Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Honesty is best Policy
From: leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:05:37 +0000

Aside from tourists, the main industry now around Leavenworth is 
agriculture, mainly fruit orchards.  Much of the immediate land is not being 
taken up by houses and motels, but not far from town, and in the surrounding 
towns, fruit is king.  Many larger fruit stands are selling their wares, but 
I ran cross this one that really suited me.  It was a self service fruit 
stand.  You filled up your bags or boxes, then deposited the money in the 
slot, and you were good to go.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2026.jpg.html

The sign tells you what to do.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html

There is another sign that says you need to sample before you buy.  Grab 
some fruit and give it a try.

This reminds me of when we were first married and moved to the small Eastern 
Washington town of Odessa, in the middle of wheat country.  Down the road 
between Soap Lake and Ephrata there was a dairy and it was self service.  
Even more so than this fruit stand.  You would go in at any hour (we usually 
hit it about 9PM on our way back home from Seattle), grab the milk, cream or 
butter you wanted, then left your money.  It had the change and money just 
sitting out and you made your own change.  Best milk.  All in glass, so you 
returned your old bottles or paid a deposit on new ones.  This was the late 
70?s and early 80?s.  Times sure have changed.

Aram

Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer

?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson


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