marknorton Posted August 27, 2007 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) ... there's a box with two newly delivered Leica 49mm filters in it. I drove off with it on top of my car and was half-way to London by the time I realised. What a dummy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Hi marknorton, Take a look here Somewhere in Oxford.... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Laki Posted August 27, 2007 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2007 u must be kidding Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6J Posted August 27, 2007 Share #3 Posted August 27, 2007 Sorry to hear this... I have done the same with my pipe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubice Posted August 27, 2007 Share #4 Posted August 27, 2007 My sympathy... I have done the same with a Koni-Omega 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" press camera many years ago. To my absolute astonishment, Omega in the US repaired it no charge and used the story to promote the canera's rigidity! Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 27, 2007 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2007 Ouch, what a shame, what a shame. Well, it will train the perfectionist in you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 27, 2007 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2007 Back track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 27, 2007 Share #7 Posted August 27, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Now that just stinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 27, 2007 Share #8 Posted August 27, 2007 Mark, isn't there a chance that the box just rolled off the roof to the side of the road? I doubt if anyone would have picked it up if it did. It should have happened very early, as soon as you picked up some speed. Post a notice somewhere, maybe someone will return it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted August 27, 2007 Yes, I'm going back there tomorrow to see if I can find it... an anonymous brown box won't attract attention, so it might still be there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 27, 2007 Share #10 Posted August 27, 2007 Watch out for early risers among the British LUF contingent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuckley Posted August 28, 2007 Share #11 Posted August 28, 2007 Mark - sorry to hear this. When I was a child, I went hunting with my father, who proceeded to drive off with a shotgun on top of our car. When we went back to get it -- we were three miles down the road -- it wasn't a pretty sight. Good luck! JB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted August 28, 2007 Share #12 Posted August 28, 2007 Just to join the bandwagon of "left on car roof" , it happened to me with my first old bulky Nokia phone... no problem.. found it 2 hours later, perfect working... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted August 28, 2007 Share #13 Posted August 28, 2007 Not quite the same but almost as bad: Many years ago after I had just started work I left a shop with a new goggled chrome 35mm Summicron in it's red felt lined box. I tripped and fell at the edge of the pavement (sidewalk). The lens shot out of the box and into the road. It was picked up and caught between the rear wheels of a heavy truck where it was flung up against the tailboard before falling back into the road. It was then run over by several more trucks. That's the only time I've used the Leica Passport for the repair. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted August 28, 2007 Share #14 Posted August 28, 2007 Mark, Here in the US and especially San Francisco (where it started), craigslist is very popular. You can find anything from a tuba to date for the evening. I was surprised to find Oxford as a designated city and it does have a "Lost and Found". I would post something there and in London. Here's the link: craigslist: oxford classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted August 28, 2007 Share #15 Posted August 28, 2007 I once left a stack of library books on top of the car, where they stayed for half a mile or so of slow traffic, until I made a left turn through one of the busiest intersections in Miami, when they all slid off the roof. Got them back, at risk of life and limb... JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted August 28, 2007 Share #16 Posted August 28, 2007 ... there's a box with two newly delivered Leica 49mm filters in it. I drove off with it on top of my car and was half-way to London by the time I realised. What a dummy! Any chance the box had your name and address on it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share #17 Posted August 28, 2007 Mark,Here in the US and especially San Francisco (where it started), craigslist is very popular. You can find anything from a tuba to date for the evening. I was surprised to find Oxford as a designated city and it does have a "Lost and Found". I would post something there and in London. Here's the link: craigslist: oxford classifieds for jobs, apartments, personals, for sale, services, community, and events Good thinking, William. I've posted a Lost and Found note, I guess it will make a change from dogs and cats. I'm going back on the same route later today, so will see if I can spot it. Sadly, no address, the filters had arrived from Leica (after ordering them from a dealer) inside a delivery bag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M6J Posted August 28, 2007 Share #18 Posted August 28, 2007 Not quite the same but almost as bad: Many years ago after I had just started work I left a shop with a new goggled chrome 35mm Summicron in it's red felt lined box. I tripped and fell at the edge of the pavement (sidewalk). The lens shot out of the box and into the road. It was picked up and caught between the rear wheels of a heavy truck where it was flung up against the tailboard before falling back into the road. It was then run over by several more trucks. That's the only time I've used the Leica Passport for the repair. Bob. OMG, that story is pure horror Bob. You should put a "Not for people with heart problems" notice in the begining of your post! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted August 28, 2007 Share #19 Posted August 28, 2007 Not quite the same but almost as bad: Many years ago after I had just started work I left a shop with a new goggled chrome 35mm Summicron in it's red felt lined box. I tripped and fell at the edge of the pavement (sidewalk). The lens shot out of the box and into the road. It was picked up and caught between the rear wheels of a heavy truck where it was flung up against the tailboard before falling back into the road. It was then run over by several more trucks. That's the only time I've used the Leica Passport for the repair. Bob. Now that is a vido that needed to be shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted August 28, 2007 Share #20 Posted August 28, 2007 While we are on the subject of roof-launchings, I can contribute a Motorola cellphone that I placed on my rooftop. It flew off forward when I braked a few hundred feet down the road, broke into three pieces which were easily reassembled, and works to this day with only a few scratches. scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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