Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slow. Realllllll slllllllloooooooowwwwwwwww. The funny thing is that I recall having read the part about the radiation, the scrap metal, the bone fishing, and the light - but I have absolutely no recollection of the pronunciation guide and the fact that it was Christmas Island. That's not a good sign, is it? :-( -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard S. Taylor Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 1:39 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] opening bell B.D. - Finally read that, did you? >All this time and we've been talking about bleeping CHRISTMAS ISLAND >every week?! DOH!!!! :-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:01 PM >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] opening bell > > >In the village of Kirimati, in the country of Kiribati, it >is just after sunrise (06:01) on Friday, so the Leica >Users Group 'For-sale Friday' is officially open for >business. > >Kirimati is pronounced "Kee-ree-mass" and Kiribati is >prounced "Kee-ree-bus". The island is known both as >Kirimati and Kiritimati. Kiritimati is pronounced "Kee-ri-see-mass". >(Say it out loud.) When it was an English colony, it was known as >Christmas Island. There is another unrelated island with that name (an >Australian territory in the Indian ocean). Kirimati is part of the Line >Islands archipelago. > >Kirimati is big enough to have two hotels and air service. Despite its >being a former British nuclear test site, it is now safe in terms of >radiation hazard. There is a lot of cast-off military hardware >littering the edges of the island, but it serves more as a replacement >for pandanus leaves in the roofs of huts than as a danger. Piles of >rusting scrap metal serve as landmarks. > >There is spectacular fishing for bonefish on the shallow >sand flats around the island. It's slow film country; the light is >incredibly intense, being very near the equator. > > >NO ARCHIVE >server1:~/cals/leicafriday1.sh >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information