Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey if you like a bag buy it! If you like a camera buy it! Its your money and your choice and if it makes you happy then good. I live for now as I could be gone tomorrow,life is too short,enjoy it while you can. That my 2 cents anyway! :-) - --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://www.giantcompany.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 10:25 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] "Fogg, Plastic or Paper " with your groceries?? > Ed-- > > Take heart, open your wallet, and enjoy yourself! (And keep your favorite > Leica dealer happy! Just for the record, I'll say that I'm not that person.) > No guilt allowed. Anyone who has a Leica habit and guilt needs serious > psychotherapy. There are worse vices in this world! > > Know that some very dear and well-meaning LeicaLubbers enjoy blasting anyone > who 1) buys anything new, 2) pays at or near retail, 3) buys anything with a > logo, 4) buys anything that wasn't drooled over by Oskar Barnack himself, or > 5) buys more than one of something. Fuggeddaboudit! > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Edward > Caliguri > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:09 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] "Fogg, Plastic or Paper " with your groceries?? > > > GREAT point John !! -- Hey, look --- I love my little Fogg "Lyre" as it's > called -- so it's $225.00 --- I love my M Classic at $135.00 ... Big deal? > Why do Leica users always want to dump on someone who likes a certain bag? > It's almost as if they are making up for some guilty feeling. > I saw a nicely dressed gentleman of about 50 years old in Stockbridge MA > last summer, with a 20 something wife. Very nice couple -- started talking > them because they each had a largish Fogg Bag. Immediately, when I asked, > "So who has what Leica in their bag?" They both got very defensive. "She > wanted the bag" he said, while she insisted "He wanted the camera!" - and > that ended that. Jeesh - what a way to end a nice conversation on where and > what to see in western Massachusetts! A Bag's a Bag - ya use what ya like, > man! But ... I knew somebody would dump on me because of it :-) > Ed > > > Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 23:15:05 -0500 > > From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] A real Bag's Bag! > > Message-ID: <BABF9FF9.79EB%Mail@SlideOne.com> > > References: > > > > on 4/13/03 5:36 PM, Jerry Lehrer at jerryleh@pacbell.net wrote: > > > >> Here is a perfect example of what I mean! Aren't "Foggy" bags > >> even more expensive than "Billingsgate"? > >> > >> Feeling good about a bag means nothing 'cept you spent a lot > >> of money on style and couture. It won't help your photos. > > > > Just like buying Leica... > > > > - -- > > John Straus > > Chicago, IL > > -- > 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 - --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 25/03/2003 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html