Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent! 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 "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 16 Mar 2020, at 03:17, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Every Thursday for almost two years, I took the train from the Yokosuka > Naval Base to the Stars and Stripes office in Tokyo to check the proofs for > the Seahawk, the weekly magazine at the Yokosuka Navy Base. > > If you weren?t in a hurry, a pleasant part of the journey was to get off > the train at the Shimbashi station and take the trolly that ran to Roppongi > near the Stars and Stripes office. > > In 1966, the fare was 5 yen. At that time, the exchange rate was 360 yen > to the dollar. That made the fare about 1.39 cents ? a decided bargain. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Tokyo+Trolly_+1967+-+00778+.jpg.html > > > --Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information