Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] Bad times, good times.....
From: corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst)
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:15:41 +0000
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Went to a great family weddin' in Adare, Co. Limerick this weekend.

The bride was radiant; the flowers were spectacular (courtesy of my 
talented florist wife - now retired, except for special family 
occasions); and a great time was had by all. Except I had to shoot 
the wedding with a loaned Sony P&S (albeit with a Zeiss lens) - in 
Polish, because I couldn't find the language menu.

Burglars had smashed their way into our hotel townhouse the night 
before while we were having dinner nearby. We were lucky - all that 
was lifted was my bagful of Nikons (it could have been Leicas), plus 
my wife's purse, which was recovered next morning minus money but 
otherwise intact.

What really hurts is not the loss of the cameras and some very good 
lenses, but that I didn't have the tools to do the job I was 
intending to do. So it goes.

I'm sure there must be some similar stories knocking round in the 
Group. In this case the timing was lousy....

Best from criminalised Ireland.

Alex
-- 
Alex & Carmel Hurst
Waterfall
Near Cork
Ireland

Tel: +353 21 454 3328
Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A)
+353 87 988 9927 (C)

email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us)
email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com>
Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally)
UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk
Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor
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