Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] National Geographic scandal
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 10:49:19 -0700

on 8/31/03 9:27 AM, Feli di Giorgio at feli2@earthlink.net wrote:

> 
> On Sunday, Aug 31, 2003, at 08:46 US/Pacific, Jon wrote:
>> Reaffirms the commitment I made as a pre-teen in 1963 to "never,
>> ever" own a tv.
> 
> Same here. As I kid I didn't watch a lot of TV. About 10 years ago my
> big Trinitron XBR died and somehow I never got around to replacing it.
> I have a small 9 inch job in the closet that I fire up when all hell
> breaks loose. I watch DVD's on my big 20 computer monitor or laptop and
> listen to the news on the radio or read the BBC, Spiegel and Washington
> Post etc. on the internet or a newspaper (although the US press is
> pretty lousy).
> There's just not a whole lot worth watching on TV, but who needs it
> when you can just go outside and see things "live". ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> feli
> 

I've never owned a TV either; like feli, I don't see much point in sitting
on my arse watching someone else's adventures when I could go outside and
make my own. 

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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