Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Very well put. > Go with " give my sweetie a big cuddle and a kiss, wipe her eyes dry and say > "It's alright. It's only plastic and metal. And a few pieces of > glass...... <snip> All of the gentle acts described here in most of the preceding posts are fine and good when viewed as an action in retrospect, but..... I am afraid the immediate reaction on seeing or worse, hearing one of our wonderful toys damaged or partially destroyed is usually acute anguish usually accompanied by much profanity followed by sincere guilt about how the perpetrator feels. A sincere apology following the inevitable reflexive outburst is the most the majority of us can hope for. Never dropped one myself or had SWMBO damage anything but did return to my car after a fine Japanese hibachi dinner to find my 65 lb English bulldog , which we had left in the car, sitting on an M2 and M3 (thankfully in their leather cases) in the seat where I didn't think he could climb. I did not apologize to the dog. JB