Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] PAW 35 - Speightstown Pier
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri Dec 28 05:28:47 2007
References: <4773C0E9.3000504@summaventures.com> <004d01c848ad$990394f0$6101a8c0@jimnichols>
 
Jim,

very mundane I think that they carried little lights!

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year,

Peter

Jim Nichols wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> I love the photo, particularly the composition of the line of light
> posts. However, looking at the enlarged version, my old engineer's
> curiosity is aroused.  What is the function of the cable, cord,
> whatever, that is spiraling around the post?  Having dealt with
> stabilizing slender stacks in strong winds, I first thought of vortex
> breakers to break up the shedding vortices which cause such structures
> to whip back and forth from side to side.  On closer examination, this
> does not appear to be the case with these posts.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] [IMG] PAW 35 - Speightstown Pier)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] [IMG] PAW 35 - Speightstown Pier)