FB THR MICKEY
WHO SAYS OFS AND OMS DON'T MIX?
73S, QSL?
DE N5KSK
(Couldn't resist. YOU went to a hamfest today, and I had to stay home...
>From one OF to another, good find!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mickey Trageser" <vze3m2s8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 12:58 PM
Subject: [OM] Small purchase
> I went to The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and Computerfest in Timonium MD
> today. It's one of two large annual Hamfests held at the venue. While the
> focus is on Amateur Radio and Television (it's sponsored by the Baltimore
> Amateur Radio Club, Inc [BARC]) and computer stuff, it features several
> acres of indoor and outdoor venders. They range from tailgaining to
trailer
> rigs full of wonderful goodies. If you have a radio for sale, you qualify
to
> be a vender. If you have a radio a coffee pot and most anything else to
> sell, it's a great flea market event. Though I haven't seen any livestock,
> they cover the gamut from waterfalls to refrigerators, tools to backpacks.
> Fun time.
>
> [Insert OM content here:]
> I was just about done when I spied a familiar camera. There was an OM-10
on
> a table, in fairly good shape. No dents or major scars, just a few spots
> where the Chrysler quality paint has come off. It's really pretty clean
> other than the paint issues. It included the manual adapter. I put a
couple
> of batteries in it and was pleased to find that it operated properly and
> smoothly in every way. I couldn't leave it orphaned there, so I gave the
man
> the $100 he asked for it.
>
> Not a great deal, you say? The camera was adorned with a virtually mint
> 50/1.4 (sorry AG, not a silver nose) with absolutely perfect glass and
> pristine blades. Below that was a Winder-2 in perfect operating condition.
> Cosmetics better than the camera, but a small bit of paint came off with
> some tape he had on it.
>
> So, I walked away pretty happy.
> -Mickey :-)
>
>
>
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