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Subject: [Leica] Reorganizing my equipment collection
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 21:44:24 -0700
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Bob Adler
Redwood City, CA

On May 30, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> Whoa!  Sorry you guys have had a bad experience with marriage but maybe you
> just picked the wrong women!  I don't think my husband would say that
> marriage is a license for women to steal.  We share everything.  Marriage
> is wonderful when you choose the right partner.  We couldn't imagine life
> without each other.  He is my other half and my best friend.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Chris Crawford <
> chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> 
>> You've learned an expensive lesson: Marriage is simply a license for women
>> to steal. I've never, thank God, been married, but I've dealt with the
>> family-law system a lot over the years because I have a 15 year old son.
>> My attorney, who is a young woman, told me that any man who marries in the
>> United States is as stupid as a chicken who would support Colonel Sanders.
>> I've seen several friends with wives who cheated on them constantly, then
>> left for another man, and the courts punished the husband for his wife's
>> whoring by letting the ex-wife steal everything he owned. My attorney told
>> me that men get zero benefit from marriage.
>> 
>> I got custody of my son 4 yrs ago. His mother has never and will never pay
>> a dime of child support. The state couldn't care less. I don't care, I
>> don't need her money and am honestly happy that she leaves us alone (she
>> rarely sees our son, she lost interest in him after having a new baby). My
>> ex got NOTHNG I owned when she decided to leave for some loser 'badboy',
>> because we were not married. All she got was child support during the
>> years she had custody of him.
>> 
>> --
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-437-8990
>> 
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>> 
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>> 
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>> Become a fan on Facebook
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/30/12 3:07 PM, "Ken Iisaka" <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Going through a very acrimonious divorce process, I just received a 
>>> demand
>>> letter from my ex demanding all of my photographic equipment acquired
>>> before the separation date. That includes numerous M bodies including an
>>> M8, and a bunch of lenses including some spectacular lenses like Noctilux
>>> and APO Summicron 90mm.
>>> 
>>> Considering that she has previously claimed highly inflated values for my
>>> equipment, I'm hoping that I would be able to get 50% of the value 
>>> towards
>>> a new set of equipment based on her valuation.
>>> 
>>> Looking at what I use the most, I think I'd be very happy with a MM,
>>> APO-Summicron 50mm for most of my work, and Olympus OM-D E-M5 with a few
>>> lenses for color work. In the film days, I used Leica exclusively for BW,
>>> and a Nikon for color. I look forward to these simpler days.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Ken Iisaka
>>> first name at last name dot org or com
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Reorganizing my equipment collection)
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