[Leica] Lost Faith in Leica

[ianmartin at earthlink.net (Ian Martin)]

Woah! I just joined, and this must be the weirdest Leica group ever! :^)
-Ian Martin

> From: "Kit McChesney" <leicagalpal@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: leicagalpal@earthlink.net, Leica Users Group 
> <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 13:57:37 -0600
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica
> 
> Most folks who buy 'fresh fish' in stores, either in the middle of the
> continent, or on the edges, don't realize that most fish has been frozen
> before it makes it to the stores, anyway. Unless you meet the fisherman at
> the boat, or are the fisherman, you are probably eating fish that has been
> frozen and transported and has been out of the water for some time. Even if
> you're in a coastal location.
> 
> All sushi fish is flash frozen anyway, for purposes we need not go into at
> this moment. I eat sushi all the time at the best sushi bar in Colorado, 
> and
> you can't tell me that fish isn't fresh. It's de-vine!
> 
> And as another of my Colorado colleagues pointed out in private, ain't 
> y'all
> never heard o' trout before? We have lotsa that here!
> 
> Kit (writing from a log cabin, landlocked in the Rockies, with no
> electricity, indoor plumbing, and nothing but a mule for transportation!)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Richard F. Man
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:31 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Lost Faith in Leica
> 
> Kit, when I was last in Denver, I had "Fresh Coho Salmon" in a restaurant.
> At that time, I wasn't thinking and was wondering why the waiter is using
> hyperbole about it being "only available a short period each year." :-)
> 
> At 07:39 AM 9/18/2004, Kit McChesney wrote:
> 
>> David--
>> 
>> I see your point. Being landlocked, days and perhaps weeks from the coast
> by
>> rail, or worse, by horse and buggy, and having no significant airports or
>> any reliable refrigeration systems, mountain-bound folks here in Colorado
>> are unable to get much of anything fresh. That's why we only eat Star-Kist
>> tuna and Spam.
>> 
>> I wonder how all these five-star restaurants and sushi bars around here
>> manage? ;-)
> 
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
> use richard at imagecraft.com)
> 
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