Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?
From: "Sandy Carter" <sc-photo@home.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 15:54:38 -0700
References: <20010902182643.E4010@unix3.netaxs.com>

ditto -

of course, Kyle, if it's a leica with a chartreuse body it certainly
elevates, doncha think????

sandy


- ----- Original Message -----
From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 3:26 PM
Subject: [Leica] lower classes don't use leicas?


> >I do not know if the same applies overseas, but most US hotel staff
> >members are from the lower working class, and wouldn't know a Leica from
> >Jim Larkin.
>
> i resent the assumption that simply because i'm lower class i don't know
> my leica from jim larken. i stole my m6 from a dentist who didn't deserve
> it early on and i can tell an m3 from an m2 at 20 paces. i've got
> quite a collection and know exactly what i plan to swipe next. don't
> underestimate the lower classes. eventually, we'll get all your gear.
>
> kc
>
> okay, maybe not, but this continual classism drives me nuts. i really wish
> people would stop buying leicas because they think it makes them better
> than the jones'. it's unbecoming.
>
>
>

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