on 04/22/02 10:59, Christian Skofteland opined:
> I've always said that if I had an LX 2000, Titanium, or Gold I'd use it. Why
> not? As Cesar told me when I made fun of his beat-to-hell LX: "It's a TOOL!"
>
> Having a rare camera and not using it is like the <rich> a-holes that have a
> vintage Ferrari and don't exercise it on the track.
Why spend a fortune on an LX-2000 when my three LX are still producing good
images? (My opinion, I know...)
I have a friend who is just finishing up a garage down the Puget Sound coast
a bit. Three working bays, and 40 double width parking slots for cars on two
floors, and a three bedroom apartment with a view on the third floor. Now he
doesn't have to remember which rental he left what at, and one or more of
his restoration and racing grease monkeys can work until midight, and be on
it again at dawn!
And he races them at any venue the organizers will pay air freight on the
car, transportation for two, and free lodging for a week surrounding the
event. Surprisingly, he gets to go to lots of places this way.
His cars? A Mix. Andretti's 1978 Lola that he won the F1 championship
piloting, a dozen Ferraris, from coupes to F1, a handful of other F1 and
Indy types, and his current crop of the sexiest Detroit iron for drivers.
He'll have a 2003 Ford GT-40 before they hit the showrooms.
Two years ago (or three) he took my sister to an event in Adelaid, AU for a
week or two. Brought one of the F1 Ferraris. Raced it (he's not that good a
driver,really) against 15 other F1 vehicles, came in 10th, with a blown
engine. The car's still here, but the engine is still at the Ferrari
factory, waiting for a new crank, some rods, and new pistons to be made by
some of the Italian style grease monkeys. So far, the engine rebuild has
cost him $55,000.00 dollars, and they don't know when they will get it
finished. 1970 F1 Ferrarri engine parts are not stocked on the shelf, and
they were never made in any quantity back then.
I have volunteered to occupy the apartment if he would plumb in a darkroom
and leave enough room for a photo studio for cars and models, but he has so
far not taken my offer any further than a nod and a grin. <sniff>
Man, I do apologize for the off topic ramble, but my stories must be told!
JoMac, Pentaxian
"Pentax, Quadraphonic, Betamax, Macintosh"
and above the rest.
k t,
s e n
Living life a w o
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yet ever so slightly o u t -------> f
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