Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Tue Dec 19 20:09:22 2006
References: <9b678e0612191852ld5a207fm2c87f620b2bcd075@mail.gmail.com> <000f01c723e3$4dad2650$65caa8c0@shulman>

Jim,
Now that would be my kind of place, especially if you could get the Pinot
Noir in glass or styro.  :)

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 12/19/06, Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Another solution: elect to dine at emporia that offer drive-thru windows.
> "Very good, sir.  Shall I supersize the Beaujolais?"
>
> Jim Shulman
> Bryn Mawr, PA
> En route to Wawa for a chicken salad hoagie.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don
> Dory
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 9:52 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?
>
> Hoppy,
> In Atlanta there are many restaurants with insufficient parking compared
> to
> the space inside the restaurant.  So, they hire "valets" that overrev a
> cold
> engine and park the care somewhere over yonder.  When you want to leave
> you
> get to wait possibly a very long time to get your car back and also get
> tip
> the fine person for returning your car in under twenty minutes; hence the
> name varmint parkers.  What makes it worse is now many shopping emporiums
> now use this with all the good space near the entrance dedicated to the
> varmints so you either walk and extra 300 yards or pay the dude $5.
>
> All in all good for my budget and good for my waistline as I tend to avoid
> places that do this and refuse to use the varmints in I have to go to such
> a
> place and get the modest excercise of walking.  :)
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 12/19/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > Don, cultural reference explanation required! I'm with you on the
> vehicle
> > and movie references, please explain varmint parking
> > shrubs.
> > Cheers
> > Hoppy
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:
> > lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> > Don Dory
> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2006 14:27
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?
> >
> > I have a great deal of fun with the Mercedes and BMW drivers in Atlanta
> > driving a seriously bent 87 F150.  Think of the old deMille movies and
> the
> > Admiral yelling "RAMMING SPEED"  Well worth the room I get on the road
> > compared to the disdain from the varmint parking shrubs that exist all
> > about
> > my part of Atlanta.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> >
>
>
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Replies: Reply from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)
In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Re: Is the M8 the Edsel of cameras?)