Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LOL! Been there...it hurts but it sure is fun! - --- "C. L. Basso, K.C.S., M.Sc." <urizen@telocity.com> wrote: > Wandered over to a Leica day on Saturday. Good > thing the Mrs. was in Grand > Rapids. > > I started out looking for a 0.58 M6 (so I could > finally see 35mm framelines > comfortably), and maybe a 35/2. Price on the body > was darn good - ~$1450 > after rebate - so I bought the thing. Black, of > course, as all my other Ms > are - if it blends in with the others SWMBO won't > notice it as > readily. Then I can pull the old "oh, I've had > that for a while" > routine. Yeah, that's the ticket. > > And then I saw it. It. Staring at me from a corner > of the counter. The > Lens of Evil I'd coveted for twenty years, spawned > in the pits of Midland > and dedicated to hoovering out my wallet. Yep, a > serious case of <jarring > chord> Noctilust (or should that be Naughtilux?) had > overtaken me. Then > the internal dialogue began... > > Good Me: "Wait, what do you need *that* for?" > > Bad Me: "What do I need *anything* for?" > > Good Me: "Your M bodies are all 0.72." > > Bad Me: "And 0.58 now." > > Good Me: "Doesn't matter. You won't be able to > focus that thing." > > Bad Me: "Ted can." > > Good Me: "You're not Ted." > > Bad Me: "I know. I know. I probably won't be able > to reliably focus it." > > Good Me: "Good, now let's go. You've already got > one body waiting at the > register." > > Bad Me: "Say, what about a 0.85 body?" > > Good Me: "Don't even *think* about going there." > > Bad Me: "Maybe I can get a deal if I buy a 0.85 > body with the Noct." > > Good Me: "Maybe you'll be sleeping in the garage > until you're fifty." > > Bad Me: "Hey, Leica Demo Guy. What price will you > give me on the Noct if > I take a 0.85 body too?" > > > And somewhere deep in the offices of my creditors > there was much rejoicing. > > > > Goodbye and hello, as always. > -- > C. L. Basso, K.C.S., M.Sc. Walled Lake, > Michigan > "The whole of life is /nothing/ more than questions > that have taken unto > themselves shape, and bear within themselves the sum > of their own answer: > and answers that are pregnant with questions. Only > fools see it otherwise." > -- Gustav Meyrink, /Der Golem/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html