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Subject: [Leica] an old fence
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Fri Aug 8 15:18:43 2008
References: <58E76F89-B27F-4857-834C-DB175CBDE4E6@cox.net><4869E2D69D7C46229FF256FFB5C06AB0@jimnichols> <a3f189160808080904v62ba9bct230f9af126a66c01@mail.gmail.com> <6405A67620E046AEA82C419085C8C5E4@jimnichols>

Jim, Sonny and Steve,

That is spelled "baling" wire. The wire was used to tie up hay bales, 
not hay bailes.

Jerry


Jim Nichols wrote:
> Sonny,
>
> I've used enough bailing wire in my years growing up on a Mississippi 
> farm to know that it is smaller than the wire loop near the top of the 
> post.  I still say it appears to be hanger wire.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 11:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] an old fence
>
>
>> That's bailing wire, the precursor to duct tape.  ;-)
>>
>> SonC
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Jim Nichols 
>> <jhnichols@bellsouth.net>wrote:
>>
>>> Steve,
>>>
>>> Very nice, thought-provoking photo.  If only the post could talk.  I'm
>>> accustomed to seeing old posts with barbed wire and staples, but 
>>> this one
>>> seems to also have a few nails and what appears to be coat-hanger wire.
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net>
>>> To: "LUG Group" <lug@leica-users.org>; "LEG" <leica@freelists.org>; 
>>> "MUG
>>> Users" <MUGers@yahoogroups.com>; "LRF" <leicareflex@freelists.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:24 AM
>>> Subject: [Leica] an old fence
>>>
>>>
>>>  http://www.solio.us/gallery/PAW/cross
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Leica R8   S'lux 80mm Portra 400
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> your C & C appreciated,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>> http://www.sonc.com
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> USA
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Le


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