[Leica] HCBilia - now HCB would have approved

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Well.....

A new M8.2 and a Maranello!! Clearly things are going well. Just 
don't work too many hours so that you don't have time for the toys.

The 575 is a wonderful car; the only thing wrong with it is that it 
should have been called a 475 to be in line with their traditional 
naming scheme. And, I guess, that it doesn't get great mileage (I'm 
sure that's your major concern too!).

Have fun! Oh, and take some pictures of the car with you know what!


At 7:25 AM -0500 2/10/09, Seth Rosner wrote:
>Alastair, when I was in Paris a century ago, I was a suitable bread 
>stick carrier though I used to slog straight through the puddles on 
>the rue St Andre des Arts where I lived.
>
>May as well begin the day confessing to all my friends on this list 
>that yesterday I succumbed, burdened my future, both temporal and 
>fiscal, and acquired a panda-destined black paint M8.2; no, I'm not 
>going to fret that my 35mm and 50mm optics are silver (the 90/2,8 
>Elmarit and 25/4 C/R Skopar are black). Probably will need a new 
>21/3,8 Elmar as w/a. Forgot to get an extra battery and memory cards 
>- almost don't know what to ask for in which store!! I'm in a 
>particularly busy time in my law practice, have been engaged as, in 
>effect, a quasi-judge to render a binding decision on a legal ethics 
>issue in a substantial commercial litigation. Thursday morning I'm 
>off to Boston for the Amer Bar Assoc midyear meeting, away till next 
>Wed. Lucky if I begin to understand this device by March.
>
>As Frank Dernie, Henning, Tom A., and several others on the list 
>know, in addition to my almost life-long affliction as a Leicaholic 
>image-maker, I'm also a car nut. Yesterday, the sports car market 
>having collapsed at least as dramatically as have the Leica, 
>Hasselblad, world equity markets and economies, and being no longer 
>obliged to run financial decisions past SWMBO, I lost my [alleged] 
>mind and also acquired a new (actually 'pre-owned') Ferrari, a 575M 
>Maranello. In fact, the private seller and I closed on the 
>transaction last Thursday late afternoon, the car was collected 
>Friday in Virginia Beach by transport company and delivered Saturday 
>to the Ferrari dealer in Spring Valley NY where I went yesterday for 
>my first visit. Perhaps the best road car that Ferrari has ever made 
>at a jaw-droppingly low price (you know, one can buy a pre-owned 
>8-cylinder Ferrari in excellent condition in the US$20-30,000. 
>range).
>
>As of tomorrow I'll be unsubscribed for at least a week. Will miss 
>you all. Don't take any wooden nickels.
>
>Seth
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