Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Horror stories
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 11:39:51 -0500

The sad thing is that the NJ Transit or Metro North conductors probably 
just threw it away.

There is something to be said for putting your Name/Address on the inside 
baseplate. (I don't do that, but some do)

Skip

At 3/4/00 07:41 AM  +0000, you wrote:
>Okay, this is just plain stupid.
>
>I went out drinking with some producers and the worldwide head of a major
>movie company. I took my camera to sneak some shots, which I did. Later on,
>on the way home, I changed rolls of film and shot some candid stuff on the
>train.
>
>When I got home I went to unload the film and found in my drunkenness I'd
>actually lost the baseplate of the camera, and had been shooting without it.
>
>Next day I wanted to shoot, so I had to drive up to Leica HQ and buy a new
>baseplate. OUCH. That was an expensive night out.


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Skip Williams
Westfield, NJ
skipwilliams@pobox.com
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