Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]jeez marc lighten up!! Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com on 5/21/05 8:32 PM, Marc James Small at msmall@infionline.net wrote: > At 01:21 PM 5/20/05 -0700, Douglas Herr wrote: >> Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2005/05/19/_L3U2504.jpg> >>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2005/05/19/_L3U2536.jpg> Yup, > American Goldfinch >>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2005/05/19/_L3U2565.jpg> >>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2005/05/19/_L3U2599.jpg> >>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2005/05/19/_L3U2625.jpg> >> >>> <http://www.nps.gov/pore/> >> >> These photos - a half-hour from San Francisco - are another answer to the > question "why anyone would live in such a lunatic world as that which you > seem to inhabit?" > =============================== > > Doug > > I am a 1968 graduate of Novato High School in Marin County and was born in > California, unlike most of you would are praising it to the skies. I spent > a lot of time at Point Reyes and there was an epic camping trip three of us > took right after graduation -- and only one of us still resides in the > state, the other two of us being located around 140 miles apart on the East > Coast. > > California is a state of lunatic politics, idiotic social developments, > grand self-importance, and not much else. The weather is just plain boring > in the populated parts of the state. The laws are simply offensive to > anyone holding the most basic concepts of personal liberty and > responsibility as being of any import. The state's infrastructure has > failed to keep up with the population growth. &c &c. > > I do like four real seasons and the uncertainty of knowing whether next > week will bring us a blizzard or a hurricane, though both are rather > uncommon in these gentle foothills of the Appalachian mountains. We enjoy > a heavy rainshower when we get it, as we are not forced to endure a > four-month monsoon, and we enjoy a sunny day when it comes as it can be a > rarity. Spring means something here, as it only comes once a year. Und so > weiter. > > Our cost of living is minimal. My house is worth around $400,000 here, and > is regarded as a bit of a mansion by local standards, albeit it is in a > transitional part of town. A similar house in San Francisco would probably > bear an honest freight of a million or two. Hell, if I lived in > California, I'd probably have to work for a living instead of being able to > spend days on end goofing off on the Internet. > > And we do not endure canyon fires killing people and earthquakes and houses > sliding into the seas during a rainstorm. And we do not have to put up > with a police officer citing us when we flip someone off for doing > something stupid in traffic. Around here, you do that at your own risk, as > many of the locals do carry firearms, but so be it: I rarely flip someone > off, and I have never been shot at, so I guess it is a wash. > > Variety is truly the spice of life. I am delighted that there are folks > who wish to reside in my natal state but, such a residence is not for me, > and so be it. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information