Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M8 WONDER MACHINE! :-)
From: mcyclwritr at comcast.net (mcyclwritr@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Sep 22 12:53:31 2006

Uh, oh. Does this mean Tom's now in trouble for letting a not-good-boy play 
with an M8? Well, wait, you're ordering three. So, Tom's probably okay. And 
I bet the order moves you up to nearly-tolerable-boy status. 

Over a half-century of published work? You give Leica Ted Cred.    

-Chris Lawson
 
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Chris Lawson said:
> >>> Because Ted and Tom are big dogs in Leicadom, not just Canada, they 
> >>> get 
> >>> PERSONAL PLAYTIME with the new tool/toy. <<<<
> 
> Oh my friend Chris you are so far wrong when it comes to me & Leica! I'm 
> not 
> a good boy in their eyes. Never mind the reason, it's an absolute privacy 
> matter.
> 
> The only reason I got to "play with a Leica M8" was through my wonderful 
> friend Tom Abrahamsson! If it were not for Tom I'd be sitting on a wet 
> blanket like the rest of you, honest!
> 
> Some of you lads have an entirely wrong perspective of my connections with 
> the "Fatherland company!" Despite my always putting Leica ahead of any 
> other 
> these many long years, as well as being the key tool to my success lo 
> these 
> many years as a photojournalist.. OK over a half century of published 
> work. 
> ;-) .
> ted