Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Deadman 360/Honest Ed
From: Dan C <leicaman@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 14:42:29 -0500

When I was much younger, the best price for Kodachrome II was $4.95 (CDN,
including processing) at Honest Ed's.  The only problem was that I used to
get lost making my way around in that store.

Dan C.

At 01:56 PM 02-11-02 -0500, Carl Pultz wrote:
>Johnny wrote:
>
>"As for 'Honest' Ed Mirvish, he's an octagenarian store owner (owner of
>Honest Ed's, naturally) and the uncrowned king of Toronto. Everyone should
>go to his birthday party at least once. I wrote a bit about him on my site
>here:
>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/portfolios/mirvish/index.html
>This is LAST year's party, which was actually better."
>
>I'm happy to at last find out something about Honest Ed. On my only visit 
>to Toronto so far, twenty (gasp!) years ago, his store was one of the 
>weirdest things I saw outside Chinatown. I dug up the slide I took of it 
>one evening at dusk. With a head full of weed, it was quite a sight! Too 
>bad half the neon wasn't turned on.
>
>http://quazynet.no-ip.org/PAW/HonestEd.htm
>
>Hope viewers can read the signs.
>
>BTW, I'm knocked out by your Oxford Street shots. 
>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/portfolios/htrevisited/index.html
>
>Carl
>
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