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Subject: [Leica] I Tried an M8; Color Question / Dallas?
From: jeffmatsler at amaonline.com (Jeff S. Matsler)
Date: Tue Feb 20 21:05:24 2007
References: <022120070419.12195.45DBC8660009F2BD00002FA3219791299503010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com>

Yeah, I remember that now.  I drove out there last spring to show my 
daughter where I used to live.  I couldn't find it.  Where there had been 18 
houses, there are now at least 100.  Somebody built a development out in my 
field...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <grduprey@mchsi.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] I Tried an M8; Color Question / Dallas?


> Parker is North.  I lived in Murphy, directly South, and on the same road 
> as South Fork Ranch.
>
> Gene
>
> -------------- Original message from "Jeff S. Matsler" 
> <jeffmatsler@amaonline.com>: -------------- 
>
>
>> In Parker?
>>
>> Or is Parker north of the Ranch? I lived in a garage apartment in Parker
>> one summer while at SMU.
>>
>> Jeff M
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From:
>> To: "Leica Users Group"
>> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] I Tried an M8; Color Question / Dallas?
>>
>>
>> > Don,
>> >
>> > Yep, I lived in the Dallas area for 12 years, and visited Cooters many,
>> > many times, buying several pieces of Leica goodies. I lived about 5 
>> > miles
>> > south of South Fork Ranch, of Dallas TV fame.
>> >
>> > Gene
>> >
>> > -------------- Original message from "Don Dory"
>> > : -------------- 
>> >
>> >
>> >> Gene,
>> >> Cooters is just a hop skip and a jump from SMU where the density of
>> >> lovely
>> >> coeds exceeds critical mass. Actually just off suicide alley err 
>> >> Central
>> >> Expressway inside the LBJ. With all the construction they still 
>> >> haven't
>> >> obviated the need for nerves of steel and 300HP to merge properly.
>> >>
>> >> Don
>> >> don.dory@gmail.com
>> >>
>> >> On 2/19/07, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Jef,
>> >> >
>> >> > As far as I know Cooters is it in the N. TX area. Nothing in Plano, 
>> >> > Ft.
>> >> > Worth or anywhere else.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gene
>> >> >
>> >> > -------------- Original message from "Jeff S. Matsler" <
>> >> > jeffmatsler@amaonline.com>: -------------- 
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > > Robert and Don (and others who might know),
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Someone bemoaned being 2 hours from their Leica dealer and I had 
>> >> > > to
>> >> > laugh -
>> >> > > I'm 8 hours once you deal with Dallas traffic from Cooter's. The
>> >> > > consignment case at Cooter's is a bit threadbare and hasn't 
>> >> > > changed
>> >> > > much
>> >> > in
>> >> > > the last year - just that big 135mm they want $700 for). I was
>> >> > > wondering
>> >> > if
>> >> > > you guys know of any other place in Dallas that deals in Leica. I
>> >> > haven't
>> >> > > lived in Dallas since I graduated from SMU in 1993, so I'm a bit
>> >> > > behind
>> >> > on
>> >> > > what's going on there these days. Surely with all that growth 
>> >> > > north
>> >> > > (and
>> >> > > all that money up there) there's bound to be a Leica dealer up 
>> >> > > around
>> >> > Plano
>> >> > > or further north. Yes? No?
>> >> > > Anyone know about Ft. Worth?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thanks for any ideas or guidance.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Jeff M
>> >> > > Amarillo, Tx
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Not that I really need anything - I've currently got 3 M bodies 
>> >> > > (M3,
>> >> > > M5,
>> >> > > CLE), a Summicron 50mm, a 90mm, 40mm and 28mm; a LTM 135mm, 45mm 
>> >> > > and
>> >> > > a
>> >> > > Minolta 35 Model II - and all the filters I'll ever use - but hey,
>> >> > > it's
>> >> > > always fun to look, right? ;-)
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> > > From: "Robert D. Baron"
>> >> > > To:
>> >> > > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 8:30 PM
>> >> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] I Tried an M8; Color Question
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
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