[Leica] Forgive me I Have Strayed.......

[gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)]

Jeffery,

Re: The Frugal Photographer

He is located in Calgary. So I can pick it up. Did he send you a 
replacement? If the developer survived he could just mail you the film.

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:36 pm
Subject: RE: [Leica] Forgive me I Have Strayed.......

> I hope you have better luck than I did with the Frugal 
> Photographer. His
> packing of the film and developer I ordered wasn't *nearly* robust 
> enough to
> withstand the abuse and trauma of the imbeciles at the USPS. When 
> I received
> the package, its remains had been put in a plastic bag with a form 
> noticefrom the USPS explaining how hard their job is. The package 
> looked like
> someone had stood on it and then kicked it for about half a mile. 
> Every film
> contained had been "popped" and every film cassette was bent and
> lightstruck. Amazingly, the developer was still in its bottle. 
> Wish I had
> something to develop in it.
> 
> Even the most incompetent USPS worker could not have accidentally 
> done this.
> I think it more likely that they were checking it for something 
> illegal and
> then demolished it to make it look like an accident.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> SonC@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:33 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Forgive me I Have Strayed.......
> 
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 2/28/2006 5:28:31 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
> gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca writes:
> 
> ...and  purchased my first non 35mm and non-Leica film camera.
> 
> The good news:  it works perfectly.
> 
> The bad: it takes 4X4 (127 film), and film and a  IB/manual is not 
> included.
> More bad: I don't have a film scanner that  takes 127 negatives.
> 
> May Barnack's ghost rattle his chains elsewhere at  night. Say in Ted
> Grant's 
> dreams.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> Greg:  Look here:  _http://www.frugalphotographer.com/cat127.htm_ 
> (http://www.frugalphotographer.com/cat127.htm) 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,  
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
> ?galit?, libert?,  crawfish
> 
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