Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/25

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Subject: Re: Re. [Leica] Back from vacation..
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:08:57 -0400 (EDT)

Yeah, and speaking of avoirdupois, a pound of feathers actually does
weigh less than a pound of lead?

More precisely, 16 oz of lead weighs more than 16 oz of feathers

But if it is 12 oz to the troy pound, a pound of feathers weighs more.

Jeez, the metric system is boring by comparison.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Peter Klein wrote:

> Welcome back, B.D.:
>
> Nice beach!  Though I'm not sure why *anyone* from Northern latitudes
> would voluntarily go to the Carolinas in July (sorry, Tina!).  I
> especially like the first one:
>
> http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/image-49622.html
>
> It just screams "American Vacation!"
>
> Silver or silicon?  I'm going to guess silicon because of the aspect ratio
> and something about the look.  Then again, the avoirdupois-enhanced person
> is so sharp--gee, it *must* be a Leica lens!  :-)
>
> And congrats on the Kentucky article in the "Monitor"
>
> --Peter
>
> B.D. wrote:
> > ...briefly...off in a few hours to shoot the 24 hours before a
> > wedding... Anyway...here are some vacation photos..
> > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/folder-5134.html
>
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