Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HEAR! HEAR! A truly dangerous man, this! Dan ( tsk! tsk! ) Post :o) - ----- Original Message ----- From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 6:29 PM Subject: [Leica] kick BRIAN DAVID STEVENS off the list! > ah HA! CAUGHT! in the ACT! > > i have EVIDENCE right here that brian david stevens is using his leica to > take PHOTOGRAPHS and thereby causing WEAR and TEAR which will lead to > DEVALUATION of the camera. he seems also to be the nefarious sort who has > probably thrown his leitz box, front caps and packing material into the > garbage. > > http://www.junkfox.com/35mmf8/index.htm > > if this were not bad enough, he has AUGMENTED his crime. he has also > placed his leica into DANGEROUS situations where it could have > been harmed by angry protesters or rained upon or had cracker crumbs > dropped within it's workings. > > i'm sure this is not the type of person nor the type of message we need to > see on the LUG. mr stevens, if you continue in this manner, we will have > no choice but to inform solms and have your cameras revoked. if you want > to take pictures, please do not tarry yourself to some other brand, nikon, > or canon, or one of the other inferior makes. leicas are for closets and > display cabinets. mine, for example, are in a hermetically (or is that > hermaphrodically?) sealed "clean room" protected by halon gas. There is a > crystal viewing panel which you can use (with low light of course) to view > the cameras. every year on oscar barnak's birthday, they are sent to > sherry krauter for a CLA, she wears surgical gloves during the procedure > so that no finger oils get on the cameras. (why all this CLA'ing you may > ask, go ahead and ask, i keep wondering myself.) > > not only has he comitted the above crimes, but he's showing us all up. > his photographs are quite good. this spins me off the most. > > i suggest that we invoke "LUG punnishment #16" on mr. stevens > immediately. someone get the black tape, someone get the tilly hat. i'll > be right here with the scotch. > > kc >