Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]integral not astragal http://homepage.mac.com/galoot_9/astragal.html I had to look it up to find out what it means. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner > From: Mark William Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:00:57 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] unboxing > > That's show biz if these was really a first unboxing it could be really > tedious watching someone fumble around endlessly trying to find the next > secret latch the gnomes from Solms have come up with for them. > As is this is in effect a bit of a fake but that's ok with me. > The guy new EXACTLY where to reach for everything and when. > It was L like he was doing it by remote control; on auto pilot. In his > sleep. Yet passing it off as a real "event". > But I like things which are ordered. > Spontaneity can get way out of hand. Who needs it? > > We we didn't get in this new genre, "the unboxing" is a feeling of > excitement and discovery which we usually get and which is really an > astragal part of this new art form it seems to me. This box was more > complicated than an ancient wooden maze puzzle from some exotic land. > I think the average genius would take an hour to figure it out. And that's > on two cups of coffee and a candy bar. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:29:12 -0500 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] unboxing >> >> Reminds me of the opening sequence of "Get Smart!" >> >> Jim Shulman >> Wynnewood, PA >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ric >> Carter >> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 7:26 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] unboxing >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6s0hynipAQ >> >> ric >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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