Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, compared to life and/or health, NONE of this nor any other newsgroup matters!!! That's rather underst00d..... Walt On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:02 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) David Morton <dmorton@journalist.co.uk> wrote: > Walter S Delesandri writes: > > > Well, David, it's simple....I'll say it slowly....in our culture, > > (and in my family's opinion, when I was growing up...) there were > > things that were "necessary" and things that were "extravagances"... > > Cars, houses, furniture, lawn equipment (beyond the basic $125 > > lawnmower) were "essentials".....cameras and audio and watches > > etc. weren't!!! > > It was "OK" to have a $1000 lawnmower, a $15000+ car, and "new" > > furniture (when the old was FINE - and comfortable)....AND a > > $29 camera, just to take care of the "necessary" pictures (kids). > > > > To have a $1000 car, $100 lawnmower, old (SOLID) furniture with > > scratches, etc. AND $10,000 worth of camera and audio equipment > > is consider "frivolous" or "irresponsible"....even though the > > above mentioned stuff meets my needs exactly!! > > > > I didn't say that I commented on my neighbor's purchases -- IT"S > > THE OTHER WAY AROUND!!! If you make snide comments about my > > Leica or my old car, then I'm gonna go after your bass boat.... > [snip] > > But why do you care? I'm reminded of the quotation from Epictetus: > "Whatever principles you put before you, hold fast to them as impious to > transgress. Worry not what others think about you for that is beyond your > control." > > Look at it another way: I'm a SYSOP on a Compuserve forum (FLEET, the UK > journalists' forum). One of the other SYSOPs is a columnist on The Times. > In Saturday's column he revealed that his cancer (which we all thought was > responding well to treatment) has returned, and is inoperable. They've > told him he has 6 months without chemotherapy, and 12-18 with. He has two > children under 10. > > Ponder that for even a brief moment, and it puts all the stuff about > 'Leica stigma', who designs and makes which lenses, and how many aspheric > elements are in what lens into perspective. > > This isn't intended as a put-down to you or anyone else here, but for me > it was a wake-up call about what's really important. > > David Morton | "Times are bad. Children no > dmorton@journalist.co.uk | longer obey their parents and > David.Morton@openconsulting.co.uk | everyone is writing a book." > (+44) 171 917 6272 | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) >