Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/09

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Subject: Re: What to Take When The Marriage Fails
From: Jack Gottlob <sam@injersey.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 1997 12:17:30 -0800

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> My wife threw me out.  The last time she did this, she started tossing
> binoculars at me -- luckily, these were Zeiss and Docter glasses, and
> tough.  Only one was damaged, and the Lifetime Warranty fixed that.
> 
> Now, she tosses me out again, more peacefully this time, but I don't trust
> her.  What to take?
> 
> The answer is economic:  I rated all by economic standards.  That is, the
> first trip saw my gear worth more than $US 1,000 go with me -- Leica M6,
> Rollei 2.8GX, Questar, APO (Leica TM!) Televid, 1.5/7.5cm Biotar, and so
> forth.  The second run saw me dropping to the $750 range (Rollei 2.8F, VISO
> lenses).  The run today will see me clean out the last of the LTM stuff and
> the Mutar and so forth.
> 
> She left four messages on my answering machine and then called a fifth time
> and got me:  she wants to talk.  Sheezh!  I am TIRED after lugging all this
> German (yeah, the Questar is American, but it might as well be German for
> its weight!) metal around!
> 
> Life is hell:  I did leave the Canon EOS for her.
> 
> Marc
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!Mark:  If you didn't take the Leicas, she probably wouldn't want you 
back.