Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This whole thread reminds me of a rather naughty limerick that is set in my home town, Madras, as it was known before the name got changed to Chennai (the correct local name). Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 2:06 AM Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Hi Don, they are definitely metallic. > > Brian, thanks for the story. We usually don't go to that part of town, and > only saw the giant balls because the building is on Middlefield. We didn't > know what it was, but google map said it's a mortuary, and I said, "so this > is the controversial Clubhouse" (for the readers: she got some > noise complaints a few years ago for holding holiday parties there). > Yesterday we actually drove down that street to Waverley to wave goodbye to > your ex-house, and I took a pic of a house decked out with Frozen theme > Christmas decorations. Later on, I found out that in fact it was Ms. > Mayer's house. > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 7:34 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> > wrote: > > > It was a mortician named Roller and Hapgood. I always wondered if Roller > > meant they would roll their, um, clients around. > > > > For decades, Richard Man was the 2nd closest LUGger to me, just a mile > > away. I know there are several in greater Lost Angeles. I wonder if > > anyone is in northern San Diego County. > > > > BTW: I knew Marissa pretty well when we both worked at the same > > small-ish company. I'm sure the balls are made of brass. > > > > > > On 2020-12-13 3:24 am, Douglas Barry wrote: > > > Good one, Richard, but I'm surprised with the sharp spike in CoVid, > > > she didn't reverse her decision and make a bigger and better morgue. > > > Plus those balls could be repurposed. I'd get one so that my relatives > > > could roll me easily to the oven. Mind you, if there was a steep hill, > > > that idea may have a slight flaw :-) > > > > > > Douglas > > > > > > On 13/12/2020 10:27, Richard Man wrote: > > >> A friend gifted me with some 8x10 films, so I tested them out before > > >> doing > > >> my Ansel Adams quality work ;-) > > >> Marissa Mayer was the last CEO of Yahoo. A few years ago, she bought a > > >> morgue and turned it into a clubhouse. This year, there are many giant > > >> balls decorations on the clubhouse area. > > >> Gibellini ACN810, TMAX-400, 210 Rodenstock W > > >> > > >> > > > https://richardman.photo/nPICS/810-2020-12-MarissaMeyersMort-positive.jpg > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > // richard http://imagecraft.com > JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >