Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]well - not so much wealth, but drive for excellence and quality in themselves and what tools they use. Eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: re: dishonesty on the lug > You are making an implicit assumption that people who own Leicas are wealthy. Of > course, everything is relative, but I can assure you that some of us have had to > make significant sacrifices in terms of rearranging our priorities in order to > afford our Leicas. For example, I drive boring, cheap cars but have a Leica M7, > M6 and R8--because my photography is more important to me than my wheels. By no > means am I independently wealthy or anywhere close to it. > > This does not mean that I would rip anyone off, BTW. As recent corporate > scandals have shown, the propensity to rip other people off appears to be quite > unrelated to one's income. > > Nathan > > faneuil wrote: > > > I think we are all ignoring the elephant in the drawing room. > > The Leica realm is pretty darn rarified. > > If you are here - chances are pretty good that you don't need to rip anyone > > off. > > > > Eric > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html