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Subject: [OM] Benelux meeting - the whole story (long)
From: "Olaf Greve" <ogreve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:00:46 GMT
Cc: garyetx@xxxxxxxx
Hi,

After ploughing through all the OT messages about guns and stuff, I finally came across one that I was interesting to read...

First off: I'm glad the Euro treff was a success!
I'm sorry I couldn't attend, and I'm very sorry that for partially the same reasons my US trip and the intended meeting over there will also not take place. :(

Then to further add to the grief, I couldn't believe my eyes upon reading this:

Since we still had gear left, we talked over who might have been a good choice to receive it. I'm sure that Olaf would have loved the 180 f/2 and Chris Barker would have put the mint OM-3Ti to good use. It lacked a body cap, so we planned to put the 500/8 mirror on it for safety - but, alas neither of them made it to our meeting. The conditions that Mike placed on the gift specified that only those who were present could receive any gear, so I had to pack up the leftovers and FedEx them back to Mike in Texas the next day. I don't know what he did with them.

So, Chris and Olaf, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE!

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, normally when something sounds to good to possibly be true, it normally isn't. So I'm expecting that the part in your message about giving away the free goodies was a joke, right?

If not, I don't know what to say, but I'll have an attempt at an appropriate reply: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Seriously though, the reason I couldn't attend was twofold. Firstly, it was the day after returning (overnight) from our holiday in Spain, and the trainride would have been some 4 hours in each direction, which would have been "a bit" much after a night without sleep. And secondly, I've unfortunately recently been plagued by personal problems at home, so it wouldn't have been very likely I'd been able to go anyway, not even if I would have known that the above "reward" would have been waiting for me....:(

Anyway, if the above part about the free gear wasn't a joke, I can only hope that Mike has at least found or will find another good home for the gear Chris and I missed out on...

And, in case it was a joke, it's a very good one, as I can assure you that reading the above text made my heart skip a few beats...;)

Cheerio!
Olafo

PS: Please, please, please DO tell me it was only a joke, right?!?!??!?!?

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