Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]He claimed that he wasn't very good at it. All references I've seen are "at his word". Not a very satisfactory manner of address such an issue. At least it wouldn't hold any water in our environment. But l'll gladly stand corrected, that he wasn't a trust fund baby, by French standards. Not that AA wasn't one either. S.d. On Nov 2, 2009, at 6:58 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > Did he? My recollection is that his involvement with the family > business was > minimal. I'll have to skim through the biography I have and get back > to you. > > Steve > > > On 2/11/09 14:45, "slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote: > >> You're talking about passive association with a historical process. >> HCB, on the other hand, went abroad to tend to the family businesses. >> He lived off that income, and at the same projected the persona of a >> socially concerned activist. >> But, he's French! >> Apparently living with that type of ethical bifurcation doesn't >> perturb them a bit. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information