Thanks, a great story
Chuck Norcutt
Scott and Barb wrote:
> Is there a designated code phrase for identifying list members found via
> serendipitous meetings in public venues? Michael Crosby from New South
> Wales Australia looked surprised as he stood next to me on the Staten Island
> Ferry in New York City this past week. Both of us on different family
> holiday trips but by chance standing on the same narrow top floor outside
> seating area of the ferry so that we could view the Statue Of Liberty.
>
> As I changed lenses several times on my OM2n he commented, "you don't see
> many OM's these days" which prompted me to paraphrase the NRA battle cry
> (disclaimer - I'm not and probably will never be a member) - "From my cold
> dead hands". Actually I should have said, "From my cold dead analog film
> loading, manual focusing, zuiko mounting hands". Fortunately Mike was quick
> to ask if I was an OM list member and I affirmed in my reply, "and how many
> OM's do you own?". Yes - I thought momentarily that I might have replaced
> Buck Henry in an Olympus version of "Digital Heaven Can Wait" with Mike
> staring as Warren Beatty proclaiming one of us was having a harbor ferry
> dream - they mean good luck, don't they?
etc...
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