I didn't mean to cast stones at others whose "someone else" may be under better
control than the one that hangs out here sometimes.
A few weeks ago I came into possession of a 6x9cm Crown Graphic in most
excellent, almost new condition, except that the split-image rangefinder was
unusable because the half-silvered mirror had gone bad. Apparently, the
Graflex Company never expected that these things would ever need to be
replaced, so they securely glued them in. In order to replace one, it's
necessary to break out the old one with a pair of pliers, then chip away all
the little pieces of mirror and old glue and level things off, without bending
or damaging any of the rangefinder linkage, enough to cement in a new one.
This I did, in a perfectly workmanlike manner, I must say. Then I took the
carefully cut, proper-size, 3/4 x 1/2 in. piece, which I had excised from a 2 x
4 in. chunk of half-silvered mirror I got from Edmund Scientific, and proceeded
to glue the *%$@*& thing in WRONG-SIDE-UP, using 5-minute, quick-set epoxy. I
didn't notice this mistake until about an hour and beers 3 and 4 later.
I have a complete repertory of cuss words, many in more than one language, and
I muttered, spoke, yelled, even sang, every *^%&$@! one of them. I plan to try
it all again next week. It's going to take me at least that long to get over
it and make sure "someone else" ain't around.
Walt, still mad as hell at "someone else"
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>
>
> In a message dated 10/4/2005 11:41:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> hiwayman@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> I've had three or four things that "someone else messed up." I've been able
> later, after sobering up and/or after taking time to RTFM, to repair what
> "someone else" fixed. I try to keep "someone else" away from the gear now.
> If I have a need to "fix" something, I plan at least a day ahead and make
> sure
> "someone else" isn't around when I start. He sometimes, though, shows up
> before I finish, depending on how well the task at hand goes. :-[
>
> If your "someone else" is not the same as my "someone else," you need to be
> more cautious either about what you buy or who you let "work on" what you
> already have.
>
> Walt, who let someone else write this :-)
>
>
>
>
> Walt, that is only way too funny. I haven't seen my someone else in a long
> time . . .however, it seems like he was around more when he had a little
> closer relationship with Demon Rum.
>
> It is true, I should be a bit more careful about what I buy and this is
> essentially a very nice OM 2n with what was a minor problem created by
> someone
> else and then really scr#$ed up by me. I guess I could offer to sell it in
> its
> screwed up condition (needing the knob) to a list member at a decent price
> of say, $35 including postage in the USA. I'd send them the knob with the
> twisted off screw. That would have someone on the list with a decent OM 2n
> for
> a decent price, assuming they had the part to repair it and would keep
> someone else at arms distance while the repair is being done. Hmmm, maybe
> I'll
> her for a list member on this. Photos available. Bill Barber
>
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