Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] About Photo Arsenal on eBay
From: jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)
Date: Fri Dec 28 14:21:06 2007
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My favorite early 70s NYC camera store story:

At the time I was looking for a Standard (not super) 8mm sound projector, an
avis rara when new--and even more so on the ten-year-old equipment market.

After schlepping my parents along to the usual crowd of 32nd street stores,
my exasperated father asked a clerk, "What're the odds of finding a Standard
8 sound projector?"  The clerk replied, "About the same as finding a virgin
in New York City."

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA
Who later found a Standard 8 sound projector in suburban Philadelphia--in
virgin condition.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
bd@bdcolenphoto.com
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 5:12 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] About Photo Arsenal on eBay

What always cracked me up in 47th was the attitude - "whaddaya want?" Dump
camera on counter. "Vell, da ya vant it or not? Der's pipples vaiting!"
I wasn't aware of 47th when I lived in NY, but when I moved to D.C. a
(Jewish) friend of mine told me about this great place in NY he called Photo
Chews - 47th St! :-)
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry


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