Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That makes me feel much better and it won't be long now before my conversion. OOOMMMM OOOOMMMMM Bob Shaw wrote: > Ah. You're referencing the highly-commercialized (not by buddhist) > "Happy Buddah". I believe that's Ho Tei, a Chinese Monk from way back. > > THE Buddah was a rather slender chap, in fact. > > Regards, > > Bob in Seattle > > > > On Dec 19, 2006, at 10:24, Walt Johnson wrote: > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >