Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That Healey belongs in California :-) Your father's gadget looks like a measurement tape to find the perfect bluetooth fit! On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Jeff Moore <jbm at jbm.org> wrote: > For the last few months (well, for the last couple of years, but in > serious earnest for the last few months), Kathryn and I have been > working on emptying out the house I grew up in, and which I've > inherited from my parents. I've found some remarkable things, some > old and really cool, some just... odd. The latter are usually gadgets > my father bought. He was very fond of gadgets. Here's a photo of > one: > > > http://photos.bazbarfoo.com/Other/prodifacts/11665851_FLfiw#866378369_udsfP-A-LB > > Should I ruin the fun by telling what it's meant to do? Perhaps not > yet. > > Much of the stuff, from oddities to some darned fine furniture, china, > crystal and suchlike... are due to be auctioned this coming Sunday, > 23 May, near Doylestown, PA: > > http://robillardauctions.com/index-1.html > > And they'll be selling a very cool one-of-a-kind car, too. So you NJ and > PA LUG types are invited to see if you want to buy some of our stuff... > or just photograph the sorts of people who might be interested in buying > our stuff or other people's stuff. It's a bit north of Philly, maybe Jim > Shulman will be tempted...? That'd be cool. > > I'm not completely sure I'll want to be there for the bittersweet > sensation of watching my heritage go up on the block, but I should > probably go. I just keep telling myself there's only so much we can > fit in our apartment, and if people buy things and use them, it's far > better than having them end up in a landfill. > > -Jeff M > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]