Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Dec 9 12:45:29 2007
References: <C381EB93.12F75%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <475C404B.7040002@numericable.fr>

On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:

> Sorry Steve, I wasn't in a caf? then.
> Caf? du Commerce is just a way to express that the lively chat one's  
> engaged in can be stopped at any time, resumed the next morning, and  
> last forever.

so in fact the goal, if there is one,  is  NOT to...

ever arrive at an endpoint...or conclusion...

:-)

Steve


>
> People in Caf?s usually start up a conversation with total stangers,  
> the "thread" is then taken on by those who stay longer, and the same  
> predictable arguments surface at regular intervals.
> When you next go back to France, try this; get a newspaper and a  
> caf? or else at the counter and listen: it's real fun observing the  
> well oiled mechanics of caf? du commerce conversations :-) .
> I enjoyed the same feeling when I was a "regular" at The Yatch in  
> Bexleyheath, England, too long ago (sighs)
>
> My cheeky remark was in no way meant to be offensive at all as I  
> find the thread really interesting and I'm glad Philippe started it  
> for I discovered a lot, not only about photography, but also about  
> the rest of the LUG family's approaches to it.
> My answer to you is BTW part of the whole caf? du commerce process  
> LoL.
>
> Bien amicalement
> Ph
>
>
> Steve Unsworth wrote:
>
>> Would that be the Parisian Caf? du Commerce in the 15th? I used to  
>> live just
>> around the corner in rue Mademoiselle.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On 8/12/07 09:36, "phamard@numericable.fr" <phamard@numericable.fr>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Live from Caf? du Commerce - back to the studio
>>> Phil...x
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)
In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge')
Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)