Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica sighting - odd
From: Robert Browne <rbrowne@iopener.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:22:37 -0800 (pst)

Slobodan,

Yes, the missus was with me on all three ocassions so I can presume the object of 
attention was the Leica. Two of the young women mentioned that family members had
owned Leicas. One said that her grandmother was trying to find her grandfather's old
Leica to give to her. Misplaced somewhere in her house.

Robert

>A strange but true story:

>I carry my old Leica III with me everywhere and this past week happened to stop in at
>three separate coffee establishments in Santa Monica. The unusual thing was that at
>all three places, the people who served me recognised the camera I was carrying as a
>Leica. And they were all women. All three mentioned their preference for the older
>manual style camera over the newer automated brands. And they like the way the old
>Leicas look. 

>My question is this: Is there a secret society of women baristas who are Leica LTM
>aficionados that we have not heard about?

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