Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Close...But Watch Your Step
From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:55:48 +0100 (MET)
References: <000001c3b3ba$e35cbae0$121afea9@Hausner> <001401c3b3c0$aef09140$87d86c18@gv.shawcable.net>

> Buzz Hausner offered:
> " Close...But Watch Your Step"
> > Robert Capa, who, sadly, got just a little too close.<<<
>
> Hi Buzz,
> Yes unfortunately! :-(
>
> Those land mines are killers because most of the time you never see the one
> that gets you! Hear it maybe, but by then it's too late!
>
> And so are other things if you begin to get too loose and easy going.

In Mozambique they are very scary. Some are programmed to go off not the
first or the second time they are contacted, but maybe the 9th or 10th
time. You can drive down a road you've driven many times and think it is
safe ... then boom. No good.

Daniel
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