[Leica] further info on Leica ''sale''

[cochranpr at mac.com (David Cochran)]

Yea!!! Happy New Year!!!   :-D


D.
On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:51 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Nathan offered:
>>> BTW, and totally irrelevant to the above...the vodka is good here in
>> Poland, and cheap too :-)<
>
> Nathan,
> Best of the New Year to you lad! Nothing like a good Polish Vodka to 
> set one ready to take on another 365 days of life whatever it may 
> bring. :-) Good for all of us I trust in this grouchy old world!
>
> Given the number of posts, comments, wild wild west contributions to 
> what's happening on this topic, LEICA-CANON I'm beginning to think 
> most if not all should get a bottle of Polish Vodka, sit down, indulge 
> it all and chill out! WHY?
>
> Quite simply because no one on this list is a member of the Board of 
> Leica nor Canon. Therefore it's all been a ramble around the table of 
> nothing because no one talked to the CEO of either company for 
> verification. Now if someone has, then good on him or her, and if 
> that's the case please enlighten us on this highly bed wetting 
> exciting topic! ;-)
>
> After all, if this should come to pass given the tone of some posts it 
> appears a few people may well do themselves grievous harm in such a 
> manner as the Great Depression, by throwing themselves out of high 
> rise buildings! If so make damn sure you take yer Leica and shoot on 
> the way down. And before doing that please make sure to let the crew 
> know which building so we can recover the film, then sell it for 
> royalties! Then buy new whatever this hybrid outfit might be of 
> someone's imagination during a vodka weakened state of fun loving New 
> Year revelry! :-)
>
> Get serious folks whether true or not who gives a twits butt! Like get 
> a life!
>
> Not to mention in actual truth it's quite a diddly matter for anyone 
> on this list unless you already have millions of dollars invested in 
> Leica.  And if this should be true, you may be as happy as a clam that 
> didn't make the soup bowl and are now going to make tons of money, 
> like yer ass has been saved! Thank you Mr. CANON if it's for real. :-)
>
> Just imagine all the potential neat pictures that could've been taken 
> instead of wasting time fiddling and farting about over a subject that 
> isn't going to make one iota of a difference to any of us!
>
> Save yer breathe folks, if it happens, if it doesn't, all the 
> hyperbole has been for nothing more than a great waste of time in the 
> little you have left to live!
>
> Besides we're a miniscule number of Leica owners in the world so let's 
> not indulge in such stupidity when not one post has any kind of 
> absolute truth to it.
> ted
>
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