Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/15

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Subject: [Leica] uncle walter
From: Summicron1@aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:33:04 EDT

he shoulda known walter outranks all but the pope.

ctrentelman
ogden, ut
In a message dated 6/15/99 1:05:57 AM, you wrote:

>
>Did you hear the story about the time when Walter Cronkite interviewed
>Lyndon Johnson?  Throughout the interview, Johnson eyes seemed fixated on
>Cronkite's hands.  Finally, Johnson asked Cronkite where he got his watch
>(it was a Rolex Presidential, or something like that).  Cronkite explained
>that the President of Rolex had given it to him as a gift.  Whereupon,
>Johnson blew his top, exclaiming, "That son-of-a bitch told me that only
>heads of state could get that model".
>
>Dan C.