Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]><Snip> > You know, as much as folks like to blast the collectors, or divide the world > into "Leica Collector Non-User" and "Leica User Non-Collector," I think > there is a bit of the collector in everyone who uses a Leica, and a bit of a > photgrapher in everyone who collects Leicas. Many collectors have some > cameras they use, and some they keep in hermetically sealed mayonnaise jars > on Funk and Wagnall's front porch, and many users also have collected so > many cameras that they can't buy any more mayonnaise, and sometimes put up > for sale on the LUG! > > How many on this list own more than one Leica? I'll bet more than one! ;-) > > But as for your concern about the crank, I totally understand. One man's > crank is another man's trash. > > Kit What crank? When we were kids my sister and I used to go to the Saturday afternoon mayonnaise. Ten cents for a pack of Milk Duds (my sister got Raisinettes) and a quarter for a Coke and they'd have Cartoons, Three Stooges, Flash Gordon, and then the Movie. The Mysterians. Godzilla vs King Kong! Boystown the one with Jimmy Stewert is a baseball picture with one leg and June Allyson is his wife. When we got out of there the sun would still be shining but i felt like a changed person. I find there's a lot you can learn if you hang out long enough on Funk and Wagnall's front porch, Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabinergroup.com Email: mark@rabinergroup.com Fax: 503-221-0308 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html