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Subject: [Leica] Reorganizing my equipment collection
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 21:44:21 -0500
References: <CAA710CF-A76E-46A2-A6E8-D02EA31C1AF8@gmail.com> <CBEEE67F.1F0A7%mark@rabinergroup.com>

I've been married for 35 years and I firmly believe it all depends on
whether or not your partner also believes that 'marriage is an
institution he or she would recommend'. If not get ready for a world
of heartache.

Jim Laird

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> I was married for 25 years its an institution I would recommend.
>
> - - from my iRabs.
> Mark Rabiner
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/
>
>
>> From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 21:44:24 -0700
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Reorganizing my equipment collection
>>
>> Count me in your corner!
>>
>> Sent via iiiPad
>> Bob Adler
>> Redwood City, CA
>>
>> On May 30, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Whoa! ?Sorry you guys have had a bad experience with marriage but maybe 
>>> you
>>> just picked the wrong women! ?I don't think my husband would say that
>>> marriage is a license for women to steal. ?We share everything. ?Marriage
>>> is wonderful when you choose the right partner. ?We couldn't imagine life
>>> without each other. ?He is my other half and my best friend.
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Chris Crawford <
>>> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You've learned an expensive lesson: Marriage is simply a license for 
>>>> women
>>>> to steal. I've never, thank God, been married, but I've dealt with the
>>>> family-law system a lot over the years because I have a 15 year old son.
>>>> My attorney, who is a young woman, told me that any man who marries in 
>>>> the
>>>> United States is as stupid as a chicken who would support Colonel 
>>>> Sanders.
>>>> I've seen several friends with wives who cheated on them constantly, 
>>>> then
>>>> left for another man, and the courts punished the husband for his wife's
>>>> whoring by letting the ex-wife steal everything he owned. My attorney 
>>>> told
>>>> me that men get zero benefit from marriage.
>>>>
>>>> I got custody of my son 4 yrs ago. His mother has never and will never 
>>>> pay
>>>> a dime of child support. The state couldn't care less. I don't care, I
>>>> don't need her money and am honestly happy that she leaves us alone (she
>>>> rarely sees our son, she lost interest in him after having a new baby). 
>>>> My
>>>> ex got NOTHNG I owned when she decided to leave for some loser 'badboy',
>>>> because we were not married. All she got was child support during the
>>>> years she had custody of him.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Crawford
>>>> Fine Art Photography
>>>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>>>> 260-437-8990
>>>>
>>>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My portfolio
>>>>
>>>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My latest work!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>>>> Become a fan on Facebook
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/30/12 3:07 PM, "Ken Iisaka" <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Going through a very acrimonious divorce process, I just received a 
>>>>> demand
>>>>> letter from my ex demanding all of my photographic equipment acquired
>>>>> before the separation date. That includes numerous M bodies including 
>>>>> an
>>>>> M8, and a bunch of lenses including some spectacular lenses like 
>>>>> Noctilux
>>>>> and APO Summicron 90mm.
>>>>>
>>>>> Considering that she has previously claimed highly inflated values for 
>>>>> my
>>>>> equipment, I'm hoping that I would be able to get 50% of the value 
>>>>> towards
>>>>> a new set of equipment based on her valuation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking at what I use the most, I think I'd be very happy with a MM,
>>>>> APO-Summicron 50mm for most of my work, and Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a 
>>>>> few
>>>>> lenses for color work. In the film days, I used Leica exclusively for 
>>>>> BW,
>>>>> and a Nikon for color. I look forward to these simpler days.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ken Iisaka
>>>>> first name at last name dot org or com
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley, ASMP
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>
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