Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We have a Smart dealer just down the street. I see several Smarts a day driving around Buckhead. The congestion here means that the ability to park between cars in a full lot is a pretty smart proposition. On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 4:13 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > There's one Smart Car in Natchitoches! > > On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com> > wrote: > > > Mercedes has a large fleet (1100 cars, the largest along with the same > > sized fleet in Berlin) here in Vancouver that are used as part of their > > car-sharing brand, car2go. They are heavily used here as a lot of people > in > > the downtown area don?t own cars. > > > > Henning Wulff > > henningw at archiphoto.com > > > > > > > > > On May 7, 2018, at 10:33 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > > > > I suppose the Smart is exotic in America, especially in Wisconsin (I > can > > imagine it fitting better in NYC or SF). They are not common in Europe > > either, although when I lived in the Netherlands, I saw quite a few in > > Amsterdam, where they enjoyed the great advantage that you can fit two > into > > one parking space. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nathan > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman > > > Alicante, Spain > > > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > > > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > < > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 07 May 2018, at 05:21, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwmalumni.com> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> I see this scene every time I visit my local hardware store, so I > > finally > > >> took a shot. > > >> > > >> Smart car parked outside the revitalized offices of the Florentine > Opera > > >> Company on Burleigh Street in Riverwest. > > >> < > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > Buildings/20180504_MR_Mine_DSF5087.jpg.html > > >>> > > >> > > >> In the 19th century, virtually all brick buildings in Milwaukee were > > made > > >> of this cream brick, which led to the > > >> name "Cream City", and must have given a less oppressive feeling than > a > > >> city of dark red. > > >> > > >> One such structure was my high school. But by the time I went there in > > the > > >> '60's, it and all the others were dark from soot. > > >> < > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > Buildings/Demolished+Buildings/SDHS/Ca1915_PCMR_EMKE_10AX9913A.jpg.html > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Alan > > >> > > >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > > >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > > >> (Retired) > > >> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > > >> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > > >> amr3 at uwm.edu > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > >> > > >> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > > >> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com