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Subject: [Leica] NYC
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Wed Dec 13 05:59:43 2006
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Hank

My son just left on a trip to N.Y. a couple of hours ago and I hope your 
weather is decent. He was dressed for a typical Florida Christmas which 
means Bermuda shorts and a t-shirt. :-)

Walt

Hank Kellner wrote:

>Hello Everyone,
>      Well, no matter how you look at it, NYC is still the Center of the 
> Universe...at least as far as many of my fellow city dwellers and I are 
> concerned. After all, where else can you find the best cheesecake in the 
> world, the best knishes, and restaurants like Katz' Delicatessen on 
> Houston Street?  Not to mention enough great hamburger joints and other 
> eateries to clog your arteries and cause you beg to for more--even while 
> the paramedics are carting you off to the emergency room to have your 
> stomach pumped.
>      Okay, go ahead and shoot me down. But I can't help myself! I was born 
> here 71 years ago, and I'm sure I'll leave from here when I finally go to 
> Leica Heaven. But not too soon, I hope.
>  Regards,
>  Hank     
>
>larry.k@rcn.com wrote:
>  
>  
>
>>I don't know about the rest of you, but I cannot 
>>abide by a tilted horizon. 
>>    
>>
>
>  
>
>>>The main reason I left New York. 
>>>      
>>>
>
>My horizon is tilted? Most of the buildings look pretty plumb to my eye. 
>That's my horizon, haha. 
>
>James Thurber once observed that every New Yorker is a rat inside of a cage 
>(an apartment) inside of a prison (the city). I have observed that every 
>suburbanite is a rat inside of a cage (their cars) inside of a prison (the 
>highway system).
>
>It all depends on your viewpoint... ;-)
>
>Larry K. 
>
>
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