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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Breakfast!
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:20:48 -0000
References: <5631933E.2080405@jayburleson.com> <6E58D2F723294033954900DC623252E3@Family>

Jay, wikipedia is one of my close friends. I just looked up Mallard again 
which, of course, led me further down the path of useless knowledge 
overload. It appears your diner is an even rarer bird. It's a Sterling 
Streamliner and the Salem Diner is one of only three in existence of which 
only two are still operating.

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Breakfast!


> Nice slice of Americana, Jay. Hope the breakfast was good and matched the 
> surroundings.
>
> Odd the way the streamlined lines seem to go the other way from the tilt 
> of the lettering. But then, I've probably confusing the flowlines with the 
> likes of Greasley's train Mallard.
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2015 3:32 AM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Breakfast!
>
>
>> After landing in Boston way too early in the morning, I headed north out 
>> of the idiocy that is Boston traffic as soon as I could.
>> I was hungry, and I didn't want to stop at the horrible chain restaurants 
>> so I told myself that I'd wait to find a good place.
>> By the time I got to Salem, I was starving. Luckily I came around the 
>> corner and found this place.
>> We don't have real diners like this in the Northwest, which is an 
>> original 1952 Worcester Lunch Car Company diner.
>>
>> The Salem Diner
>> Salem, Massachusetts
>> http://gallery.jayburleson.com/index.php/ne_2015/L1003993
>>
>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome!
>>
>> Jay
>>
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In reply to: Message from leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson) ([Leica] IMG: Breakfast!)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Breakfast!)