[Leica] Monday Misc.

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Don,
They're very good and very well caught by you. Your A7 is doing well. I 
see it was at a focal length of 280mm, but what particular lens did you 
use?

On HW Brand, he looks fairly fervent all right. I must see if I can get 
his book especially as the current Tariffist-in-Chief seems set on 
making all of us - especially those of us on any sort of fixed income - 
poorer. Sadly, as we all know history doesn't repeat itself, but has an 
uncanny rhyme. It's going to be buy your camera and any lenses quickly 
in the month's grace as the world will have heavy inflation triggered if 
a global tariff war kicks off.
Living on a small island, we tried protectionism after independence in 
its early decades, but our economy stagnated for years and we had mass 
emigration. No one wants that again.

Douglas

On 03/02/2025 10:59, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Greetings to all.  This last week I was fortunate to attend a talk by H. W.
> Brands on the UT campus.  The talk was based on his current book, "America
> First: Roosevelt vs Lindbergh in the Shadow of War".  From the attached
> images you can see that he is a spirited speaker.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+I.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+II.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+III.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/H+W+Brands+II.jpg.html
>
> If any on this group are history buffs especially on the interwar period
> there is an interesting look at the dynamics going on in the US on the US
> role in the world that have some echoes today.
>
> All the best.
>