Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leicas and Rolexes was (Mechanical Watches vs Mechan ical Cameras)
From: chefurka@sympatico.ca (Paul Chefurka)
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:30:16 GMT

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:45:06 -0500, Mark Newport <newport_m@utpb.edu>
wrote:

> And I'm not
>trying to insult anyone but (true story) the last guy I saw with a Tag
>acted kinda funny.  He couldn't even enjoy the show or talk to his
>girlfriend for turning aound to stare a my Submariner. He would look at his
>... then he would look at mine ..then he would.. well, you get the picture.
>I think he had some sort of problem though. He never, even once, looked at
>all the Leicas hanging around my neck. Real spooky guy.

Huh, I didn't think I'd ever met you before.  That was you?  You have
better taste in watches than I do in girlfriends...

No seriously, the reason I looked at your watch instead of your Leicas
was that I'd seen a working Leica before...

:-) Paul Chefurka