Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Realistically Gilbert - Why would anyone, to quote you, "give a shit." We all know that there are thousands of people out there who own Leicas. Some of them probably go to campaign rallies. A handful of them still use them professionally. ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of J. Gilbert Plantinga Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:41 PM To: LUG Subject: [Leica] I see one lousy Leica in the newspaper and I'm back on the LUG Well, I don't remember exactly what pissed me off, but a few weeks ago I unsubscribed from the LUG. My in-box got nice and quiet. I hadn't realized that I get so much spam, because it always seemed like such a small proportion of the total volume of incoming mail. So I set up some really good filters. I took pictures, I made prints. I even found time to read the New York Times. And that's what's brought me back. I've been fighting with myself since Sunday, but in surrender, I have to admit that I'm a LUG junkie. In the Sunday Magazine there is an article on the Howard Dean campaign (no political responses PLEASE!), and there's an AP photo on page 59 of Dean talking to the usual bunch of college kids. I check out the chicks in the front row. Ho-hum... but behind them there's this middle-aged balding guy with a camera up to his nose. Hey that's a Leica M, ain't it!. Uh oh, what's that little reflection down in front of his gut, jeez, its another one, definitely an M6 TTL or an M7, got the double silver lines above and below the finder window. And the red dot. Geezuz, that could be ME! 2 bodies, short strap, long strap, bald, old fart. And then I realize that no one else could give a shit. The AP guy that got the byline probably didn't even notice -- he's got to be shooting digital anyway. To view the Times on-line you have to register, but they won't spam you. Scroll down: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/07/magazine/07DEAN.html So, with that, I'm back, and I'll try to behave. Gilbert http://www.gilplant.com/ - -- 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