[Leica] John Black

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Mark,

I had also wondered why John's emails to the LUG quit showing up.  If I am 
correct, I believe he lived somewhere near Knoxville, TN and had bought 
property on Short Mountain in Warren County, TN on which to build a 
retirement home.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: [Leica] John Black


> John Black was a friend of mine here being mentioned on Xtol Rants we
> communicated often via email and for years and met up at the Leica
> Historical society of America meetings where when I first saw him 10/14/98
> in Denver he was wearing a black Leather Harley jacket and that's when I
> knew the LHSA was OK for me. I was a long hair that year. my very first 
> LHSA
> meeting.
> Toward the end of last year though his emails stopped coming, (many of 
> them
> were jokes) and in Wetzlar they announced with some other people that he 
> had
> died. His wife was always fun to talk to too I wish her well.
>
> John told me he developed his film sometimes in antifreeze and I was not
> able to figure that out he'd go on long explanations about it which went
> right over my head.
> We had polar opposite opinions on politics and other such issues but
> apparently neither of us pick our friends on that.
> He lived on a farm I think he was an engineer and had much practical
> knowledge which I admired.
> Although the antifreeze I don't know. Tractors maybe. Tri X maybe not.
>
>
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Harlem, NY
>
> rabinergroup.com
>
>
>
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