Hi,
After ploughing through all the OT messages about guns and stuff, I finally
came across one that I was interesting to read...
First off: I'm glad the Euro treff was a success!
I'm sorry I couldn't attend, and I'm very sorry that for partially the same
reasons my US trip and the intended meeting over there will also not take
place. :(
Then to further add to the grief, I couldn't believe my eyes upon reading
this:
Since we still had gear left, we talked over who might have been a good
choice to receive it. I'm sure that Olaf would have loved the 180 f/2 and
Chris Barker would have put the mint OM-3Ti to good use. It lacked a body
cap, so we planned to put the 500/8 mirror on it for safety - but, alas
neither of them made it to our meeting. The conditions that Mike placed on
the gift specified that only those who were present could receive any gear,
so I had to pack up the leftovers and FedEx them back to Mike in Texas the
next day. I don't know what he did with them.
So, Chris and Olaf, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, normally when
something sounds to good to possibly be true, it normally isn't. So I'm
expecting that the part in your message about giving away the free goodies
was a joke, right?
If not, I don't know what to say, but I'll have an attempt at an appropriate
reply:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
Seriously though, the reason I couldn't attend was twofold. Firstly, it was
the day after returning (overnight) from our holiday in Spain, and the
trainride would have been some 4 hours in each direction, which would have
been "a bit" much after a night without sleep. And secondly, I've
unfortunately recently been plagued by personal problems at home, so it
wouldn't have been very likely I'd been able to go anyway, not even if I
would have known that the above "reward" would have been waiting for
me....:(
Anyway, if the above part about the free gear wasn't a joke, I can only hope
that Mike has at least found or will find another good home for the gear
Chris and I missed out on...
And, in case it was a joke, it's a very good one, as I can assure you that
reading the above text made my heart skip a few beats...;)
Cheerio!
Olafo
PS: Please, please, please DO tell me it was only a joke, right?!?!??!?!?
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