[rollei_list] Re: Doityourself CLA?

My experience with his wife consisted of me telephoning an order thorugh from 
Hong Kong to America,she asked me what I do and  when I told her that I am a 
Theologian and Missionary she gave me a large discount on my order. 
My experience of her is as a warm caring and kind person from our telephone 
conversations. 
On another note I think placing someone to the far right of George Bush would 
not make them anti semtic on the contrary. 
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From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:12:44 
To:rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Doityourself CLA?


On Monday, September 26, 2005, at 10:44  PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:

> I agree with the oversimplified part plus he suggests some thinkgs 
> that make me cringe such as drilling holes in lens retaining rings to 
> get them off but when I started doing my own cameras his books were 
> about all that I could find. The earlier ones looked like the work of 
> about an 8 year old.
>  He was very right wing but not like Marc. There was a mean quality in 
> Romney which is completely absent in Marc's thinking. I don't think 
> Romney was a nice person, Marc definitely is. That _does_ make a 
> difference.

You got that right!  Romney was a vile and bitter man.  Because I said 
that Philips screwdrivers were not the same as cross-point, something 
he never would believe, he got it in his head that I was trying to 
destroy his business of selling Philips screwdrivers for camera repair. 
  He wrote threatening, abusive letters to me, and wrote to Glenn Patch 
repeatedly trying to get me fired from my job at Shutterbug magazine.  
Glenn had to get a lawyer involved and there was talk of a restraining 
order, although I don't know if one was ever put into effect.

Romney believed that there was a vast Jewish conspiracy to control the 
world, and that this conspiracy had taken over the photo industry and 
was directing its efforts at destroying his business.  He believed they 
were threatened by his advice on how to save money.  He got it into his 
head that I was the head of this conspiracy in the photo industry (in 
spite of the fact that I'm not Jewish!).  I have a file of his hateful 
letters here.  It got worse when he discovered the internet!  I believe 
he was genuinely demented, and it got worse as he got older.

In the history of photography, Ed Romney is best forgotten.

Bob

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Thanks for your message,
God bless You.
Marvin.
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