[Leica] IMG: Corn Fields

[stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius)]

James- Any tips re: a 2 week tour in Borneo.  4 of us are booked for 
next May with Smartours of NYC. Thanks, Stasys
On Aug 9, 2008, at 3:56 PM, James R. Nelon wrote:

> Tina,
>
> Your comment on "rampant consumerism" resonated so thoroughly that I 
> had to
> send this comment to you. As you may know, I spent a year on sabbatical
> living with remote tribes in Southeast Asia (Borneo, Palawan, 
> Tawi-Tawi,
> etc.), where you can appreciate that their income is typically a 
> dollar or
> so (equivalent) a day. My wife and I lived in Hong Kong at the time 
> and were
> appalled and shell shocked when we would occasionally return to the 
> States
> to see the (in our opinion) the over-the-top consumption of goods. We 
> still
> haven't become used to this lifestyle and will be returning to simpler 
> roots
> in Asia in the next few months. And we'll probably remain there.
>
> Jim Nelon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
> Of Tina
> Manley
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 6:34 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Corn Fields
>
> At 05:12 PM 8/9/2008, you wrote:
>> Think you may have misunderstood.
>> My "sorry Tina" referred to your recent water saturation ;~)
>> Not your image saturation.
>> George
>
> You're right, George.  I'm being much too sensitive :-[  It never
> occurred to me that you were referring to water saturation.  As my
> husband can tell you from many years' experience, I get very
> depressed when I return from these trips - a combination of so much
> left undone, the rampant consumerism here, and the doubt about
> whether what I'm doing is making any difference at all.  I need lots
> and lots of reassurance ;-)  which I usually get from my real family
> and my virtual family (the LUG).  My real family is scattered all
> over the place right now, all with their own issues and problems, and
> I'm sure the same is true of my virtual family.  I really do
> appreciate anybody who takes the time to comment.  In the meantime,
> I'll keep talking to myself ;-)
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
>
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