[Leica] M8 Kaput Sad update

[cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer)]

Hello Luggers,
I feel like Joe Btfsplk - the character in the L'il Abner comic strip  
who was followed around by a rain cloud!! My M8 has been lost by DHL  
somewhere between Wilmington Ohio and Dillenburg Germany. Talking  
with the polite operators who read what the computer says about the  
whereabouts of my camera proves beyond doubt that garbage in equals  
garbage out. Of course, Purolator Canada limits insurance to a  
maximum of C$1,000 so if the camera is gone (and the last trace is  
from August 30th) I am out about C$3,600. I have initiated a search  
by both Canada Post and DHL which promises to report tomorrow. Of  
course, the camera - serial number 3104564 - is worthless unless  
repaired and there is only one place where it can be repaired and  
that is Solms. If someone with sticky fingers is silly enough to send  
it for repair I may still get it back. The prospect of having to buy  
another one is not very exciting.
Yours sadly,
Howard (not back in Vancouver)