Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, how on earth could you call a trophy wife a functionally marginal object? or a yacht, a sports car, an airplane or an antique Leica? All can be remarkably functional. Or so I am told as I can speak only of sports cars and antique Leicas. ;-) Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:23 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Ferrari daze > > On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Seth wrote: > >> As Frank Dernie, Henning, Tom A., and several others on the list >> know, in >> addition to my almost life-long affliction as a Leicaholic image- >> maker, I'm >> also a car nut. Yesterday, the sports car market having collapsed >> at least >> as dramatically as have the Leica, Hasselblad, world equity markets >> and >> economies, and being no longer obliged to run financial decisions past >> SWMBO, I lost my [alleged] mind and also acquired a new (actually >> 'pre-owned') Ferrari, a 575M Maranello. In fact, the private seller >> and I >> closed on the transaction last Thursday late afternoon, the car was >> collected Friday in Virginia Beach by transport company and delivered >> Saturday to the Ferrari dealer in Spring Valley NY where I went >> yesterday >> for my first visit. Perhaps the best road car that Ferrari has ever >> made at >> a jaw-droppingly low price (you know, one can buy a pre-owned 8- >> cylinder >> Ferrari in excellent condition in the US$20-30,000. range). > > Congratulations! You have now joined the elite fraternity of > yachtsmen, sports car owners, airplane owners, antique Leica > collecters, executives with trophy wives. and others who posses > expensive but functionally marginal objects. It is as effective a > drainer of wealth as setting a bonfire with $100 bills in your back > yard. But, of course, it is much more fun. Use it well. Enjoy! > > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1942 - Release Date: 02/09/09 17:40:00