Is this "someone else" the mysterious "Monster Living Under the Bed" (or
in the closet; depends on who you ask in the household) that is the
poltergeist responsible for suddenly and otherwise inexplicably
shattered glasses, dishes and vases, that has a voracious appetite for
one, and only one sock from each pair?
-- John
Walt Wayman wrote:
> I didn't mean to cast stones at others whose "someone else" may be under
> better control than the one that hangs out here sometimes.
>
> A few weeks ago I came into possession of a 6x9cm Crown Graphic in most
> excellent, almost new condition, except that the split-image rangefinder was
> unusable because the half-silvered mirror had gone bad. Apparently, the
> Graflex Company never expected that these things would ever need to be
> replaced, so they securely glued them in. In order to replace one, it's
> necessary to break out the old one with a pair of pliers, then chip away all
> the little pieces of mirror and old glue and level things off, without
> bending or damaging any of the rangefinder linkage, enough to cement in a new
> one.
>
> This I did, in a perfectly workmanlike manner, I must say. Then I took the
> carefully cut, proper-size, 3/4 x 1/2 in. piece, which I had excised from a 2
> x 4 in. chunk of half-silvered mirror I got from Edmund Scientific, and
> proceeded to glue the *%$@*& thing in WRONG-SIDE-UP, using 5-minute,
> quick-set epoxy. I didn't notice this mistake until about an hour and beers
> 3 and 4 later.
>
> I have a complete repertory of cuss words, many in more than one language,
> and I muttered, spoke, yelled, even sang, every *^%&$@! one of them. I plan
> to try it all again next week. It's going to take me at least that long to
> get over it and make sure "someone else" ain't around.
>
> Walt, still mad as hell at "someone else"
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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