Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/01

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Subject: [Leica] Reorganizing my equipment collection
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:37:03 -0400

I was married for 25 years its an institution I would recommend.

- - from my iRabs.
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 21:44:24 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Reorganizing my equipment collection
> 
> Count me in your corner!
> 
> Sent via iiiPad
> 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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