[Leica] One afternoon in Miami

[ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)]

and get that friday ad ready for the stuff you are going to turn loose

then WE can get excited;^)

ric


On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> 
wrote:

> Easy.  Take it out of the box, charge up the battery, and start shooting!
> 
> Enjoy,
> Jim Shulman
> Wynnewood, PA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Howard Ritter
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:28 PM
> To: Leica Users Group; MUGers at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Leica] One afternoon in Miami
> 
> It's like this. My family and I were spending a week on Marco Is.,
> Florida, last week, and our son wanted to take his girlfriend to see South
> Beach at Miami, straight across the Everglades. I thought that a city as
> big and wealthy as Miami should surely have a Leica store, which I learned
> it does, and thus an opportunity for me to fondle a new M. So I emailed
> the contact person and learned that they had both black and chrome bodies
> in stock, as well as the new 35mm 'lux.
> 
> So last Thursday we took Alligator Alley over to Miami, and while my wife
> and the kids strolled South Beach, I crossed town to Coral Gables and the
> Leica store, where a very helpful Mr Peter Dooling indulged my fantasies.
> That's all they were, you know. I swear. Just the desire to have hands on
> a silver M240 with a 35 'lux mounted. No firm intention to buy, just
> curiosity. Innocent curiosity. Didn't mean to get in over my head, but I
> was suddenly very aware of the weight of that credit card in my back
> pocket, and I found myself in the grip of forces beyond my control...
> 
> Well, a crowd like you lot don't need to be told the rest. I didn't
> actually walk out of there with the goods in hand, because by having the
> store ship them to me in Ohio I could save $847 (!) in sales tax, so here
> I am waiting for UPS and Wednesday. Only problem: I had told SWMBO that
> I'd finance the purchase (if I actually intended to buy, which *ha ha* I
> didn't, not at all, just look) by selling off some older bodies and
> lenses, which she approved of and I fully intend to do. But of course she
> meant FIRST...
> 
> Now, what do I do Wednesday?
> 
> -howard
> 
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