Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17

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Subject: [Leica] the Middle Ages...
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Sep 17 11:00:09 2006
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It's beer. By the gallon. ;-)


Op 17-sep-06, om 16:08 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven:

> Philippe,
> So what you are saying about the Queen of the grapes is that the  
> judges
> perhaps inbibe a few too many fermented grapes before judging?
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
>
> On 9/17/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>>
>> I had to laugh with the historic interpretation of the theme by some
>> participants, too.
>> The procession is in 2 parts: first a commerial part, where treats
>> are indeed dispersed in massive quantities which makes kids go crazy,
>> the 2nd part is a competition between the several social
>> 'entities' (one of them is called 'the Union of Poultry Breeders' :-)
>> of our village, to get the prize of best group. There is also a Queen
>> of the Grapes selection, but that takes place today. She's usually
>> very blonde, very ugly, and very stupid...
>>
>> Thanks for looking,
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>> Op 17-sep-06, om 15:39 heeft Don Dory het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> > Oh my Philippe,
>> > It seems they don't teach history in your part of the world  
>> either. :)
>> > Southern "Stars and Bars" with a guy riding a broom.  Your town is
>> > very
>> > creative to say the least.  I'm assuming some of the vehicles were
>> > throwing
>> > treats to get the children so interested?
>> >
>> > The LUG is a wonderful thing, slices of the world.
>> >
>> > Don
>> > don.dory@gmail.com
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9/17/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Once a year, the sleepy suburban village of Hoeilaart comes to  
>> life.
>> >> In the 70's it was renowned for the production of exquisit grapes
>> >> (for consumption, not for wine making), but that ended due to  
>> strong
>> >> competition from the South of Europe. We got too expensive...
>> >> But since those days, the village has a tradition: The  
>> Festivities of
>> >> the Grapes. Every year another theme (this year the Middle Ages)
>> >> which by some is interpreted literally, and by others liberally.
>> >> Every year schools, scouts, and about any other club participate,
>> >> every year there's a fair, and every year a procession.
>> >>
>> >> Some snapshots of the latter yesterday evening:
>> >>
>> >> http://tinyurl.com/lljfr
>> >>
>> >> I hope you enjoy them, even if some are 'technically' not OK.
>> >> (Ricoh GRD, 400 ISO, BW mode, minor work in PS CS2 without  
>> touching
>> >> noise etc: it's pretty much what came out of camera in jpeg high
>> >> quality mode)
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for looking, and comments welcomed,
>> >> Philippe
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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