Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]we allways joke we,ll end up alone with a dog on the flightdeck and that it will bite us when we touch anything.But seriously as long we can do a better job why replace us? simon - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <n.wajsman@chello.nl> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:36 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Bus Stop Incident (non-Leica) > You rubbernecker! > > Reminds me of a recent newspaper story about an American tourist in > Germany, driving a rental car and following the GPS instructions > slavishly until he found himself and his car inside a shop :-) > > On a related note, flying back from Spain this evening I was reading a > survey of aviation in The Economist, in which they foresee a future of > pilotless aviation, initially for military applications but later also > for passenger travel. As a weekly traveller, I am not quite sure about > getting into a plane with no pilot. > > Nathan > > Peter Klein wrote: > > > > Things got a little exciting outside my workplace yesterday afternoon. > > > > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/1864Small.jpg > > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/1865Small.jpg > > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/1866small.jpg > > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/1867Small.jpg > > > > Sorry about the OT Nik*n Coolpix 990 camera, but that's what I had. I'd > > like some feedback from the journalistic types here. > > > > It was an like an impromptu spot news assignment. I only had a couple > > of minutes. I had to step out into the street between traffic to get the > > best angle. The person who caused the incident tried to tell me I > > couldn't take pictures. I told him that it was a public street, and I had > > every right to. > > > > I have pixelated out a couple of identifying features for viewing here. > > > > --Peter > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl > Mobile: +31 630 868 671 > > Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html