Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For me, it comes in around 11:00am on Thursday. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/9/2015 2:43 PM, John McMaster wrote: > I currently get that email about 4:00am on a Friday ;-) > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.nz at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Robert Clark > Sent: Friday, 10 April 2015 4:08 a.m. > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: Re: [Leica] opening bell > > I still get a kick out of reading this...remembering the debate years ago > of when was it "officially" Friday! > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+rclark01=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 12:01 PM > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] opening bell > > In the village of Kirimati, in the country of Kiribati, it is just after > sunrise (06:01) on Friday, so the Leica Users Group 'For-sale Friday' is > officially open for business. > > Kirimati is pronounced "Kee-ree-mass" and Kiribati is prounced > "Kee-ree-bus". The island is known both as Kirimati and Kiritimati. > Kiritimati is pronounced "Kee-ri-see-mass". (Say it out loud.) When it was > an English colony, it was known as Christmas Island. There is another > unrelated island with that name (an Australian territory in the Indian > ocean). Kirimati is part of the Line Islands archipelago. > > Kirimati is big enough to have two hotels and air service. > Despite its being a former British nuclear test site, it is now safe in > terms of radiation hazard. There is a lot of cast-off military hardware > littering the edges of the island, but it serves more as a replacement for > pandanus leaves in the roofs of huts than as a danger. Piles of rusting > scrap metal serve as landmarks. > > There is spectacular fishing for bonefish on the shallow sand flats around > the island. It's slow film country; the light is incredibly intense, > being very near the equator. > > > NO ARCHIVE > server1:~/cals/leicafriday1.sh > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >