[Leica] Marissa Mayer's Balls

[Jeff Moore]

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 10:28 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG
<lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
> This whole thread reminds me of a rather naughty limerick that is set in my
> home town, Madras, as it was known before the name got changed to Chennai
> (the correct local name).

Is it the one with the lightning?

> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 2:06 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Don, they are definitely metallic.
> >
> > Brian, thanks for the story. We usually don't go to that part of town, and
> > only saw the giant balls because the building is on Middlefield. We didn't
> > know what it was, but google map said it's a mortuary, and I said, "so this
> > is the controversial Clubhouse" (for the readers: she got some
> > noise complaints a few years ago for holding holiday parties there).
> > Yesterday we actually drove down that street to Waverley to wave goodbye to
> > your ex-house, and I took a pic of a house decked out with Frozen theme
> > Christmas decorations. Later on, I found out that in fact it was Ms.
> > Mayer's house.
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:34 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > It was a mortician named Roller and Hapgood. I always wondered if Roller
> > > meant they would roll their, um, clients around.
> > >
> > > For decades, Richard Man was the 2nd closest LUGger to me, just a mile
> > > away. I know there are several in greater Lost Angeles. I wonder if
> > > anyone is in northern San Diego County.
> > >
> > > BTW: I knew Marissa pretty well when we both worked at the same
> > > small-ish company. I'm sure the balls are made of brass.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2020-12-13 3:24 am, Douglas Barry wrote:
> > > > Good one, Richard, but I'm surprised with the sharp spike in CoVid,
> > > > she didn't reverse her decision and make a bigger and better morgue.
> > > > Plus those balls could be repurposed. I'd get one so that my relatives
> > > > could roll me easily to the oven. Mind you, if there was a steep hill,
> > > > that idea may have a slight flaw :-)
> > > >
> > > > Douglas
> > > >
> > > > On 13/12/2020 10:27, Richard Man wrote:
> > > >> A friend gifted me with some 8x10 films, so I tested them out before
> > > >> doing
> > > >> my Ansel Adams quality work ;-)
> > > >> Marissa Mayer was the last CEO of Yahoo. A few years ago, she bought a
> > > >> morgue and turned it into a clubhouse. This year, there are many giant
> > > >> balls decorations on the clubhouse area.
> > > >> Gibellini ACN810, TMAX-400, 210 Rodenstock W
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > https://richardman.photo/nPICS/810-2020-12-MarissaMeyersMort-positive.jpg
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
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