Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/14
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Ed--
Take heart, open your wallet, and enjoy yourself! (And keep your favorite
Leica dealer happy! Just for the record, I'll say that I'm not that person.)
No guilt allowed. Anyone who has a Leica habit and guilt needs serious
psychotherapy. There are worse vices in this world!
Know that some very dear and well-meaning LeicaLubbers enjoy blasting anyone
who 1) buys anything new, 2) pays at or near retail, 3) buys anything with a
logo, 4) buys anything that wasn't drooled over by Oskar Barnack himself, or
5) buys more than one of something. Fuggeddaboudit!
Kit
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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Edward
Caliguri
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:09 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] "Fogg, Plastic or Paper " with your groceries??
GREAT point John !! -- Hey, look --- I love my little Fogg "Lyre" as it's
called -- so it's $225.00 --- I love my M Classic at $135.00 ... Big deal?
Why do Leica users always want to dump on someone who likes a certain bag?
It's almost as if they are making up for some guilty feeling.
I saw a nicely dressed gentleman of about 50 years old in Stockbridge MA
last summer, with a 20 something wife. Very nice couple -- started talking
them because they each had a largish Fogg Bag. Immediately, when I asked,
"So who has what Leica in their bag?" They both got very defensive. "She
wanted the bag" he said, while she insisted "He wanted the camera!" - and
that ended that. Jeesh - what a way to end a nice conversation on where and
what to see in western Massachusetts! A Bag's a Bag - ya use what ya like,
man! But ... I knew somebody would dump on me because of it :-)
Ed
> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 23:15:05 -0500
> From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A real Bag's Bag!
> Message-ID: <BABF9FF9.79EB%Mail@SlideOne.com>
> References:
>
> on 4/13/03 5:36 PM, Jerry Lehrer at jerryleh@pacbell.net wrote:
>
>> Here is a perfect example of what I mean! Aren't "Foggy" bags
>> even more expensive than "Billingsgate"?
>>
>> Feeling good about a bag means nothing 'cept you spent a lot
>> of money on style and couture. It won't help your photos.
>
> Just like buying Leica...
>
> - --
> John Straus
> Chicago, IL
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