Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine is being converted into a room for my wife to grow plants during the winter, to be ready for spring. It's kind of sad, really. No, not really... Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 6:52 AM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] leica added a spare room to my house! > > > i "used" my darkroom for the last time on friday evening when a young > woman from south carolina who'd answered one of those "darkroom free to > good home" ads i've been putting up forever, drove up to cart off the rest > of my equipment; a 4x5 enlarger and related junk which had been gathering > dust since 2001. i realized that i hadn't been IN that room since 2003 at > least. what lives of excess some of us lead to have whole wings of our > homes shut down and dissused like the sealed off rooms of some great > gothic pile in Dark Shadows ... but as i stood there, asking her about her > 4x5 as her boyfriend dusted off the enlarger and started the laborious > process of dragging it up the stairs, i saw things in the darkroom that > i'd long since thought lost or destroyed, a jacket i'd been looking for > for months, paintings and framed prints i'd forgotten about -- and now, > all this space! like a secret room discovered! and not only that, it > contains a forgotten stereo! > > i've heard that manhattenites often dream that they've found a new room > hidden in their small apartments, behind a cupboard or behind a loose tile > in the wash room and here! here we have a spare room, free with the > purchase of a leica d300 -- what a deal! > > kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information