Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Wet Leicas
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Mon Aug 21 21:19:57 2006
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H. Ball Arche said:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Wet Leicas
> That reminds me of the story I heard, oh, 20 years
> ago, about a photographer losing a bag full of gear in
> the middle of a set of rapids, while shooting a
> whitewater rafting trip. The bodies and lenses inside
> were all sealed into waterproofed plastic bags. The
> insurance company refused to payout on the lost
> equipment because, ostensibly, the gear was in OK
> shape, and, well, he knew exactly where it was.
> Urban legend?<<<<<,,,

Hi Arche,
that maybe, but in this case they'd still be working the bottom of the 
Halifax harbour looking for it! ;-) In the salt water of the Atlantic 
Ocean!:-)
ted
In reply to: Message from h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche) ([Leica] Re: Wet Leicas)