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Subject: [Leica] Early Birthday present
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Tue Jul 1 15:00:51 2008
References: <070120080513.5539.4869BCE9000D2F75000015A3219791299503010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com><D1D20F52-01DE-45A2-80D6-782BD1039732@comcast.net> <486AA626.8010800@san.rr.com>

Let me know what I'm doing wrong here but a couple of days before my 
birthday last week my wife comes home with a Coach Bag.

I bought myself a Flip Video.

Let me know how to upgrade to Lexus and 21mm Elmarits.

I betcha though it still has something to do with the $5000 D3 purchase.

Chris




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Lehrer" <glehrer@san.rr.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Early Birthday present


> Gene und Len,
>
> Yes, I too have an understanding wife.  She understands that when she 
> wanted a Lexus CS that she saw, she wrote out a check for
> it.  I got to drive it home,
>
> My B'day present to myself was a NOS 21mm 2.8 Elmarit pre-Aspheric for 1 
> kilobuck.  Store will be nameless.  They even gave
> me a certificate to have it 6-bit encoded.  But I have NO digital cameras! 
> So I will give it away,  (No not the lens, the certificate!)
>
> Jerry Lehrer
>
>
> Leonard Taupier wrote:
>> Gene,
>>
>> You're a very lucky guy with a very understanding wife. I imagine she's 
>> very happy you only have one birthday a year. It's a great lens.
>>
>> Len
>>
>>
>> On Jul 1, 2008, at 1:13 AM, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
>>
>>> Well today we went to Sammy's Camera in Santa Ana, or is it Costa Mesa? 
>>> I was looking for a WA lens, but nothing used, and not anything else. 
>>> Bummer!  But then I noticed a white Leica Box sitting on the bottom 
>>> shelf...  A 21 Elmarit Asph!  I managed to give the poor husband look 
>>> and after a bit of talking and discussion  She allowed me to buy the 
>>> lens for an early birthday present...My birthday is friday the 4th, so 
>>> it is a bit early, but I have been told it is my birthday gift for the 
>>> next 300 years!  It is also 6 bit coded for the M8, and it is a chrome 
>>> version so it is a bit bright against my black M.  But who cares as it 
>>> is a very nice lens.  I will try to post some shots with it in the next 
>>> few days, but my wireless access is a bit scarce right now.
>>>
>>> Gene
>>>
>>>
>>> _
>
>
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