David, I'm quite sure that there was quite a lot of clawing, kicking and
screaming going on when John was forcing you to make the exchange. Was the
lens any more scratched, dinged, scraped, or otherwise dented in the process?
Of course, that would be detrimental to John's position in this, as it would
affect resale value (but then, David, you DON'T plan on selling this, do
you???).
I would like to see a Gulf Coast Oly-fest in northwest Florida, but I'm afraid
that I would be the only one to show up!!
Cheers.
M.
keswick @ rmplc.co.uk ("David Brown") (Mailed by: keswick @ rmplc.co.uk
("David Brown") @ internet)
01/13/98 08:12 PM EST
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx @ internet
cc: (bcc: Mahlon R. Haunschild)
Subject: Re: [OM] Mid-Atlantic Oly Fest
Ahem! Not true John - as usual John has only given his side of the true
story of the (in)famous first Scotch Corner Oly-fest.
The venue was a famous roundabout on the A1 road known as Scotch Corner -
approximately mid-way between London and Edinburgh. In the car park of the
world famous Little Chef restaurant (3 Michelin Rosettes and counting) I
was threatened with a damaged, dented and generally abused 4Ti. While he
discussed the merits of The Camera Clinic - a north of England OM repairer
- and Benbo tripods I was eventually forced to hand over an incredibly
large pile of pound notes for a damaged, dented and generally abused black
(BLACK!) Zuiko 350mm/f2.8 lens and 1.4x converter.
As if I had ever wanted such a thing!
John had already terrified several motorists in the car park by focusing
the black beast on their number plates - if we had been in the US with
armed police about John may have been no more (I wonder what other Olympus
goodies I could have extracted from his car boot (trunk :)) and I could
have been saved from my fate.
And my "father-in-law"? Actually my minder who was looking the wrong way
and missed it all. I've sacked him.
I'm hoping the next Oly-fest will take place in Iceland - or at least a
long way from Scotch Corner :)
David
> Tomoko Yamamoto (followed by John Gardner) wrote:
> >
> > Rand Tomcala, Jim Loudon, and I became the first Oly mailing list
members
> > to face each other last Saturday afternoon.
>
> Ahem! Not true Tomoko. David Brown and I met face-to-face in the much
> unpublicised Yorkshire Oly-fest which took place in the car park of a
Little
> Chef restraunt midway along the A1 motorway. He oggled my damaged, dented
and
> generally abused 4Ti that had just returned from my Welsh trip and he got
his
> hands on my (black) 350mm f/2.8 and mythical 1.4x converter. He liked the
> product so much he bought it from me :) We discussed the merits of The
Camera
> Clinic - a north of England OM repairer, Benbo tripods and had a jolly
good
> time (while his father-in-law sat in the other car looking bemused by it
all).
>
> I'm hoping the next Oly-fest will take place in Hawaii :)
>
> Aloha...
>
> John.
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