Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is very true. I live in Sunnyvale CA (geographic center of Silicon Valley). It is 200 miles across the state of California. Driving to the Sierra's (across CA) for a day or two skiing is not even questioned. Drive there in the morning, ski all day, drive home that night. There are three people (perhaps more) who work at Keeble and Shuchat Photography in Palo Alto (about two miles from where I work), who live exactly 120 miles, across the state, from K&S. That's 200 KM. They drive this every day (five days a week). 120 miles to work, 120 miles home. Commuting long distances is normal behavior over here. This is a little excessive... but they've been doing it for years. When I worked in Darmstadt, Germany (between Frankfurt and Heidelberg), I used to hop down to Switzerland for the weekend. Or just a day to visit Alpa. I would spent the night after the visit, then back to Darmstadt in the morning. My friends in Darmstadt thought I was nuts. Maybe we're all nuts! Jim At 07:12 AM 10/6/98 -0500, you wrote: >I got a kick out of this one-:).While people over here are fairly ignorant of >Europe's geography another problem is how we judge distances. The distance between >Sarajevo and Prague is less than Auburn, Nebraska (where I live) than to >Scottsbluff, Nebraska (where I frequently go). I consider that close, Hell it's in >the same state. I think maybe people in Europe are a little ignorant of what >americans call 'close'. > >Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Hi Tina, >> >> I have travelled a lot in Poland and the Czech Republic. Contrary to what >> someone from Canada wrote on the list, it is NOT close to Sarajevo and the >> trouble in Balkans--I wish people in North America would look at maps >> occasionally... > http://www.photoaccess.com Jim Brick, ASMP, BIAA Photo Access (650) 470-1132 Visual Impressions Publishing Visual Impressions Photography (408) 296-1629