[Leica] IMG: Oh. Right then, that explains it.

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hearing aid.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Jeff Moore" <jbm at jbm.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:48 AM
Subject: [Leica] IMG: Oh. Right then, that explains it.


> 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
>
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