Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Smelling whiskey through the jailhouse window. ;-) Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 9:16 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > That's annoying, Sonny. I hope it turns up. > > Mine arrived today in Ireland having been printed in Eindhoven, Holland, > so, as that's in the EU, no tariffs now and in the future. The printers > in Northern Ireland that Blurb uses, are deemed to be British and thus, > like mainland Britain, will be out of the EU after the transition period > ends on the 31/12/2020. Blurb must be switching to Holland for all their > Republic of Ireland print runs, so yet another bite of Brexit on UK > revenue and jobs. > > The book looks sumptuous, and I can't believe the thickness and quality > of the pages. Brian really pushed the boat out with Blurb this time. > > Douglas > > > On 02/03/2020 14:50, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote: > > My copy seems to have been gobbled up in a transfer from UPS Innovations > to > > the USPS facility 70 miles away. So near and yet so far. > > > > Both organizations and Blurb are on the case. I hope I don't have to > shell > > out another $107.00. The only time I've lost any mail was in these > stupid > > transfers. They can't be saving enough money to compensate for > > disappointing customers. > > > > . > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 11:50 AM Brian Reid <reid at > > mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > wrote: > > > >> Naturally my copy arrived first since I had the first opportunity to > >> order. > >> > >> I was worried about how page 98 would bleed across the gutter, I was > >> worried that the HP Indigo presses might not be able to handle the > >> incredible colors on pages 15 or 102 and I wondered whether the printer > >> could capture the subtle shades on page 74, which make that picture. > >> > >> In every case the pictures look even better printed than they did on my > >> screen. If you have an Eizo display they might look better on your > >> screen, but this book is for the ages. Thanks to everyone who > >> contributed. > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 >