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Subject: [Leica] Well, it happened
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:27:24 -0700
References: <20130320001702.332d0b44@linux-mh41.site>

Oh, I feel for you. My gosh, I do. There are times when I feel the death 
penalty should not be for murder; it should be for burglary.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Mar 19, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Phil Forrest wrote:

> So, today I left the house in a rush and left my cell phone in my
> apartment. While I was at work, someone broke in to my apartment and
> stole all of my digital gear. Nikon D2x and D2Hs. A 17-55mm G DX ED
> AFS, a 14mm f/3.5 Sigma AF and my just purchased for a song and cleaned
> 24mm f/2.8 AIS. Also stolen was my very recently invested-in cell phone.
> 
> My housemate had a few rings stolen, earrings, a Canon IVSB with
> Jupiter-12 and a Pentax Spotmatic F with 50mm f/1.4 SMC Takumar.
> 
> This day was a headache at my crappy retail job and utter heartache
> when I got back to my apartment. My ability to make more than half of
> my income is gone and I was waiting until my next paycheck to insure my
> gear with a new partner company through my auto insurance company.
> 
> To all those in the greater NYC/Philly area, this corridor is rife with
> gear being fenced back and forth between the cities. If, by chance, you
> happen to notice a rather rare D2Hs (hard to come by since people kept
> them) let me know and I'll alert the authorities. I have all serial
> numbers of everything that is missing except that awesome *new* 24mm.
> 
> One of these days my sh**ty life might turn around. 
> 
> Thanks all.
> 
> Phil Forrest
> 
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Replies: Reply from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] Well, it happened)
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In reply to: Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest) ([Leica] Well, it happened)