RE: [Leica] A few of my favorite things- 12

["Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>]

Which goes to prove that K.C. is wasting his time
with his photography, good as it is.  Some people are
just cursed with too much talent. :-)

- - Phong



John Collier wrote:
> 
> Actually it is one of Henry Chu's favorite things but he shared it with 
> me and now it is one of mine too. I can only speculate what manner of 
> egregious thread prompted Kyle...
> 
> ------
> 
> nothing better to do this lazy afternoon but go out and photograph some 
> of
> our local philadelphia cathedrals. i started with saint francis' down on
> 18th street. they'd previously told me no photography, so i wrapped my 
> m6
> in a bag of pennies and shot with a 15mm heliar during the services. i 
> was
> doing pretty good, every time i'd trip the shutter i'd make a very loud
> "A-HEM" and then a hocking sound like i had a big phlegm buildup. about
> half an hour into it, the sextant came over to me and grabbed me by the
> shoulder, kind of forcefully. with his right hand he pulled up my 
> sleeve,
> then signaled to some bruisers (probalby mob guys, they were toughs) and
> they dragged me out of the church -- one put a hand over my mouth, 
> another
> grabbed each of my feet and although i tried to make a big disturbance,
> they did a pretty good job of keeping it discrete. there was no way i
> was going to give up my photographs so i was ready to fight, but when
> we got outside they informed me that it was my mechanical wristwatch 
> they
> were upset about. they pointed to a sign i hadn't seen before that said:
> "no mechanical wristwatches!" they took my oyster perpetual, which,
> apparantly, rings like a gong due to the design of the cathedral ceiling
> and drives everybody batty. they put it in a drawer and said i could
> consider it a donation. they didn't notice the camera, which gave me
> some secret joy. i went back in to photograph the rest of the service.
> here's where i'm always glad i carry a backup, i had an omega seamaster
> hidden in my sock, and i put this on and, sure enough, now that i was
> paying attention, i could hear that damn thing like a death watch beetle
> banging banging banging like a steel rat in a trash can ... TICK TICK 
> TICK
> TICK TICK! and the sextant and the goons looking all around the church,
> trying to find the culperet -- they didn't suspect me, as they'd already
> swiped my watch, but i got the best of them.
> 
> what pisses me off most is when people think they have a right to tell
> me that i can't wear a mechanical watch. i have no sympathy for a 
> religion
> that has rules as stupid as telling me what i can and can't do in their
> "house of worship".
> 
> next week i'm going to wear TWO seamasters and an old Timex Acutime with
> a brass case and leather wrist strap from the 1960's. on top of that,
> i'll be carrying a 1952 Doxxa stop watch in my vest pocket.
> 
> keep winding that watch, it'll tell time,
> 
> kc
> 
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