[Leica] Friday Follies

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks Don, makes sense. Speaking of HP, I still have the HP calculator I bought for use at university in the early 1980s, assembled in Italy! Still works just as well as it did 40 years ago.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu

http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
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> On 26 Feb 2023, at 11:08, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Nathan, the justification is either the passing of generations or cashing
> out.  The land in that area goes for 7 figures so an heir would obviously
> take the money and run.  Or, like my next door neighbor, sell, move outside
> of Austin property tax dome and live on the difference between what a home
> costs in Buda(town just south of Austin) and the dirt here.
> 
> All this is made possible by the difference in what an assembler made at HP
> in the 80's and what an IT specialist makes at Meta or Alphabet etc.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 3:03 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
>> The first one is certainly colourful! And the last one made me smile. What
>> is the justification for the demolition—was the house abandoned?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> photo at frozenlight.eu
>> 
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> 
>> Слава Україні! Героям слава!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 Feb 2023, at 12:00, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Greetings to all.  This week is a bit of a grab bag.  I will start with a
>>> repeat of sorts, the billboard at the top says it all:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Art+is+a+portal.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Not so much entertaining as a statement.  Many cities are having
>>> affordability problems and these tear downs are part of the issue.  The
>>> livable cottage is soon to become a McMansion upwards of 2M.
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/demolition+notice.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Seen on a walk down the street:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Heart+of+Texas.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> The front window of a coffee house:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/The+Origin+of+Miedicine+Murals.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> We went to Fredericksburg to see an exhibit of Mesquite woodworking.
>>> Walking from the parking I admired this bit of art: they turned a dead
>> tree
>>> on the former courthouse into a bit of chainsaw art:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Two+eagles+from+a+dead+tree.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> This oddity was found in a grocery store parking lot:
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Austin+Signs/Wierd+car+decorations.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> All the best.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com
>>> 
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> 
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> Don
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