[Leica] M8: To buy or not to buy. . .

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 5:09 PM -0700 9/17/06, Ted Grant wrote:
>Richard Clompus offered:
>Subject: [Leica] M8: To buy or not to buy. . .
>
>>Ted, as well said as I've ever heard.  Somehow you find the money, 
>>buy it and never look back.  Somehow my wife always gets over it. 
>>After I explained to her yesterday that Leica finally came out with 
>>a  decent digital camera and I'm getting ready to justify it as 
>>best I  can, she goes off and says, "well, did you order it yet?" 
>>Gotta love  her.  After 30 years of marriage, she knows me all to 
>>well.
>
>Hi  Richard,
>Good on you given you've got 30 loving years invested and your good 
>wife says: >"well, did you order it yet?"  Gotta love her.  After 30 
>years of marriage, she knows me all to well.<<<<
>
>OK after  57 years, "yeah I still love her!" There's a slight change 
>takes place and it sounds like this...  ;-) "You better not order 
>it!" ;-) Trust me there isn't any smiley face after hearing it! :-) 
>The "command will be quite distinct and unmistakeable in the 
>negative!" :-)
>
>You'll say: "No dear, although I was considering it because I'll be 
>able to use all those great image cutting Leica lenses you let me 
>buy over the years and yer so loving and all, just imagine how much 
>better those great lenses you thought made such great pictures of 
>you and the children that you always had to wait so long for prints 
>from Wal-mart so you could see them and with this new Leica digital 
>I'll be able to still take those beautiful photos of you actually 
>even better and you'll have colour prints or B&W if you wish within 
>a few minutes of taking them. So maybe because you'll really like 
>these fantastic images off the Leica M8 don't you agree I should get 
>it right away while they're available before they're all sold out? 
>;-)
>
>You'll smile and she'll leave you waiting for seemingly hours of 
>tantalizing anticipation. Don't hold your breath you maybe very blue 
>before you get an answer! ;-)
>
>Now Richard do please let us know what she says ? ;-)
>
>I don't mean 27 years from now, like after you let her read this as 
>I know she's such a loving devoted wife she'll immediately insist 
>you get an M8 immediately and start taking great photo's of her and 
>the children! ;-) Smile Richard I'm just trying to be helpful after 
>57 years of experience with the same woman whom I'm surprised hasn't 
>killed me yet. ;-)
>
>ted

Is this an acceptable topic for conversation next Wednesday when I 
get to talk to Irene? :-)

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