Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ahh, Philippe, I do wear protective goggles - well, large plain perspex glasses, but I didn't want to hide the beauty of my eyes :-) The fetid rumour mills that are my children are constantly carping on about the dangers of a drifting atom of errant spittle, its survival time, and how it could cut my wife and I down before our best before date. So, generally, it's goggles on - except for selfies. How do you do your shopping since lockdown? I'm still doing ours as the supermarkets have set hours for the wizened, like me. Douglas On 20/03/2020 19:05, Philippe via LUG wrote: > Well, ? > > Wear ggggles too Douglas > > Or, as I do, don?t get out ? > > Nice documenting, but risky ? > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 20 mars 2020 ? 19:55, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >> >> My local railway station is 183 years old in two months time. Salthill >> and Monkstown was opened in May 1837 as one of the stations on the Dublin >> and Kingstown Railway which initially started service three years >> earlier, making it one of the first passenger railways in the world. >> >> Now, it's a very busy commuter line with the Dublin Dart service carrying >> thousands of people the 5.5 miles to and from Dublin every day. Its car >> park is always jammed with many people leaving their cars scattered over >> the local hinterland. However, since the arrival of CoVid-19, so many >> jobs have gone, people are working from home, etc., so the busy car park >> is now nearly empty. >> >> Here are some pictures, starting with my wife's car (ironically, I drove >> it today as it's easier to park) occupying an otherwise empty car park, >> and ending with a selfie of a masked man. Shot with Sony A7ll and Samyang >> 33/2.8 >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_Salthill+Station+1.jpg.html >> >> and click to the right, and right, and right, etc., etc. >> >> All can be seen larger if desired. >> >> Douglas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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