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Subject: Re: [OM] F5 student camera (!)
From: Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 00:50:11 -0800
Shawn Wright wrote:

>our Photo instructor told me one of our students came back with a new F5
>body [...] with a 50/1.4!
>
>It pains me to think how many decent Zuikos that one under utilized F5 body
>would buy!


Some people simply have too much money, and probably not enough time to
spend with their offspring.  And so they use $$$'s to compensate.

This reminds me a story: when I was a teaching assistant in grad. school,
one of my freshman students was driving a brand-new Porsche 911. Once
he gave me a ride, and told me that he got the car as a present from
his father -- for choosing to go to Berkeley instead of Stanford!

The guy's reasoning was: "I saved my Dad a ton of dough in tuition."
Of course, he conveniently forgot that on a new 911, an 18-year old pays
a small fortune in car insurance!  Just imagine how tempted I was to
give this guy an F!  (I didn't... I'm such a nerd!  Oh well, this was
not a "Logic 101" class... :-))

Cheers,



/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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