Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hmmmm.... never leave home without your viagra... Steve B. D. Colen wrote: > In some ways it's probably good for us to all have these 'fishing' > stories - because we can talk about the fabulous images we WOULD have > gotten if only... :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Richard > Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 4:11 PM > To: Leica Users Group; 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: Re: [Leica] A quick - non-visual and painful reminder why > Ishould always carry a camera. > > > Yes, and while I haven't gone fishing since I was 17, you should have > the > last one that got away :-)!!! > > Actually, my favorite "lost" story is that when I was in Japan, one time > I > was in a train by myself w/o my Japanese friends or my family. Now > normally > as you know, Japanese "girls" are fairly reserved in public. Wouldn't > you > know it, 3 teenage girls started to play acting. One of them pretended > to > be shooting a gun with her fingers and hiding and coming up with all > these > stone faced Japanese adults around!! In other words, a perfectly normal > NYC > scene but a rare one in Japan! > > I have my M7, but I was a coward and chickened out. I don't know the > culture's reaction of tourist taking random pictures and since I don't > speak the languages, I wouldn't be able to explain what and why I was > doing > it. Sigh... > > At 12:00 PM 12/4/2004, B. D. Colen wrote: > > >>So late Wednesday evening I got a call telling me that I had to be on a > > >>7:30 a.m. flight to Florida Thursday morning, returning late Friday. I >>knew I'd be working the whole time, and with my back I really need to >>cut down on weight and clutter, so I didn't take a camera - first such >>decision in a long time. ... > > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, > please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >