Re: [Leica] Photography permits

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Kit und Sonny

I was at an aircraft rework facility in Fairhope on a consultant basis for
several months (expense account).   Summers are very hot!

I had to stay at the Marriot Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama.

jerry

Sonny Carter wrote:

> 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"
> >> >>
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> >>  Sonny                            mailto:sonc@sonc.com
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>  Sonny                            mailto:sonc@sonc.com
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