Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] TRIVIA TUESDAY IS UPON US!
From: "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:38:18 -0700

Great! I've got LOADS of stuff we can play with! Maybe we can even have a
trivia contest about Hermes Typewriters! ;-)

Thanks, Jerry!

Kit

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry
Lehrer
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 9:50 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] TRIVIA TUESDAY IS UPON US!


Kit

I see no need for you to apologize.  It was a fun contest, tastefully
presented.

I want more!

Jerry

Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote:

> Okay, guys, I've already apologized for posting the messages about Trivia,
> but at the same time, I think I'm going to take half the apology back.
Enuf
> already. Gimmee a break.
>
> First, you can go see the image I posted without doing anything. I've
posted
> in on our Web site, yes, and that's my choice. I can post the image
anywhere
> I want. As you can post your images anywhere you like. Just because it's
> there, doesn't obligate you to do anything.
>
> If you want to guess or answer the questions posed with the image, that's
> your choice. No one is forcing you to buy anything to see the image, or to
> come back to the LUG and talk about the image, or do anything about it. At
> the same time, no one is forcing you not to talk about it, either, and it
is
> a wonderful bit of history about Leica, and worth talking about. It's no
> worse than a discussion about 40 year old busted-up Lucas electronics,
> broken-down Minis, worn-out Hermes bags and ancient typewriters, and
> whatever the heck else, oh yes, German-made vs. over-the-border Bosch
> electronics, that the Forum busied itself with yesterday! I mean, good
lord,
> let's have some fun! Why not?
>
> So I'm not going to fall all over myself apologizing about it. If you want
> to look at the picture and talk about it, fine. If you want to send me an
> email and tell me what it is, that's fine, too, and I'll actually pay you
> for doing it. That's my choice. Anyone else here could do the same thing
to
> encourage the list members to look at their pictures. Offer a prize for
> doing so. Usually that isn't necessary, since the pictures are their own
> reward. (That's supposed to be a compliment).
>
> Maybe I should have announced it this way: "Your Presence at A Highbrow
> Discussion of Leica Collector Ephemera Requested." Yes, maybe that might
> have gone off better. Sorry. I chose the wrong model. It should have been
> Antiques Roadshow UK, instead of Wheel of Fortune. ;-)
>
> Kit
>
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