[Leica] Monday Misc.
Jayanand Govindaraj
jayanand at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 19:17:04 PST 2020
So do I!
Cheers
Jayanand
On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 8:07 PM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:
> 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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