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Subject: Disappearing Animals [was Re: [Leica] R9/DRM spider update]
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Sep 28 12:41:35 2007
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I see a lot of bugs, too, lately.
8~P



Op 28-sep-07, om 21:38 heeft Philippe Amard het volgende geschreven:

> GMO bug?
> I love your story.
> Phil...x
>
>
> Richard Taylor wrote:
>
>> You know,  disappearing animals may be getting to be a real problem.
>>
>> A week ago as I was driving back from an errand in Harvard Square  
>> and  rounding a U-turn to put myself back on Mass Ave, a mouse  
>> popped up  from under the hood behind my right windshield wiper.   
>> He scampered  to the middle of the car, faced forward, stuck his  
>> nose in the air,  wiggled his whiskers, and took in the scene,  
>> enjoying the breeze like  a tiny brown puppy.  Seemingly pleased  
>> by all this fun, he ducked  behind the left wiper and disappeared  
>> under the hood again.
>>
>> I have no idea what happened to him.  He couldn't get into either  
>> the  car or the engine compartment from where he was but there was  
>> no sign  of him when I got back to work and looked for him.
>>
>> Hope this isn't the start of a trend.  It could be serious.  I  
>> wonder  what it all means...
>>
>> Anyone else had animals or bugs disappear recently?  We may want  
>> to  keep track of this stuff.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:
>>
>>> Is the camera missing the spider? just wondering.
>>> Phil...x
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Hi All- Today I looked  thru the viewfinder of the camera - no   
>>>>> spider
>>>>> in sight!  I figured it had died. I proceeded to take out the   
>>>>> viewing
>>>>> screen (which the spider had been on top of), and looked inside  
>>>>> - with a
>>>>> flashlight. NO sign of the spider. I shook the camera to see if it
>>>>> would drop out- no luck. I reinstalled the viewfinder screen,  
>>>>> and  said
>>>>> the hell with it for now. It is not visible in the viewfinder when
>>>>> looking thru it - maybe the spider evaporated into thin air- or is
>>>>> stuck in some recess of the viewfinder cavity. I think I'll  
>>>>> just  leave
>>>>> the situation alone- I can always send it in to Leica, NJ. Again-
>>>>> thanks for all the suggestions - there were many good ones. Stasys
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> THE SPIDER HAS LEFT THE CAMERA!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>> rabinergroup.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) (Disappearing Animals [was Re: [Leica] R9/DRM spider update])
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Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) (Disappearing Animals [was Re: [Leica] R9/DRM spider update])