Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi BD-- No big deal. <g> I have two boys--six and four--and they are always howling about something. I'm sorta use to it. As you say "why would anyone waste time and energy "howling" about someone's opinion anyway ;-) " Certainly not here on LUG! John >J.J.C. on a popsicle stick@! It wasn't equating an M3 with a Hugo - >and why would anyone waste time and energy 'howling' about someone's >opinion anyway ;-) - It was equating putting a Yugo engine - a total >piece of crap - in a classic VW, a wonderful, reliable, solid little >car, with putting a new M6 finder mechanism - a comparative piece of >crap - in an M3, a wonderful, solid, reliable camera whose best >feature was its viewfinder. Okay? ;-) > >B. D. > >John R. Fulton Jr. wrote: > >>> >>>> Putting an M6 viewfinder in an M3 is a bit like putting a Yugo engine in >>>> an old VW - or something like that...;-) >>> >>> >>>I must react : it is like putting a small block Chevy in a Yugo , and >>>I've seen that done ! >>> >> >>I don't understand equating an M3 with a Yugo? I'm surprised >>everybody isn't howling at this. >>Maybe the analogy is putting a Chevy engine in a Mercedes? >>[On the other hand car-collector and casino owner Bill Harrah put a >>Ferrari engine in a Jeep Wagoneer which he fondly called a Jerrari. >>(Back then there was no speedlimit in Nevada--what are you to do?)]. >>John Fulton >>Fort Worth - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html