WD NAGEL wrote:
>
> I have a story about my OM4T. I was walking in the subway in NYC last
> year, when I was approached by a mugger. He demanded that I handed my
> much loved OM4T over to him! I replied, "NOT ON YOUR LIFE. I WOULD
> RATHER DIE THEN GIVE YOU MY #@!%*&$ OM4T!" He replied, "OK." Pulled
> out a gun and fired a round at me. The bullet ricocheted off the
> titanium pentaprism on my OM4T, off a steel beam for the ceiling of the
> subway platform, then hit the mugger. The bullet went clear through his
> heart. As he laid on the ground dying, I looked over my camera and saw
> it was OK, so I told him to say "cheeeesssse" and took his picture. The
> camera still works to this day! I guess no one should %@&! with an
> OM4T!
>
--
WOW! That's even more impressive than the story of the OM-1 and 2 that
fought the Marcos regime!
Love it.
My story is not as exciting. My OM-4T has fought valiant, though
brief, battles with that inexorable enemy, gravity, on 2 occasions.
Final score: Gravity 1; Olympus 1, as only the second battle required a
trip to the hospital ship.
george :>)
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