Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually it's warmed up slightly the last day or two... comparatively speaking! We had some fun with my little one the other day - it was about -40 something c, so we decided to try blowing bubbles outside. Neato - they freeze in the air just after you blow them, slowly fall to the ground and stay there. Some were still there the next morning! What's Sandy shooting? There ain't much daylight in Inuvik this time of year - I think the sun only came up about a week ago... I doubt she'll stop over in Yellowknife on the way down unless the plane breaks.... but she can always give us a call. About the store - yep lots of diamond folks up here... Actually, lots of Japanese tourists for the Aurora - ran into one distinguished Japanese gentleman on Saturday with an R8 and zoom Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ted Grant > Sent: January 28, 2002 9:10 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] WAS: starbucks situation NOW: Yellowknife Leica store! > ;-) > > > Tim Atherton wrote: > >>> But then you can still buy wolf, fox, rabbit wolverine or polar bear > > fur/hides at a store in Old Town.... another store down there > still stocks > > gold pans...<<< > > Hey Tim, old buddy, > Here's a great opportunity for you to open a new Leica camera store in old > town, sell only screw mount Leicas at triple the price to all > those diamond > miners and rich folk flocking up there for gold and diamonds! ;-) > > Look, maybe even a "Yellowknife wolverine" pelt encased M6TTL > commemorative > model ! Or the buyers choice of pelt. You know $5 K for the pelt and $5 K > for the screw mount used by a little old grandmother in Wolfesburg! ;-) > > By the way Sandy flew through your town today on her way to Inuvik! > > Yeah doing an assignment way up there in the high arctic for a > week and the > temperature was 40 below zero today or maybe colder! So this week > she'll be > indoctrinated to the fine perils of a Canadian arctic winter night using > M6's. > > Going to be a hell of an awakening for a gal from southern > California. :-) I > told her not to worry how cold it was, because it was a "dry cold and she > wont feel it!" ;-) OK so I lied! :-) She'll find out soon enough when she > gets off the plane and her breath freezes in the air. > > Fortunately the bulk of the shooting is indoors. However, I'm sure she'll > have some interesting first timer tales when she gets back. :-) > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html