Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The First of May has been tainted by ... certain preoccupations in the past in North America. Here it's workers' day. A day of celebration, mostly for the older. The older who knew harder times, who more or less lived under serfdom (as late as the 40'ies), banded together and in the name of solidarity and social justice and dignity created a better society for their children ... who could care less. But they proudly sing: The Internationale http://www.dlridings.com/paw2004/18.html At the same time, it's a day when you know you will meet people on the street and the threshold of shyness, Scandinavian reserve, can be overcome. If you're lonely, you'll find someone to converse with: http://www.dlridings.com/paw2004/18alt1.html Yes, I took a lot of digital stuff too and I saw 1 (counted them) Leica, with the new 90mm Elmar (you could tell, it looked stupid). I had mine (I didn't count it) and used it, but didn't get anything decent. It helps to have these around the anarchists though. No intelligent police spy would use such silly contraptions. Daniel Lindome Sweden, Oslo Norway