Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison, No, it is still the Constipation as the Journal was eliminated several years ago. Yeah, buying your competition out and destroying the presses is one way to keep your monopoly. Where was the anti-trust folk when that happened? On 6/20/07, Harrison McClary <lists@mcclary.net> wrote: > > Jim, > > I think I shot a similar angle back in the early 90's when Ripley's > burned down. I was sent up there by my newspaper "The Gwinnett Daily > News" to cover the fire. The big boys had helicopters. I looked and > saw a ski lift directly across the road, I rode up and on the way down > shot a quick roll of film, ran into a 1 hour lab had film only > processed and moved a great shot from the fire via a Lefax 35 > transmitter to my newspaper and to UPI. From what I saw in the AJC, AP > and the Tennessean the chair lift angle was FAR better than the > helicopters were. :) and A LOT cheaper. I think it was 5 bucks or > less. LOL > > Anyway those negs are long gone in the trash dump from when the AJC > (Atlanta Journal Constipation...I mean Constitution) bought the Daily > News and closed it. > > I have been to Gatlinburg maybe twice since, I try to avoid it, it is > far too commercial for my tastes. I like Asheville, NC, Morganton, NC, > Valdeese, NC and areas better. > > > > Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 2:39:17 PM, Jim, you wrote: > > > LUGGERS > > > This one is directed to Harrison McCrary to see if he has a later > > shot to show the commercial development. This was taken from the > > Chair Lift showing Gatlinburg, TN as it appeared early in its > > development in 1954. Airport Road shows a little development, but > > there is still a lot of "greenfield" area that is unoccupied. I have > > not visited there since the 80s, but it was well along toward full > > development at that time. For those unfamiliar with the area, > > Gatlinburg is the gateway to the Smoky Mountain National Park. > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Gatlinburg+from+Cable+Car+sm+54.jpg.html > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Harrison McClary > http://www.mcclary.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com