Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And it is also highly unlikely that Edgar Alan Poe wore out any typewriter ribbons, given that he died 18 years prior to the invention o the typewriter. ;-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Barney Quinn Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:13 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: OT - National Geographic film usage Eric, Can't resist this..... I can, as a cellist, answer one of these questions. Yo-Yo Ma hasn't worn out all that many violin strings. He probably has, however, worn out many, many cello striungs! :-) <Huge Grin> Barney Eric wrote: > Gerry: > > >Based on using about 10 frames per > >story for publication, this is a success rate of roughly 0.05%. I > >think even I could make that, as could most of us on this board. > > I wonder how many sheets of paper Shakespeare threw away. I wonder > how much paint Picasso wasted. How many typewriter ribbons Edgar > Allen Poe used. How many violin strings Yo-yo Ma has worn out. How > many pairs of boxers Ted Grant has used to clean lenses. :) > > That said, I'm *still* in awe of Jim Brandenburg's 100% success rate > for one of his books. Can't remember the title offhand...chasing the > light or something similar. > > Eric > -- > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html