Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Simplicity
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Tue Dec 19 10:24:37 2006
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One thing for sure, Buddha knew about making space for his belly.

Bob Shaw wrote:

> 128.  Interesting number, in an 8-bit world.
>
> Did the Buddha know something about cyberspace?
>
> Maybe they had to give it a name first...
>
> Bob in Seattle
>
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:36, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Bob wrote:
>
>> All this talk of cars & cameras reminds me that in the mid 70's
>> everything I owned (M-4 w/35 & 90mm lenses, Fender amp w/Gibson &
>> Fender guitars and my Omega B-22 if I was moving somewhere) fit
>> neatly into my MGB-GT with room for a traveling companion in the
>> front seat and some clothes in the back.
>>
>> There really is something awfully attractive about that kind of
>> simplicity....
>
>
>
> Nepalese holy men have a rule that one can only own 128 things. Each 
> item counts. A pair of socks counts for two. Owning more than 128 
> items bars you from nirvana,
>
> I'll never make it. My Leica junk drawer alone has enough things to 
> keep me out for several lifetimes.
>
> Larry Z
>
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Replies: Reply from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)
Reply from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)
Message from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)