Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, Your Black Swan has fathered a whole new species of financial literature - Nassim Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness" and "Black Swan" - arguably the most influential financial books of the last decade, especially after the current meltdown. Highly recommended if your tastes run that way. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Excellent Justin. I have a standing joke with one of my EuroLUG friends > regarding 18% grey swans being the progeny of our black variant and the > European white ones. Your cygnet proves the theory ;-) > I was just pleased the Torrens Lake had refilled from mud flats in time for > Brian and Victoria's visit. We missed your company over an excellent > gourmet > lunch with Marty and Anita's AdeLUG friends, tea and dim sum for afternoon > tea next day and Jasmine's for curries on that night. > > 2009/3/18 Justin Viiret <jviiret at gmail.com> > >> Hi Geoff, >> >> Yes -- when I first bought my M3 a few years ago I was doing my >> postgraduate study at Adelaide University, and I used to wander down to >> the >> river to relax and occasionally photograph the swans. One of the earliest >> pictures I took with the camera and a 50 rigid summicron is here: >> >> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jviiret/11015767/> >> >> They're very tame, too -- even the cygnets are convinced you're about to >> feed them and will paddly up to you and squeak away. They used to go for >> the >> shiny little lens cap fairly often, too. ;) >> >> jv >> >> >> On 18/03/2009, at 3:41 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >> ? Folks some native fauna spotted in Adelaide while on my way to meet >>> Brian >>> for tea and spicy morsels on day two. >>> Seven new photos in this gallery starting with this one: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/br/21Ad.jpg.html >>> >>> 50 & 28 on the M8. >>> Profound apologies to Doug Herr. >>> Comments welcome >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> 'Pick up your Leica and make the best photo you can' >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Cheers > Geoff > 'Pick up your Leica and make the best photo you can' > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >