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Subject: Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Sun Dec 9 13:02:11 2007
References: <C381EB93.12F75%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <475C404B.7040002@numericable.fr> <B8927EC0-D705-469A-B905-F316892146C8@cox.net>

Absolutely.
That's what life and families such as ours  are about i.e. staying alive.
LoL?
Phx
 

Steve Barbour wrote:

>
> On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:
>
>> Sorry Steve, I wasn't in a caf? then.
>> Caf? du Commerce is just a way to express that the lively chat one's  
>> engaged in can be stopped at any time, resumed the next morning, and  
>> last forever.
>
>
> so in fact the goal, if there is one,  is  NOT to...
>
> ever arrive at an endpoint...or conclusion...
>
> :-)
>
> Steve
>
>
>>
>> People in Caf?s usually start up a conversation with total stangers,  
>> the "thread" is then taken on by those who stay longer, and the same  
>> predictable arguments surface at regular intervals.
>> When you next go back to France, try this; get a newspaper and a  
>> caf? or else at the counter and listen: it's real fun observing the  
>> well oiled mechanics of caf? du commerce conversations :-) .
>> I enjoyed the same feeling when I was a "regular" at The Yatch in  
>> Bexleyheath, England, too long ago (sighs)
>>
>> My cheeky remark was in no way meant to be offensive at all as I  
>> find the thread really interesting and I'm glad Philippe started it  
>> for I discovered a lot, not only about photography, but also about  
>> the rest of the LUG family's approaches to it.
>> My answer to you is BTW part of the whole caf? du commerce process  LoL.
>>
>> Bien amicalement
>> Ph
>>
>>
>> Steve Unsworth wrote:
>>
>>> Would that be the Parisian Caf? du Commerce in the 15th? I used to  
>>> live just
>>> around the corner in rue Mademoiselle.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/12/07 09:36, "phamard@numericable.fr" <phamard@numericable.fr>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Live from Caf? du Commerce - back to the studio
>>>> Phil...x
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Replies: Reply from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)
In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge')
Message from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) (Re: [Leica] Some more 'cutting the edge' - Café du Commerce)