Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like a great place to shop! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 16 Nov 2016, at 18:05, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Aside from tourists, the main industry now around Leavenworth is > agriculture, mainly fruit orchards. Much of the immediate land is not > being taken up by houses and motels, but not far from town, and in the > surrounding towns, fruit is king. Many larger fruit stands are selling > their wares, but I ran cross this one that really suited me. It was a > self service fruit stand. You filled up your bags or boxes, then > deposited the money in the slot, and you were good to go. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2026.jpg.html > > The sign tells you what to do. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html > > There is another sign that says you need to sample before you buy. Grab > some fruit and give it a try. > > This reminds me of when we were first married and moved to the small > Eastern Washington town of Odessa, in the middle of wheat country. Down > the road between Soap Lake and Ephrata there was a dairy and it was self > service. Even more so than this fruit stand. You would go in at any hour > (we usually hit it about 9PM on our way back home from Seattle), grab the > milk, cream or butter you wanted, then left your money. It had the change > and money just sitting out and you made your own change. Best milk. All > in glass, so you returned your old bottles or paid a deposit on new ones. > This was the late 70?s and early 80?s. Times sure have changed. > > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information