[Leica] Bad times, good times.....

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

Well, that's a sad story. I'm sorry for the loss of your equipment - so 
frustrating on this particular day! Jean-Michel
 > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:44:12 +0000
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> From: corkflor at iol.ie
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad times, good times.....
> 
> Tina wrote:
> 
> >So sorry to hear this!  What a nightmare.  The only thing worse would be 
> >to
> >have been mugged in the theft of the cameras.  At least you were not 
> >there!
> >  Best wishes for getting a good insurance settlement.
> 
> 
> Thanks Tina. The funny thing was that I got some reasonably decent 
> results with the Sony, tho' I hadn't a clue when I was actually 
> taking the shot due to shutter delay. But when you normally stand off 
> with an SLR and a long lens, it's better than nothing.
> 
> Best of light.
> 
> Alex
> 
> >
> >Tina
> >
> >On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Alex Hurst <corkflor at iol.ie> wrote:
> >
> >>  Went to a great family weddin' in Adare, Co. Limerick this weekend.
> >>
> >>  The bride was radiant; the flowers were spectacular (courtesy of my
> >>  talented florist wife - now retired, except for special family 
> >> occasions);
> >>  and a great time was had by all. Except I had to shoot the wedding 
> >> with a
> >>  loaned Sony P&S (albeit with a Zeiss lens) - in Polish, because I 
> >> couldn't
> >>  find the language menu.
> >>
> >>  Burglars had smashed their way into our hotel townhouse the night 
> >> before
> >>  while we were having dinner nearby. We were lucky - all that was 
> >> lifted was
> >>  my bagful of Nikons (it could have been Leicas), plus my wife's purse,
> >>  which was recovered next morning minus money but otherwise intact.
> >>
> >>  What really hurts is not the loss of the cameras and some very good
> >>  lenses, but that I didn't have the tools to do the job I was intending 
> >> to
> >>  do. So it goes.
> >>
> >>  I'm sure there must be some similar stories knocking round in the 
> >> Group.
> >>  In this case the timing was lousy....
> >>
> >>  Best from criminalised Ireland.
> >>
> >>  Alex
> >>  --
> >>  Alex & Carmel Hurst
> >>  Waterfall
> >>  Near Cork
> >>  Ireland
> >>
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> >>  Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A)
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> >>
> >>  email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us)
> >>  email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com>
> >>  Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel 
> >> personally)
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> >
> >
> >--
> >Tina Manley, ASMP
> >www.tinamanley.com
> >
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> -- 
> Alex & Carmel Hurst
> Waterfall
> Near Cork
> Ireland
> 
> Tel: +353 21 454 3328
> Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A)
> +353 87 988 9927 (C)
> 
> email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us)
> email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com>
> Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally)
> UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk
> Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor
> Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com
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