Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Simplicity
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Tue Dec 19 11:44:25 2006
References: <200612191515.kBJFEUFi096859@server1.waverley.reid.org> <D408F9B9-79C2-4A71-8D24-4FEFFDCD947E@optonline.net> <722e8ad2474f8dfdd68e1cd4674b177f@comcast.net> <45882E65.6090706@waltjohnson.com> <47c92f6b9c09c5dc33956e0efcb13870@comcast.net>

That makes me feel much better and it won't be long now before my 
conversion. OOOMMMM OOOOMMMMM

Bob Shaw wrote:

> Ah.  You're referencing the highly-commercialized (not by buddhist) 
> "Happy Buddah".  I believe that's Ho Tei, a Chinese Monk from way back.
>
> THE Buddah was a rather slender chap, in fact.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob in Seattle
>
>
>
> On Dec 19, 2006, at 10:24, Walt Johnson wrote:
>
> One thing for sure, Buddha knew about making space for his belly.
>
> Bob Shaw wrote:
>
>> 128.  Interesting number, in an 8-bit world.
>>
>> Did the Buddha know something about cyberspace?
>>
>> Maybe they had to give it a name first...
>>
>> Bob in Seattle
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2006, at 8:36, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Dec 19, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Bob wrote:
>>
>>> All this talk of cars & cameras reminds me that in the mid 70's
>>> everything I owned (M-4 w/35 & 90mm lenses, Fender amp w/Gibson &
>>> Fender guitars and my Omega B-22 if I was moving somewhere) fit
>>> neatly into my MGB-GT with room for a traveling companion in the
>>> front seat and some clothes in the back.
>>>
>>> There really is something awfully attractive about that kind of
>>> simplicity....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nepalese holy men have a rule that one can only own 128 things. Each 
>> item counts. A pair of socks counts for two. Owning more than 128 
>> items bars you from nirvana,
>>
>> I'll never make it. My Leica junk drawer alone has enough things to 
>> keep me out for several lifetimes.
>>
>> Larry Z
>>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)
Message from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)
Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)
Message from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] Re: Simplicity)