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Subject: [Leica] OKCLUG Shoots Fireworks
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:41:36 -0500
References: <CAJ4y7gzUDt8XNKOA9o68sSsGezdiueXc8WnhRy+tULFS_Ct-jw@mail.gmail.com> <8AA0D8D5-50FD-47B0-A1BE-D0182CDB38FD@frozenlight.eu> <CAJ4y7gy4dE0KvdK8uST3uSOVo2v=EjasEV2dx-eGJMooLtN1dg@mail.gmail.com>

I wondered if it meant the duds were not guaranteed, or you were 
guaranteed to have no duds.  Sounds like that sign went through the 
legal department.  Either way, very nice photos.

Ken


On 7/5/2011 9:02 AM, Robert Baron wrote:
> An astute observation, Nathan.  Could you safely return the duds in a 
> bucket
> of water?
>
> Unfortunately, not everyone thinks these things through.  I saw a piece on
> the television news last night about a poor soul up near Tulsa who died of
> throat injuries when - you guessed it - a fireworks projectile did not
> function as promised and he looked into the barrel to see what was wrong.
>
> Sadly, you just cannot make this stuff up.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> ==On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman<photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>
>> I wonder how the "No Duds" guarantee is implemented...if people are
>> expected to pick up unexploded fireworks and bring them back to the shop,
>> then I would stay well away from there ;-)
>>
>> That picture is my favorite, BTW.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Robert Baron wrote:
>>
>>> As Ken Carney, the other member, wrote in a separate post, we went
>> searching
>>> for photogenic fireworks stands yesterday; more than a little nostalgia
>> was
>>> also involved in our mission.
>>>
>>> Given the few remaining stands, the burn ban, the real possibility of
>> arrest
>>> and the heat (104F) we stopped at one.
>>>
>>> Ken's shot somehow turned into b&w (it must have been the heat) (
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/_MG_9554.jpg.html) but I
>> decided to
>>> stick with color (it was definitely the heat).  I think there is probably
>>> more nostalgia than art here, but anyway Happy 4th to all.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/FireworksStand/
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
>>
>>
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