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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 21/12/2018: why I always have a camera on me
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:15:51 +0530
References: <28276712-1671-44F1-93C5-A50D83AABB83@frozenlight.eu>

Good natured spontaneity is always good to see (and capture!).
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 12:58 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> In our household, I am the one who cooks. But on Fridays we often have
> pizza instead, from a nice little pizzeria just 100 m down the street. I
> usually walk down there, order my pizzas and have a beer while I wait. And
> so it was last night. Except that something nice happened while I was
> waiting.
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> Two older men came up to the counter to pay their bill (this is often done
> in less formal restaurants here, rather than paying at the table):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DHb396R/A
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> As sometimes happens as well, they were given a chupito. They posed with
> the bottle:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-fL3KgXN/A
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> And then one of them picked up a tray to use as a drum and they began to
> sing some traditional song (I did not listen for the lyrics):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7Fw8tfn/A
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> The pizza lady certainly appreciated it:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-GqxHfCR/A
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> And they were happy to be photographed:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DV3hQL7/A
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> The song finished and the chupitos drunk, they left. I got our two pizzas
> and walked home with these images in my mind and in my camera (the little
> Ricoh GR in my pocket in this case). At home, we ate the pizza, I drank
> some beer for the first time since Sunday and watched Liverpool beat
> Wolverhampton 2-0 to remain unbeaten in the Premier League. An excellent
> Friday evening, all around.
>
> Happy Solstice,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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