Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] New Have lens repair and more
From: jwlee01 at gmail.com (John Lee)
Date: Wed May 25 09:15:42 2005
References: <200505250731.AA147783792@cshore.com>

Doug,

How about a trade, NY bagel for New Haven pizza?

Cheers,
John 

On 5/25/05, dnygr <dnygr@cshore.com> wrote:
> Peter, Kenneth, Karen and others:
> 
> I'd be happy to put you in contact with the Leica repairman in New Haven. 
> Email me directly  (dnygr@cshore.com) and I'll send you his name and 
> telephone number.
> 
> Yes, he does fix lenses. He fixes everything. He's fixed my Hasselblad 
> 38mm Biogon as well as my Leica cameras. I need to bring him my 21mm M 
> lens now.
> 
> He has coffee every morning at Atticus bookstore, which is where I met 
> him. He introduced me to Leica. Atticus is just around the corner from 
> Harkness and JE (Jonathan Edwards College) with which I am affiliated.
> 
> Yes, I do remember the camera shop in Fair Haven which was near the great 
> Polish deli Wozniak's (sp?).
> 
> The only bad thing about New Haven is the bagels. I moved here from 
> Cincinnati where there was a bagel bakery in Roselawn that had the best 
> bagels. They were made the old-fashioned way, that is they tasted best 
> when they came out of the oven and if you didn't freeze them they'd be 
> hard as rock by sunset.
> 
> When I got to New Haven I was shocked by the state of bagels. Dreadful, 
> dreadful, dreadful. There were assimilated bagels, and there were goyische 
> bagels, but there were no real yiddische bagels. Things got worse when I 
> moved out of New Haven a few miles. I bought a bagel baked at a local 
> supermarket and tasted the all-time worst specimen, which I call "Yankee 
> bagels." They look anemic, are soggy, and taste like a cross between an 
> English muffin and Wonder Bread. It takes a year for them to turn to rock. 
> I exaggerate of course. Since coming here, the bagel scene has improved, I 
> am happy to report.
> 
> I wonder if those great bagels are still to be had in Cincinnati.
> 
> Doug Nygren
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