Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Jerry, you worked at Fairhope, and left it for California? Now I know you are crazy. Fairhope is probably the best part of the Gulf Coast. The *only* place where you get hills and beaches. SonC Thursday, November 20, 2003, 8:35:59 PM, you wrote: JL> Kit JL> The closest that I have ever been to a "country in the developing world" JL> was when I was working in Fairhope, Alabama. I think that they would JL> want a Mont Blanc pen there, not a Bic. :-) JL> Jerry JL> Kit McChesney wrote: >> In countries in the developing world, it is considered impolite not to >> compensate (where I traveled, they call it "matabiche") a subject for the >> privilege of photographing him or her. When I spent time on the border of >> Rwanda and the former Zaire, folks expected a little something to compensate >> them for their time. It made sense. We were taking something from them in >> the form of an image, and they wanted a little token of our gratitude in >> return. I gladly gave them whatever I could. In the late 80s, the "currency" >> of choice at that time for schoolchildren was the BIC pen. They would run at >> us, delighted to be photographed, and at the same time, squealing "Beec! >> Beec!" their way of pronouncing "BIC." I could have given away 55 gallon >> drums full of them had I had them with me. >> >> Kit >> >> == >> >> Jerry Lehrer noted: >> >> "Doug >> >> Completely correct. I was only talking about the FEE to photograph >> something, not the cost of getting there, or an entrance fee. >> >> Jerry" >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html JL> -- JL> To unsubscribe, see JL> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Best regards, Sonny mailto:sonc@sonc.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html