Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Kit, They have rocket science in Alabama, just the other end of the state, almost to Tennessee. But my point was that from the times I've spent in Fair Hope, if I had any kind of job at all, I don't think I would want to leave. Of course, I'm speaking from a 20 years ago perspective. Unfortunately, the town has been found by rich yankees fleeing the weather, and much of the former charm is hidden. Sonny http://www.sonc.com Friday, November 21, 2003, 8:24:28 AM, you wrote: KM> Come on, Jerry. One has to go where the ROCKETS are! KM> Kit KM> -----Original Message----- KM> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us KM> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer KM> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:19 AM KM> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us KM> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photography permits KM> Sonny KM> Fairhope is not really on the "Guff". It is on Mobile Bay. It does have KM> a super English pub. KM> Yeah, I left Fairhope for the slums of La Jolla, California. One has to KM> go where the work is. KM> Jerry KM> Sonny Carter wrote: >> Hello Jerry, >> >> you worked at Fairhope, and left it for California? Now I know you >> are crazy. Fairhope is probably the best part of the Gulf Coast. The >> *only* place where you get hills and beaches. >> >> SonC >> >> Thursday, November 20, 2003, 8:35:59 PM, you wrote: >> >> JL> Kit >> >> JL> The closest that I have ever been to a "country in the developing KM> world" >> JL> was when I was working in Fairhope, Alabama. I think that they would >> JL> want a Mont Blanc pen there, not a Bic. :-) >> >> JL> Jerry >> >> JL> Kit McChesney wrote: >> >> >> In countries in the developing world, it is considered impolite not to >> >> compensate (where I traveled, they call it "matabiche") a subject for KM> the >> >> privilege of photographing him or her. When I spent time on the border KM> of >> >> Rwanda and the former Zaire, folks expected a little something to KM> compensate >> >> them for their time. It made sense. We were taking something from them KM> in >> >> the form of an image, and they wanted a little token of our gratitude KM> in >> >> return. I gladly gave them whatever I could. In the late 80s, the KM> "currency" >> >> of choice at that time for schoolchildren was the BIC pen. They would KM> run at >> >> us, delighted to be photographed, and at the same time, squealing KM> "Beec! >> >> Beec!" their way of pronouncing "BIC." I could have given away 55 KM> gallon >> >> drums full of them had I had them with me. >> >> >> >> Kit >> >> >> >> == >> >> >> >> Jerry Lehrer noted: >> >> >> >> "Doug >> >> >> >> Completely correct. I was only talking about the FEE to photograph >> >> something, not the cost of getting there, or an entrance fee. >> >> >> >> Jerry" >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe, see >> >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> JL> -- >> JL> To unsubscribe, see >> JL> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Sonny mailto:sonc@sonc.com >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html KM> -- KM> To unsubscribe, see KM> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html KM> -- KM> To unsubscribe, see KM> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Regards, Sonny mailto:sonc@sonc.com http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, LA USA - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html