Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great! I've got LOADS of stuff we can play with! Maybe we can even have a trivia contest about Hermes Typewriters! ;-) Thanks, Jerry! Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:50 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] TRIVIA TUESDAY IS UPON US! Kit I see no need for you to apologize. It was a fun contest, tastefully presented. I want more! Jerry Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Okay, guys, I've already apologized for posting the messages about Trivia, > but at the same time, I think I'm going to take half the apology back. Enuf > already. Gimmee a break. > > First, you can go see the image I posted without doing anything. I've posted > in on our Web site, yes, and that's my choice. I can post the image anywhere > I want. As you can post your images anywhere you like. Just because it's > there, doesn't obligate you to do anything. > > If you want to guess or answer the questions posed with the image, that's > your choice. No one is forcing you to buy anything to see the image, or to > come back to the LUG and talk about the image, or do anything about it. At > the same time, no one is forcing you not to talk about it, either, and it is > a wonderful bit of history about Leica, and worth talking about. It's no > worse than a discussion about 40 year old busted-up Lucas electronics, > broken-down Minis, worn-out Hermes bags and ancient typewriters, and > whatever the heck else, oh yes, German-made vs. over-the-border Bosch > electronics, that the Forum busied itself with yesterday! I mean, good lord, > let's have some fun! Why not? > > So I'm not going to fall all over myself apologizing about it. If you want > to look at the picture and talk about it, fine. If you want to send me an > email and tell me what it is, that's fine, too, and I'll actually pay you > for doing it. That's my choice. Anyone else here could do the same thing to > encourage the list members to look at their pictures. Offer a prize for > doing so. Usually that isn't necessary, since the pictures are their own > reward. (That's supposed to be a compliment). > > Maybe I should have announced it this way: "Your Presence at A Highbrow > Discussion of Leica Collector Ephemera Requested." Yes, maybe that might > have gone off better. Sorry. I chose the wrong model. It should have been > Antiques Roadshow UK, instead of Wheel of Fortune. ;-) > > Kit > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html