[Leica] Leica F%#^$@#K

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

Dear Richard,
You have my condolences - can you list the serial numbers on the  
internet lost and stolen site? Don't have the URL here but I'm sure  
fellow luggers will. Sometimes these events have happy endings and I  
hope yours does. My wife and I were in Tokyo during the Chinese New  
Year holiday (visiting our son works for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo) and  
I left my Panasonic LX 1 in the back of a taxi. My Japanese host  
assured me that I would likely get the camera back - just give him  
the taxi receipt and he would call the taxi company. Unfortunately I  
hadn't asked for a receipt so he asked for the colour of the cab. We  
weren't sure but thought it was white with green or blue lettering.  
He said he would have his office call around. When I got back to Hong  
Kong I sent him the serial number of the camera and sure enough -  
about two weeks later it was located in a police station on the far  
side of Tokyo from where I had lost it. I couldn't believe it! I now  
have the camera back. Perhaps you too will have some good luck - I  
hope so.
Howard (in Hong Kong)
On 31 May 2006, at 3:07 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Richard
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 7:54 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] F%#^$@#K
>
>
> The good news is that we went to Costume Con, the premiere annual  
> amateur
> SF&F and Historical costuming competitions and events and my wife's  
> group
> won Best in Show Workmanship and Best in Class (Master level)  
> Presentation
> in the SF&F Masquerade.
>
> The really bad news is that I left the camera case with the  
> Powerbook, the
> Epson R-D1 and couple Leica lens in the parking garage. We had a 5  
> hours
> wait-on-the-tarmac episode in O'Hare and then a 4 hour flight so  
> both my
> wife and I were overtire and sleepy and weren't as careful as we  
> normally
> are.
>
> Unless there is a miracle, that $9K is down the drain. It should be  
> covered
> by insurance with a $2500 deductible and the only pictures I lost  
> are the
> one from this convention. But @%^$#^$ ARRGGGHHHHH
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,  
> please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
>
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