Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Superstition indeed. However, I take note of it due to financial reasons when I want to sell it. I remembered back a few years ago, a vintage Leica with a serial number of 18888xx was sold for an astronomical amount at Sotherbys because 2 Asian gents were desparatly trying to get it all any costs. - --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > Jon > > He said it was an Asian thing, Hickock was hardly > an Asian. > > When I lived in Japan, I found that the word for > "death" was the > same as the word for "four". (shi) There are about > five other > words that translate to "shi". > > I never heard of anything bad attributed to 1 (ichi) > in Japanese. > > The correct term for this is superstition. > > Jerry > > Jon wrote: > > > "Is there a possibility of avoiding any serial # > that contains "4", and "1" > > ? It's an Asian shaman thing that's taboo for > these numbers. The number "8" > > is highly regarded, so if its at all possible that > the # contains 8s ?" > > > > Never heard that before... I always thought it was > Aces & Eights? > > > > Legend holds that Wild Bill Hickok was shot to > death during a poker game in > > Deadwood, South Dakota, and that the hand he held > was two pair, black aces > > and black eights. On that most people agree > > > > -- > > 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