Thank you, Austin. Les was a great guy... I sure do miss him... Eric Goldstein -- On 2/15/08, Austin Franklin <austin.franklin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Eric, > > > > Every > > once in a while I like to trot out the "lens wars" thread in memory of > > long-time list member Les Clark, who loved to have fun with it... > > > In memory of Les, here are a few comments between he and me regarding Planar > and Xenotar: > > ------------------------------------------- > > In <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJIEIPLPAB.austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/16/04 > at 06:55 PM, "Austin Franklin" <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > > >I find my Xenotar improves significantly when I use a light hair gel on > >it, or if unavailable, a slight lick by my dog, Benjamin (Airedale), will > >do just fine. Either of those bring it into the same realm as my Planar, > >but said treatment does distort the colors a bit more than I like. > > It just shows that your dog has excellent taste. They say that pets often > imitate their masters. > > - > ----------------------------------------------------------- > les clark / edgewater, nj / usa > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > and my reply: > > In <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJEEJILPAB.austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/16/04 > at 09:32 PM, "Austin Franklin" <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > >I'm not sure quite how to take that. I do NOT lick my own butt! > > Virtually anatomically impossible, and of course it was meant as a > compliment, a comment on the good taste of Xenotar fanciers. > > - > ----------------------------------------------------------- > les clark / edgewater, nj / usa > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Regards, > > > Austin --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list