[Leica] Monday Misc.

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i sure do like your town

ric



> On Nov 2, 2020, at 5:57 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all.  Earlier this week one of our fellow LUGgers posted a
> collection that implied a rather run down village.  I thought about his
> perspective and am responding with a pair of images that imply bad times in
> Austin.  This first image is what would have been called a vagabond when I
> was young was walking past a strip center that had vacated to build a
> modern grocery store.  The kindly folks in Austins planning department just
> couldn't see their way to allowing a new larger grocery store across the
> street from the existing one:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/modern+beduin+in+urban+desert.jpg.html
> 
> Just a few steps north of the previous image we can see distancing and the
> strong use of mass transit in Austin.  In fairness, this stop was once
> widely used when offices were open downtown:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/normal+at+Oltorf.jpg.html
> 
> Now for a bit of a smile.  This is the second windshield reflector I have
> seen like this; interesting that the original cast is preferred:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/a+long+time+ago.jpg.html
> 
> The next two are pretty typical street scenes in Austin.  This first image
> conveys a lot about single women and their ability to multitask:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/phone+puppy+shopping+tagging.jpg.html
> 
> Couples will be couples:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Congress.jpg.html
> 
> Another statement about Austin life.  Boots, dogs, significant others and
> the ubiquitous phone:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Austin+simplified.jpg.html
> 
> So, een after talking to this poll helper I am not sure what is going on.
> She is 50 meters from the entrance to the polling place around a corner.
> There are chairs out of frame that would bring her up to eye level.  Anyway:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/election+protection.jpg.html
> 
> Last for today; at least in Texas don't let folks talk about poll
> suppression or dangers of voting in person.  This scene was typical, a
> person at the door controlling the number of people to the available voting
> stations.  There are finger cots and sanitiser just inside, masks are
> required, and you can vote at any voting place in your county with a decent
> web page with reasonably accurate wait times for all the polling places in
> the county:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/vote+Aqui.jpg.html
> 
> All the best.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
> 
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