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Subject: [Leica] The worst insult anyone's come up for Leica yet
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Tue Nov 21 02:06:09 2006
References: <C1881FEC.3F020%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Well i think it,s rather good company.
The spectrum with it,s Zilog was a delight to use.
The Startec is my all time favorate phone and the Psion series 3 is not at 
all bad,
 allthough i still use the original XP
best
simon jessurun
aMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLANDS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:15 AM
Subject: [Leica] The worst insult anyone's come up for Leica yet


> Stuff Magazine and ebay.co.uk's top ten gadgets of all time:
> http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/news/Leica_M3_camera_voted_top_gadget_of_al
> l_time_news_101105.html
>
>
> Leica M3
>
> Apple iPod 3G
>
> The original Sony Walkman
>
> The Sony AIBO
>
> Original Game Boy
>
> Nintendo Entertainment System
>
> Sinclair ZX Spectrum
>
> Psion Series 3
>
> Creative DAP Jukebox
>
> Motorola STARTAC
>
>
> It's a GADGET! Isn't that GREAT!
> And plainly does not fit on this list.
> As its NOT a gadget.
> And what makes it also so bad is these are not people trying to insult us.
> They are trying to compliment us. In some way.
>
> They insult themselves the worst of course.
>
> I've never heard of a third of these things by the way.
> Does that mean I'm no fun? An old fogy?
> Can you put tri x in a Sony AIBO?
>
> What's a Psion Series 3 anyway? Can you make a living off it? Go Pro?!
> Does it STOP TIME
> Like the Omega 13!!
>
> Gadgets don't DO anything.
> They just make noises and put you into a trance.
> A Leica M3 is an elegant tool to communicate and create beauty.
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> New York, NY
> 40?47'59.79"N
> 73?57'32.37"W
>
> http://rabinergroup.com/
>
>
>
>
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