Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] Sometimes The Gift of Art Can Backfire
From: jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)
Date: Mon Mar 26 22:02:26 2007
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2007-03-26-23:21:19 Jim Shulman:
> My mother saved the day.  She went to the podium and said, "Words fail me."

A friend of mine is fond of the construction, `thus-and-such clever
innovation "fills a much-needed gap"'.  I'm not sure where he originally
got it from.  Remarkably many gap-fillers don't listen closely enough to
realize they weren't complemented.
In reply to: Message from pswango at att.net (Phil Swango) ([Leica] Thanks for a Noctilux)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Thanks for a Noctilux)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] Thanks for a Noctilux)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Sometimes The Gift of Art Can Backfire)