Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: > Sorry Steve, I wasn't in a caf? then. > Caf? du Commerce is just a way to express that the lively chat one's > engaged in can be stopped at any time, resumed the next morning, and > last forever. so in fact the goal, if there is one, is NOT to... ever arrive at an endpoint...or conclusion... :-) Steve > > People in Caf?s usually start up a conversation with total stangers, > the "thread" is then taken on by those who stay longer, and the same > predictable arguments surface at regular intervals. > When you next go back to France, try this; get a newspaper and a > caf? or else at the counter and listen: it's real fun observing the > well oiled mechanics of caf? du commerce conversations :-) . > I enjoyed the same feeling when I was a "regular" at The Yatch in > Bexleyheath, England, too long ago (sighs) > > My cheeky remark was in no way meant to be offensive at all as I > find the thread really interesting and I'm glad Philippe started it > for I discovered a lot, not only about photography, but also about > the rest of the LUG family's approaches to it. > My answer to you is BTW part of the whole caf? du commerce process > LoL. > > Bien amicalement > Ph > > > Steve Unsworth wrote: > >> Would that be the Parisian Caf? du Commerce in the 15th? I used to >> live just >> around the corner in rue Mademoiselle. >> >> Steve >> >> >> On 8/12/07 09:36, "phamard@numericable.fr" <phamard@numericable.fr> >> wrote: >> >>> Live from Caf? du Commerce - back to the studio >>> Phil...x >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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