[Leica] You're just a bunch of LUGS!

[lea at whinydogpress.com (lea)]

Jim,

I love this shot.
http://www.hemenway.com/pages/Eric%27s%20Door.htm

Lea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:54 AM
Subject: [Leica] You're just a bunch of LUGS!


> Checking the LUG, at least in the morning, is as necessary to me as my
> first cuppa coffee. Pretty much the same for the RUG.... kinda.
>
> My thanks too, to Brian... for the LUG and the Leica knowledge that
I've
> gained... and especially for allowing threads related to digital
> cameras, hats, drinks and other alien topics. That's a big part of
what
> makes the LUG such a magnet to me.
>
> I know when he has had enough though, when my last post on a subject
> doesn't seems to make it to the list. :-)
>
> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
> B. D. Colen wrote:
>
> > Let me second everything here, including and especially the thanks
to
> > Brian for making this possible, and add that I have long viewed the
LUG
> > as a cyberspace country store, where people gather to warm their
hands
> > around the stove, trade tall-tales and advice, touch base with
friends,
> > and perhaps even pick up a needed item (or bit of knowledge in the
case
> > of the LUG). Yes, Leica ownership is what has drawn us all to this
> > particular store, but once in the door and leaning back in the
rickety
> > chairs, that doesn't seem quite so important.
> >
> > What I am constantly amazed by his how a list such as this draws
> > together people from all over the world, with common interests, who
> > would otherwise be utterly unaware of each other's existence. As
I've
> > said before, several of the people who I now count among my small
circle
> > of really close friends are people who I not only met on the LUG,
but
> > who just happen to live within 5-10 miles of my home, people with
whom I
> > have an enormous amount in common - beyond owning Leica Ms that are
> > gathering dust - and whom I would not know were it not for this
on-line
> > community.
> >
> > I also never cease to be amazed that the 'media' has not done more
> > reporting on the phenomenon of groups like the LUG, and the power of
the
> > internet to create communities of people all over the globe; well,
> > communities of people whose common interest is something other than
> > pornography. :-)
> >
> > B. D.
>
>
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