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Subject: Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Sun Dec 9 13:23:04 2007
References: <C381EB93.12F75%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <475C404B.7040002@numericable.fr> <B8927EC0-D705-469A-B905-F316892146C8@cox.net> <475C5863.7060205@numericable.fr> <23380069-DAEB-496B-8562-E35C3956551E@pandora.be>

Yes Brian, that's why it is called Caf? du Commerce  ;-)
Rosita...x
:-)



Philippe Orlent wrote:

> Isn't that another thread?
> The one about the meaning of life?
> ;-)
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 9-dec-07, om 22:04 heeft Philippe Amard het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Absolutely.
>> That's what life and families such as ours  are about i.e. staying  
>> alive.
>> LoL?
>> Phx
>>
>> Steve Barbour wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 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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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)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)
Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)