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

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Subject: [Leica] I did not buy an M8 and my glass is half full
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Tue Dec 19 14:27:00 2006
References: <000801c723ba$0d478a70$6501a8c0@asus930>

Don't feel bad, the lord never helped me out with one either. :-)

G Hopkinson wrote:

>Walt, are those friends sitting in rocking chairs on those porches ;-)
>Cheers
>Hoppy
>Who's never owned a Porsche
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
>[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Walt Johnson
>Sent: Wednesday, 20 December 2006 02:06
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] I did not buy an M8 and my glass is half full
>
>"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porches, 
>I must make amends."
>
>jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote:
>
>  
>
>>"Freedom is just another word for nothing left  to lose"
>>
>>
>>My youth took me there as did my divorce
>>
>>But somehow I felt blessed with the catharsis...
>>
>>jon
>>
>>
>>-------------- Original message ----------------------
>>From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@depaul.edu>
>> 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Folks -
>>>
>>>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....
>>>
>>>Bob Palmieri
>>>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] I did not buy an M8 and my glass is half full)