Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sonny Fairhope is not really on the "Guff". It is on Mobile Bay. It does have a super English pub. Yeah, I left Fairhope for the slums of La Jolla, California. One has to go where the work is. Jerry Sonny Carter wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html