Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the internet is great but it's tough to use an 18 inch monitor as a substitute for toilet paper - which is what the pages of the Sears catalogue were used for in rural areas...:-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:49 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Dorothea Lange - revisited I suspect a computer has replaced the catalog...who needs a S&R catalog when you have the internet? Steve > As an Englishman who has little knowledge of American culture, I have > always assumed that she meant that 97% of US households had a Sears > and Roebuck catalogue in the house. From those times to these I bet > that the percentage has not changed as I think you will find a mail > order catalogue of some kind or other in most UK homes. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim > Hemenway > Sent: 17 November 2002 01:44 > To: LUG > Subject: [Leica] Dorothea Lange - revisited > > > > Someone told me that they heard from a friend of someone else that > Dorothea Lange once stated, "97% of the population are Sears and > Roebuck Customers," > > If that's true, is it? Then what did she mean?" > > -- > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > -- > 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 - -- 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