Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] Tin Can Stories
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:23:52 -0600
References: <A45DB9C2B2E940ED9C1288AAFF4E6F46@jimnichols>

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at 
lighttube.net>wrote:

> Sonny's "tin can issue" reminded me of a day in the late 50s or early 60s.
>  My family had a small lake on the farm, and we oftened visited it on sunny
> afternoons.  A visiting uncle, one of these who is an expert on everything,
> was showing off his Colt Woodsman 22 pistol.  He had tossed a beer can out
> into the lake and was shooting at it, when he asked if I would like to try.
>  I took the gun, admired it, and fired one shot at the can, sinking the 
> can.
>
> I handed the gun back to him and said, "Nice gun!"
>
> He kept trying to get me to take another shot, but I didn't push my luck.
>

Love it



>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


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