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Subject: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica
From: masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)
Date: Sat Sep 18 04:30:21 2004
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Kit, when I lived in Denver I had a "no seafood" rule. You just can't
get fresh that far inland. This is probably due to growing up on the
coast of NC but I thought it a good rule anyway ;)


On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:49:47 -0600, Kit McChesney
<leicagalpal@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Frank--
> 
> Have you ever tried Rain Coast Albacore? It's fished out of the northwest
> U.S. waters, and it's REAL good. I never buy any other kind. Sure, it's $3 
> a
> can, but well worth it. A tuna steak is pricey, so why shouldn't good 
> canned
> tuna be, too? Makes tuna a whole new experience. There is also a tuna
> imported from Spain, in glass jars, packed in olive oil, that is just
> de-vine! I can't remember the brand name just now ... Espinoza?
> 
> Kit 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org ] On Behalf 
> Of
> Frank Dernie
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 9:37 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica
> 
> John, I agree with you about everything bar the tuna!
> Frank
> 
> On 18 Sep, 2004, at 03:21, John Collier wrote:
> 
> > Nope, cutting a couple of holes in plywood is cheaper. Yes it was
> > plywood; nice plywood but plywood none-the-less. There are also safety
> > concerns as plywood is flammable and splinters in crashes.
> >
> > That is not to say that i do not agree with you about the old wood
> > trimmed cars but that is not coming back for a number of reasons
> > beside cost.
> >
> > Basically we have never had it so good in cars, cameras and canned
> > tuna.
> >
> > John Collier
> >
> > On Sep 17, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >
> >> That was sort of my point. While Volvos were seen as high priced cars
> >> that lasted a long time, other less expensive cars were made that
> >> last a
> >> long time. So the Volvos lose some of that market share.
> >>
> >> One of the professors at Dillard University bought a jag, and when I
> >> took a ride in it, I was appalled. Instead of the rich, orange wood on
> >> the dashboard that I remembered from the 1960's, it had wood-colored
> >> contact paper on the dashboard. I think that might have been cheaper,
> >> but I could be wrong.
> >
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Replies: Reply from leicagalpal at earthlink.net (Kit McChesney) ([Leica] Lost Faith in Leica)
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