[Leica] M8: To buy or not to buy. . .

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Richard Clompus offered:
Subject: [Leica] M8: To buy or not to buy. . .


> Ted, as well said as I've ever heard.  Somehow you find the money,  buy it 
> and never look back.  Somehow my wife always gets over it.   After I 
> explained to her yesterday that Leica finally came out with a  decent 
> digital camera and I'm getting ready to justify it as best I  can, she 
> goes off and says, "well, did you order it yet?"  Gotta love  her.  After 
> 30 years of marriage, she knows me all to well.

Hi  Richard,
Good on you given you've got 30 loving years invested and your good wife 
says: >"well, did you order it yet?"  Gotta love her.  After 30 years of 
marriage, she knows me all to well.<<<<

OK after  57 years, "yeah I still love her!" There's a slight change takes 
place and it sounds like this...  ;-) "You better not order it!" ;-) Trust 
me there isn't any smiley face after hearing it! :-) The "command will be 
quite distinct and unmistakeable in the negative!" :-)

You'll say: "No dear, although I was considering it because I'll be able to 
use all those great image cutting Leica lenses you let me buy over the years 
and yer so loving and all, just imagine how much better those great lenses 
you thought made such great pictures of you and the children that you always 
had to wait so long for prints from Wal-mart so you could see them and with 
this new Leica digital I'll be able to still take those beautiful photos of 
you actually even better and you'll have colour prints or B&W if you wish 
within a few minutes of taking them. So maybe because you'll really like 
these fantastic images off the Leica M8 don't you agree I should get it 
right away while they're available before they're all sold out? ;-)

You'll smile and she'll leave you waiting for seemingly hours of tantalizing 
anticipation. Don't hold your breath you maybe very blue before you get an 
answer! ;-)

Now Richard do please let us know what she says ? ;-)

I don't mean 27 years from now, like after you let her read this as I know 
she's such a loving devoted wife she'll immediately insist you get an M8 
immediately and start taking great photo's of her and the children! ;-) 
Smile Richard I'm just trying to be helpful after 57 years of experience 
with the same woman whom I'm surprised hasn't killed me yet. ;-)

ted


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