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Subject: [Leica] The M9 Has Supernatural Powers
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:15:43 -0700
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On Sep 21, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> Age will do that to you, Neil,
>
> I lost my car in the supermarket parking lot last night and it took  
> me 15
> minutes to find it.
>
> That's better than three years ago, when I was in Florida, and I  
> borrowed my
> in-law's yellow Buick to go to the to the mall
>
> I came out to find seven identical yellow Buick four-door sedans  
> with AARP
> stickers, AAA ovals on the side window, and "Re-elect Ronald Reagan
> Stickers" on the bumper.     I finally found the right one because I
> remembered they had used a remnant from the living room carpet to  
> cover the
> dash board so it wouldn't crack in the sun.


now that's really funny,


Steve
>
>
>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] The M9 Has Supernatural Powers
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> From: Neil.Beddoe at raidllp.com
>>>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:17:17 +0100
>>>> Subject: [Leica] The M9 Has Supernatural Powers
>>>>
>>>> I took mine on a cycle ride with my children yesterday and had it  
>>>> in a
>>> small camera bag in a pannier on the back of my bike. We stopped  
>>> in a
>>> playground on the way back and I was just putting the camera in  
>>> its case
>>> when my daughter fell over and started to cry. I quickly stuffed  
>>> it back in
>>> the pannier thinking "I must remember to put that away properly"  
>>> and picked
>>> her up for a cuddle. Anyway, we left the park and cycled home for  
>>> a couple
>>> of miles along footpaths and busy roads. When I got home there was  
>>> some
>>> minor domestic emergency which occupied me for about 40 minutes  
>>> and after it
>>> was dealt with I went to the bike to get the camera to load the  
>>> pictures
>>> onto the computer. No M9 and attached 35 summiliux!
>>>>
>>>> I ran around the house in a panic and looked in all the places I  
>>>> might
>>> have left it when I got home but no camera. Having descended into  
>>> a headless
>>> chicken impersonation, I jumped back on the bike and set off the  
>>> way I had
>>> come home. After about half a mile I came across it peacefully  
>>> sitting right
>>> in the middle of a gravel path unmarked and apparently enjoying  
>>> the view. My
>>> son and I cycle on the path regularly and I estimate that about 20  
>>> people
>>> walk past in an average hour so the fact that nobody saw it and  
>>> picked it up
>>> is incredibly.
>>>>
>>>> I don't believe in luck but I think I've got a four standard  
>>>> deviation
>>> M9.
>>>>
>>>> Neil
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://www.sonc.com
>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
>>
>> USA
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
>
> USA
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