Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/18

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Subject: [Leica] opening bell
From: lightandpower at gmail.com (Austin Burbridge)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:17:56 -0700
References: <20090917160100.79BA3170172@vegetablegroup.org> <45b88d950909171434i2ab0dd46t5839660370000c70@mail.gmail.com> <36172e5a0909171547x67b37082r4dbbb618253ee27b@mail.gmail.com> <45b88d950909181644u1766e4dan440b72568c67a9a8@mail.gmail.com> <a3f189160909181713j3c078e73t492d2c07cc983b86@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Sonny, for the clarification!

A U S T I N .

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Austin, that would be "as new"
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Austin Burbridge
> <lightandpower at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Geoff, as I am not a regular seller -- or buyer for that matter -- I
>> would appreciate any clariification you may be willing to offer, about
>> how folks here rate condition.
>>
>> For instance, I have a pre-ASPH 50/1:1.4 Summilux which I bought new.
>>
>> It was mounted exactly once on my M6 in order to shoot a test roll,
>> and then never used again. (The subject for which the thing was
>> purchased, died unexpectedly!)
>>
>> Would that be called, "new," or "mint," or something else -- ?
>>
>> Thanking you -- and all LUGgers -- for your kind help --
>>
>> A U S T I N ,
>>
>> Austin Burbridge,
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Those are the 'rules' Austin! We are asked to limit For Sale ads or
>> Wanted
>> > To Buys to Fridays on Kiribati time zone.
>> > You can offer whatever you like as long as its legal. Some more 
>> > organised
>> > people put FS or WTB in the message title.
>> >
>> > 2009/9/18 Austin Burbridge <lightandpower at gmail.com>
>> >
>> >> Please, where can I read up on the rules for "For-sale Friday"?
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:01 AM, ?<reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> 
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > In the village of Kirimati, in the country of Kiribati, it
>> >> > is just after sunrise (06:01) on Friday, so the Leica
>> >> > Users Group 'For-sale Friday' is officially open for
>> >> > business.
>> >> >
>> >> > Kirimati is pronounced "Kee-ree-mass" and Kiribati is
>> >> > prounced "Kee-ree-bus". The island is known both as
>> >> > Kirimati and Kiritimati. Kiritimati is pronounced
>> >> > "Kee-ri-see-mass". (Say it out loud.) When it was an
>> >> > English colony, it was ?known as Christmas Island. There
>> >> > is another unrelated island with that name (an Australian
>> >> > territory in the Indian ocean). Kirimati is part of the
>> >> > Line Islands archipelago.
>> >> >
>> >> > Kirimati is big enough to have two hotels and air service.
>> >> > Despite its being a former British nuclear test site, it
>> >> > is now safe in terms of radiation hazard. There is a lot
>> >> > of cast-off military hardware littering the edges of the
>> >> > island, but it serves more as a replacement for pandanus
>> >> > leaves in the roofs of huts than as a danger. Piles of
>> >> > rusting scrap metal serve as landmarks.
>> >> >
>> >> > There is spectacular fishing for bonefish on the shallow
>> >> > sand flats around the island. ?It's slow film country; the
>> >> > light is incredibly intense, being very near the equator.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > NO ARCHIVE
>> >> > server1:~/cals/leicafriday1.sh
>> >> >
>> >> > _______________________________________________
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>> >> >
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cheers
>> > Geoff
>> > The new LEICA M9
>> > Passion for perfect pictures.
>> > http://www.m.leica-camera.com
>> >
>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>> > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>> >
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>> >
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us) ([Leica] opening bell)
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Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] opening bell)
Message from lightandpower at gmail.com (Austin Burbridge) ([Leica] opening bell)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] opening bell)