Message from Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> (Re: [Leica] R8 Motor Drive)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] R8 Motor Drive & weather! ;-))