Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/05

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Subject: [Leica] #254 & #255
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Fri Aug 5 15:49:48 2005
References: <003901c59999$07c93500$9d624254@desktop><0a7101c599ca$c4f6a870$0400a8c0@robertbxucevjs> <6e74b370050805081432d7ea92@mail.gmail.com>
 
Simon-

Thanks very much for the information.   That makes sense.

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Ogilvie" <simon.ogilvie@gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] #254 & #255


> On 8/5/05, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote:
>> Are all these barges pleasure boats?   Surely they're not commercial 
>> barges
>> carrying loads, are they?
>
> None of GeeBee's photos are of barges if I recall correctly - many are
> of narrow-boats which are a different type of craft altogether.  In
> the UK there are very few if any commercial load-carrying river-craft,
> and the narrow-boats in GeeBee's photos are all "pleasure boats",
> either day-hire, holiday rental, or privately owned.  (My wife used to
> work for one of the UK inland-waterways associations...)
>
>
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In reply to: Message from geebee at geebeephoto.com (GeeBee) ([Leica] #254 & #255)
Message from robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier) ([Leica] #254 & #255)
Message from simon.ogilvie at gmail.com (Simon Ogilvie) ([Leica] #254 & #255)