Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Was just joking, Jon, not mocking. Op 3-mei-06, om 21:48 heeft jon.stanton@comcast.net het volgende geschreven: > Marc, > > Thanks for the detailed answer to a sincere question (Although I > somehow knew Bauer & Black was not part of the answer) > > Jon > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Marc James Small <msmall@aya.yale.edu> >> At 07:06 PM 5/3/06 +0000, jon.stanton@comcast.net wrote: >>> What's an "egg coddler"? Is it a polite name for a jock strap? >> >> It is a device for coddling eggs -- a process somewhat akin to >> cooking a >> soft-boiled egg, only they can be cooked to taste and spices and >> the like >> added. These are either porcelain or glass and have been around >> for around >> 125 years. Royal Worcester in, oddly enough, Worcester, England, >> developed >> them in the late nineteenth century and they are still making them >> today. >> Others are made in China. The French made them for years but I am >> not >> certain that any are still being made there today. >> >> These are every bit as much the focus of collector gluttony as are >> old >> cameras, though MY gluttony for egg coddlers is in their use, though, >> camera person that I am, I have saved the boxes for all of my egg >> coddlers >> and keep them next to the boxes for my Leica, Zeiss, Cosina, >> Rolleiflex, >> and Hasselblad stuff. <he grins> >> >> Much more than you ever wanted to know can be found at >> >> <http://www.egg-coddlers.com/> >> >> Marc >> >> msmall@aya.yale.edu >> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >