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Subject: [Leica] My First Picture of the New Year--One Big Bologna
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Mon Jan 1 14:01:57 2007
References: <006801c72d73$c0ca2270$65caa8c0@shulman> <4598E7C5.1060005@summaventures.com>

Peter Dzwig wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I am still mystified, what is a "bologna"?
>
> Happy 2007 anyway!
>
> Peter Dzwig
>
> Jim Shulman wrote:
>> Central Pennsylvania has become somewhat famous for its local New 
>> Year's Eve
>> "drops".  Lancaster, PA is known as a rose city, so it drops roses at
>> midnight.  Another town is known for its wooden sleds, so they lower 
>> a sled
>> at midnight.
>>
>> Lebanon, PA is famous for Lebanon bologna, in either regular or sweet
>> varieties.  For the past ten years the town has created an enormous 
>> Lebanon
>> bologna, which is lowered to touch the ground at midnight.  After the
>> celebration, the bologna is donated to a local homeless shelter.
>>
>> About 500 people gathered at the 9th and Cumberland parking lot for the
>> event.  After the bologna descended, the DJ broke out the Village 
>> People's
>> classic rendition of "YMCA".  There were 500 people dancing to "YMCA" 
>> around
>> a 7 1/2 foot long, 125 lb. vertical bologna.  Hopefully a harbinger 
>> of very
>> good times in 2007!
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/slxe5
>> Some digital Olympus thing, lightened up so you can see the bologna.
>>
>> Jim Shulman
>> Bryn Mawr, PA
>>
>>
>>

Peter
A bologna is a large smooth textured meat sausage   Some Americans call 
it "baloney"!

Jerry

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In reply to: Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] My First Picture of the New Year--One Big Bologna)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] My First Picture of the New Year--One Big Bologna)