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Subject: [Leica] Quick Leica story
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu Sep 20 22:00:50 2007
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Sounds like my dog...but I still love her.

Nathan

G Hopkinson wrote:
> My wife's Border Terrier, on the other hand has chewed 2 Xbox memory 
> units, 1 DVD remote sender, 4 alarm clocks, 337 pencils, 100+
> small plush toys, the power cable from my Contax Digi P&S battery charger, 
> a 1GB SD memory card in its case and yesterday an entire
> bottle of white correction fluid on the new carpet (the white muzzle was a 
> giveaway although he tried to plant the evidence on our
> Schnauzer). He can open sliding cupboard doors, and apparently is on a 
> mission to rid his world of stationery, electronics and toys.
> I keep the M bag WAAY up high. I've taken away his ladder building tools.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Quick Leica story
>
>
> On Sep 20, 2007, at 4:44 AM, Charlie Meyer wrote:
>
>   
>> This is why I live with DOGS.
>>
>> Nothing at all against the other gender, but making someone sell to  
>> 'make the rent' being 'tricked' into buying a Leica, goes four  
>> stops right off the bad end of the compatibility scale  (one of the  
>> much-touted 29 measures of compatibility on eHarmony.com?).   Did  
>> Ms Twisted pawn all her jewelry and possessions to help make the  
>> rent?  The boyfriend might have discovered that fashion accessory  
>> makes photography fun...but will end up taking photos with some  
>> 10mp-worthless-next-year-plastic toy bought at WalMart or Staples.   
>> Opportunity lost.
>>
>> My Basset Hounds have nothing against my Wetzlar stuff
>>     
>
>
> likewise Tikwa sees the leica and immediately sits, posing  
> beaitifully for the photo...he won't chew them or pee on them...
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>   
>> ('crons are not edible), but I certainly won't have the parcel from  
>> Luigi left on the porch either.  That's the nice part of older  
>> dogs...the leather chewing crack addiction has been given up long ago.
>>
>> Did Princess Leia ever try to make Luke Skywalker sell his Jedi  
>> Knight Light Saber to buy new seat covers  for the Millenium Falcon?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> "Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz."
>>    - Mel Brooks Spaceballs
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Philip Forrest wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> The boyfriend's problem is that he sold the camera & kept the  
>>> girlfriend.
>>> Should have been the other way around.  The Leica will always be  
>>> faithful no
>>> matter what hell you put it through.
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday 20 September 2007 00:47, bob palmieri wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Y'all -
>>>>
>>>> So it seems, I was buying some cat food this evening when a store
>>>> employee, noticing the black thing dangling from my shoulder, called
>>>> out, "Is that a Leica??"
>>>>
>>>> To which I responded, "Yes."
>>>>
>>>> She said, "My boyfriend tricked me into agreeing to let him buy one
>>>> on Ebay.  He seemed to like to wear the thing, but I never saw any
>>>> pictures from it, so I made him sell it so we could pay the rent."
>>>>
>>>> Kinda reminds me of that character in "Catch 22" - (Injun Joe  
>>>> maybe?)
>>>> who was depicted as constantly carrying around some "complicated
>>>> black camera" but never having any pictures to show for it...
>>>>
>>>> At least my wife can't use this ploy against my M ownership. Not  
>>>> that
>>>> I think she's looking for such a thing, at least for the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Palmieri
>>>>         
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