Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01BE032D.03B72B20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You Wrote: Down here, we count , "One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three..." I wonder why the skydivers still use the "one thousand, two thousand, = three..." count. Well, as far as skydivers are concerned- anyone jumping out of a = perfectly functioning airplane is, as we say in North Carolina, not = rowing with both oars in the water! It is interesting to note that the two guys who came up with Kodachrome = were actually musicians, and originally timed there processing by = whistling music pieces- the names of which I cannot remember. I do know = that it was not the 'Minute Walz" since that takes a little more than a = minute! Oh, to keep this on topic, Kodachrome is an excellent film for Leicas, = and I would never jump out of an airplane with mine! Dan dwpost@msn.com - ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01BE032D.03B72B20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>You Wrote:</DIV> <DIV>Down here, we count , "One Mississippi, two Mississippi,=20 three..."<BR>I wonder why the skydivers still use the "one = thousand,=20 two thousand, three..." count.<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DTahoma size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Well, as far as = skydivers are=20 concerned- anyone jumping out of a perfectly functioning airplane is, as = we say=20 in North Carolina, not rowing with both oars in the water!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DTahoma size=3D2></FONT><FONT = face=3DTahoma size=3D2>It=20 is interesting to note that the two guys who came up with Kodachrome = were=20 actually musicians, and originally timed there processing by whistling = music=20 pieces- the names of which I cannot remember. I do know that it was not = the=20 'Minute Walz" since that takes a little more than a = minute!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Oh, to keep this on topic, Kodachrome = is an=20 excellent film for Leicas, and I would never jump out of an airplane = with=20 mine!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Dan</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DTahoma size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"mailto:dwpost@msn.com">dwpost@msn.com</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HT= ML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01BE032D.03B72B20--