Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My pleasure, Stuart. But if I'm supposed to take you more seriously because you had a little adventure, sorry, it's not going to happen. BTW - I don't run or live in a hotel, but you are of course welcome any time. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Phillips" <Stuart.Phillips@umb.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 3:04 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > Thank you Robert for the explanation of why I was nearly but not > actually stabbed. Oh, and next time I want some hols in Italy and some > free Leica gear, I'll loiter outside your pensione, and after I've kneed > you in the wedding tackle, we can both stagger down to the local caffe > and discuss social and economic differences over a couple of grappe. > > Stuart Phillips > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Appleby [mailto:rob@robertappleby.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:47 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > > Call me old fashioned, but I think a reduction in social and economic > inequality would be a more sensible approach than having a bunch of > vigilantes wandering around looking for people to beat up. > > If muggers and pickpockets knew they were going to have the living > daylights > beaten out of them - they'd stick a knife in you first rather than just > holding it on you. > > R. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Phillips" <Stuart.Phillips@umb.edu> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:22 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > > > > Fair enough, but despite being a socialist (not an American Democrat), > > since being held up here at knife-point I have zero-tolerance for > street > > crime. If muggers and pickpockets knew they were going to have the > > living daylights beaten out of them, maybe we'd have less of it. IMHO > > > > Stuart Phillips > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Unsworth [mailto:mail@steveunsworth.co.uk] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:52 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > > > > Not my style. > > > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Stuart > > Phillips > > Sent: 06 August 2002 21:32 > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Dumb camera thieves - and street crime > > > > > > Steve, why didn't you stomp on him? > > > > Stuart Phillips > > > > -- > > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html