[Leica] another day another ongoing project

Fri Nov 17 09:50:38 PST 2017

BRAVO!!

The only good old days are those before you had to pay your own bills...

ric

> On Nov 17, 2017, at 10:00 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> About 1960, I was a teenager in Wetzlar, and I bought a tiny pocketable
> radio that had one earplug.
> 
> I tuned it to a station that played rock music all the time, the earpiece
> glued to my ear.
> 
> One night we had a German woman guest to dinner, and my mom told me to
> "take that thing out of your ear!"
> 
> The woman protested to my Mom, thinking she wanted me to remove my hearing
> aid.
> 
> This phone thing will pass.  Something else will come to anger old farts
> about how "it aint like it usta be."
> 
> I work among several thousand young people at a State University, and I
> find them largely much more respectful, helpful, polite and interesting
> than most people my own age.
> 
> Almost every day while loading my chair into my car outside the Library, I
> get offers to help.  That never happens at a shopping center, or downtown,
> or even at the hospital.
> 
> I know it is pervasive, but many of you must find it interesting as you
> post so many images of people on their iPhones.  There ARE other
> subjects.   ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
> 
> USA
> 
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> 
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> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Don Dory <don.dory at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Nathan, nobody denies the incredible power of todays smart phones.
>> Being able to explore the world's information, cultures, highways and even
>> fabulous wine purveyors on the fly is incredible.  What troubles me is the
>> burying of ones head in a screen to the detriment of personal interaction.
>> When my daughter was at the local international school in the mid 2000's
>> you could come into the school before classes and enjoy a raucous medley of
>> teenagers doing what young people have done for thousands of years.  Last
>> week I photographed the lifers(4k to 12th) at the school and the halls were
>> exceptionally quiet with all the faces planted in screens and headphones.
>> 
>> Recent studies are pointing to a lessoning of social bonds in the local
>> community as local interactions are greatly reduced.  Potentially leveling
>> is the finding that individuals are finding community in a larger
>> geographic region(s) but possibly limited to either affinity group or some
>> other narrowing criteria.
>> 
>> All the best.
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Let us not throw out the baby with the bathwater. I agree that the type
>> of
>>> behaviours described by Don and Ted are stupid, but on the other hand I
>>> find my smartphone incredibly useful. I do not have a GPS in my car;
>>> instead I use Waze, a free app on my iPhone, or just Google maps. Being
>>> able to communicate, free of charge, with my far-flung family (son in NYC
>>> etc.) is incredible. And yes, being able to check on the outcome of an
>>> important football match when circumstances prevent me from watching it
>> is
>>> useful too.
>>> 
>>> A beer festival I attended last month here in Alicante only accepted
>>> payment by smartphone. No credit cards, no cash.
>>> 
>>> 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
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>>>> On 11 Nov 2017, at 23:34, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Don,
>>>> I never cease to be amazed at the hundreds, nay, thousands of human
>>> beings
>>>> playing with these strange machines daily!
>>>> I understand that two people will be out to dinner at a very fine
>> dinner,
>>>> yet spend a large part of time "talking with others while sitting
>>> together
>>>> closely at their dining table? Unbelievable, such complete
>> idiocy!!!!!!!!
>>>> So? Where is the human race going regarding "human being talking to
>> human
>>>> being???????"
>>>> I have seen photos showing children on a drive through new parts of
>> their
>>>> country where they've never been and looking at these machines rather
>>> than
>>>> looking at the incredible countryside where most likely they shall
>> never
>>>> ever visit again? Unbelieveable?
>>>> I understand when? " A half dozen guys sit down in a restaurant or a
>> pub.
>>>> They stack their phones in the middle of the table so nobody starts
>>> playing
>>>> with the damn thing, "AND?" to stop the "phone babble?" the first
>> person
>>>> reaching and answering or using their "babble phone???" Pays bill for
>> the
>>>> table purchases!"
>>>> My re-action? YES BY ALL MEANS EVERYTIME!
>>>> And I don't care!     "WHY?" Well with these damn machines they are
>>>> destroying human to humans conversation and or observation while
>>> travelling!
>>>> I suppose there will be the usual question to me?
>>>> "DON'T YOU OWN ONE?? NOPE!!! And I don't think I've missed anything.
>>> Other
>>>> than when my lousy ears with hearing aids :-( missing a voice!
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Dr. Ted Grant  O.C.
>>>> :-)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> sage-----
>>>> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>>> Don Dory
>>>> Sent: November-10-17 4:44 AM
>>>> To: Leica Users Group
>>>> Subject: [Leica] another day another ongoing project
>>>> 
>>>> Good morning to all on this fine northern hemisphere fall day.
>>>> 
>>>> Today I have four images as part of my project showing the impact of
>> cell
>>>> phones on civil discourse or public interactions;
>>>> 
>>>> First is a typical breakfast scene we have all been witness to:
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/
>>> Breakfast+in+ChicagoLUG.
>>>> jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Second, another scene that we have all witnessed when families
>> congregate
>>>> together:
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/
>>> Chicago+family+waiting+o
>>>> n+the+busLUG.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Third is probably a weak single image but fits in a larger group of
>>> images
>>>> showing people barricading themselves away from whatever;
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/
>>> Everyone+in+their+placeL
>>>> UG.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Last, we return to The Bean where a lunch group meets for conversation;
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/
>>> Three+at+The+BeanLUG.jpg
>>>> .html
>>>> 
>>>> enjoy!
>>>> 
>>>> All the best.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Don
>>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>>> 
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>> 
>> --
>> Don
>> don.dory at gmail.com
>> 
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