Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 viewfinder upgrade
From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 15:25:23 -0700
References: <000e01c3118b$c21c3260$0316fea9@ccasony01> <oprol7epu6ubstjq@smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com> <005d01c311c1$3df91440$e7f49bac@aoldsl.net>

Sometimes I make references that are just too obscure. When I say "drink the Kool-aid" that is a reference to the 1978 Jonestown massacre in which people demonstrated their belief in something that they knew intellectually could not possibly be true. Here's an etomology:

<http://www.wordspy.com/words/drinktheKool-Aid.asp>



> And by the way, Brian, if B.D. and  I sat down to Kool-aid at the table,
> we'd toast you, for all you do in letting the rabble stay in!




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