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Subject: Re: [OM] Misc OM stuff - FREE
From: Steve Goss <steveg3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 07:35:32 -0500
You found a motherlode!

Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa

"O.C" wrote:
> 
> I always used to think I was lucky, but this is beyond luck.
> 
> I went into a camera store in Albury (a country town) responding to their
> ad for a used 55mm f1.2 in mint condition. The lens turned out to have
> fungus in it and I thought what a waste of time it had been (a 300 km
> drive). I asked if he had an Olympus junk bin somewhere and he said "Yes
> but it doesn't have anything special in it..."
> 
> I said I may as well have a look. I was rummaging through the old lens
> hoods and cases. My heart almost stopped when I found a bagful of old
> bayonet style MD caps!! It looked like a bag full of small coins! It was
> loaded. I asked the guy how much for these. He said "hmmm it will be too
> much hassle hand writing a receipt. You've driven out 300k's, take them,
> they're yours."
> 
> I walked out of the shop calmly with the bag in hand. My heart was racing.
> I tipped out the contents and counted them. 87 bayonet style MD caps!! 23
> black the rest in chrome....
> 
> To be continued....

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