Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: Terrific story and even better pictures...nothing like the delight on a child's face when it's something that they really want but don't really think they can have....by the way...by working around the archaic shipping rules of the company, I hereby proclaim you "Father of the Year" for the LUG! Congratulations on the crafty and subversive thinking (especially for your daughter)! Robert Clark Lancaster, PA Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote: > I know I used my daughter as a PAW subject only 2 weeks ago, but she > just keeps providing me with material... > > First a bit of background: she had been begging for a doll from a U.S. > company called American Girl or something like that. I called the > company to order, only to be told that they could not ship to > Switzerland because their dolls "did not meet European standards." I > thought of inquiring what possible poisons the dolls contain which > were acceptable for American but not European children, but instead I > had the company ship the doll-and-book set to my family in Florida, > who in turn sent it on to us. All this made the wait longer for > Monica, and her first words for 2 weeks upon coming home from school > were, "Did it arrive?" Well, one day it finally did arrive, and I was > ready with my R8 when she walked into the house and saw the package. > These are the resulting pictures. All were taken with Leica R8, > 4/35-70mm Vario Elmar, Metz flash, on Kodachrome 25 (that is the > standard film in my R8). > > Here, Monica has just realized what this box is, and is trying to > figure out how to open it: > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_9alt1.jpg > > Big brother comes to help: > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_9alt2.jpg > > Finally, the box is breached and Monica starts to extract the contents: > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_9alt3.jpg > > The doll is carefully examined... > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_9alt4.jpg > > ...and pronounced satisfactory, apparently. This is the main picture: > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_9.jpg > > The complete PAW index is at: > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > and comments/critique are always welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html