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Subject: [Leica] Geoff escapes Brisbane
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:52:24 +1000
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Plane landed 25 minutes late. Flat tyre in car and I would need dynamite to
get the wheel off. Auto club has 2 hrs + wait and their phone sytem is
down. Have to laugh. beer o clock later methinks .
On Jan 28, 2013 11:15 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> All hoppies and dogs fine,  my flight is not cancelled thus far and my
> Leica stuff is safe with me in sunny Melbourne. Don't laugh too hard, the
> flood water is not expected closer than 500m from my house this week and
> more than 100mm of rain in a couple of hours has mainly stayed outside.
> With luck some of it is falling on the bushfires. I won't have to top up
> the pool for weeks... but the gusting winds supposedly hit 160kmh and
> somehow sneaked past the garage roller door to drop the ceiling onto my
> wife's car. I think the vehicle is just a bit dusty, a short spell outside
> will rinse it off. No need for us to pull down the recently hail ventilated
> window awnings now either.  That's  convenient. Alastair, do keep an eye
> out for them will you? I think they are still heading south.
> On Jan 28, 2013 9:04 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
>
>> Much calmer down south. I'm sure we will hear from him when his plane
>> finds a break in the hurricane to land ;-)
>>
>> > Le 27 janv. 13 ? 23:09, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit :
>> >
>> >> G'day all,
>> >> Geoff visited Melbourne over the long weekend. I'll leave it to him to
>> >> explain his Saturday activities, but to whet the appetite, it looked
>> >> like
>> >> a lot of fun. We met on Sunday and went for a stroll through the
>> >> city and
>> >> on to our appartment in South Yarra for dinner and a long chat.
>> >>
>> >> He was very happy to be in "sunny Melbourne" with Brisbane under
>> >> threat of
>> >> flooding again.
>> >>
>> >> Here is Geoff and Helen in Federation Square. Even with sunglasses,
>> >> it was
>> >> a bright day ;-)
>> >>
>> >> http://tinyurl.com/atjr4sm
>> >>
>> > Hi Geoff :-)
>> >
>> > Wonderful monocole you're wearing Helen, one of those I'd like to wear
>> > more often ;-)
>> >
>> > Thanks Alastair
>> >
>> > I hope all is well at Geoff's place, I saw pictures in the news, tough
>> > again!
>> >
>> > Amiti?s
>> > Philippe
>> >
>> >> Cheers
>> >>
>> >> Alastair
>> >>
>> >>
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