Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Canadian Anathema
From: "firkin" <firkin@balhpl01.ncable.net.au>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:16:33 +1000
References: <65CDA938-BC42-11D7-853C-000A95A0C556@cybermac.com.au> <026b01c350a3$67334350$6401a8c0@Jack> <3F1DDAAF.A1B8754F@sympatico.ca> <00ab01c350ba$0ec4e630$6401a8c0@lan.artvader.com> <037a01c350c1$fae6b640$6401a8c0@Jack>
 
Jack McLain writes: 

> Filson = the Leica of outdoor clothing.  Here in Tucson (where "hot and dry"
> was invented) I live in either examples from my comprehensive Hawaiian shirt
> collection (spring, pre-summer, summer, and fall) and Filson bomb-proof,
> double flapped pocket safari cloth shirts (winter).  Great stuff... and as
> for hats.. Tilley?  pfffft! Can you say "Akubra"?

Great Aussie hats, but the Tilley is a classic, much lighter and you get all 
these silly bits of cardboard to hand out to friends. You are noticed in 
Tilley and ignored in Akubra in Australia 

Alastair Firkin @ work ;-) 

http://www.afirkin.com
http://www.familyofman2.com 

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