Re: [Leica] Clear Plastic Tape (now Camera destruction)

["Barney Quinn" <Barney.Quinn@noaa.gov>]

Walt,

Thanks for this reply. I really needed a good laugh.

Barney

Walter S Delesandri wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:38:15 -0400 "Barney Quinn, Jr."
> <barney.quinn@noaa.gov> wrote:
> > Walt,
> >
> > Are you in treatment? Or a 12 step program? Or did you just do this cold
> > turkey?
> >
> > Barney
> >
> No, Barney....I tried the 12 step programs, and they wouldn't let me go
> to their meetings in the nude....the facist bastards....so I hired a shrink,
> till she jumped off the top of her building....
> Now I'm just working through it myself.  I've asked my wife to keep an eye
> on me and whenever I put UV filters on my lenses or clean my stuff excessively,
> she is to whip me with a riding crop.....and not let me wear my dog collar for a
> week.
> 
> So far I've been UV-filter-less for a year.....but I'm still taking it a day at
> a time....it can be treated, not cured.
> 
> Best luck,
> Walt
> 
> 
> > Walter S Delesandri wrote:
> > >
> > > Mark, Mark, relax man....these guys can really get you going (they have
> > > gotten me LIVID in the past---and I them)....but they're GREAT guys,
> > > and occasionally gal....
> > >
> > > Without re-starting the "leica as crappy investment" thread, I should admit
> > > that I'm a photographer-turned-anal-retentive-leica-fondler-turned-photographer
> > > again....I'm in remission, but I occasionally find myself cleaning under the
> > > wind lever and around the shutter speed dial....it's a tougher habit than
> > > drinking and smoking to break (I still do all that, too....)
> > > Luckily, I have NOTHING wrapped in plastic anymore, and I've noticed obvious
> > > marks on my "newest" (M4-P)..so now I can relax and shoot pictures....
> > > I've still got some UV filters, but I won't buy any more if I trade/buy any
> > > more lenses...it's a tough habit to break...
> > > I used to put tape on the ends and bottom/top of the bodies, and if you INSIST,
> > > clear bookbinder's tape is the stuff....but PLEASE reconsider...a little
> > > brassing ("zincing" as one LUGGER called it!) ....IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL!!!!...
> > >
> > > You will spend MANY times the amount of that M6 on car(s)
> > > ....THIS YEAR, probably...!!!!
> > > I speak with empathy, friend....I had a near mint M4 in the closet for YEARS....
> > > one day 5-6 years ago I said ENOUGH, took it out, put a strap on it, and have
> > > used the hell out of it (I'm careful, it has MANY marks, but looks EXC)...BEST
> > > camera I've ever had, love it, it ain't for sale, and I should have had it
> > > OVER MY LEFT shoulder all those years it sat in plastic!!!--I sold my 'beater'
> > > M2s, the ones that SOMEBODY else used for years, and bought a new body...it to,
> > > is a "USER",  but all the wear is MINE!!!
> > > Help is available, even here on the LUG......
> > >
> > > For those who have never had these "afflictions", don't make fun of Mark...they're
> > > REAL, and can be photographically devastating...I KNOW they were for me....I'm
> > > still taking it a day at a time....I've taken my UV filters off and thrown them
> > > in the trash (TED)....and dug them out and put them back on....and off...and on...
> > > this is a REAL problem, and I don't want ya'll making light of it.....so lets
> > > do the RIGHT thing, and HELP Mark....not make fun of his problem....
> > >
> > > Have a great weekend,
> > > Walt in Denton.
> > >
> > >
> 
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