Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Plane landed 25 minutes late. Flat tyre in car and I would need dynamite to get the wheel off. Auto club has 2 hrs + wait and their phone sytem is down. Have to laugh. beer o clock later methinks . On Jan 28, 2013 11:15 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > All hoppies and dogs fine, my flight is not cancelled thus far and my > Leica stuff is safe with me in sunny Melbourne. Don't laugh too hard, the > flood water is not expected closer than 500m from my house this week and > more than 100mm of rain in a couple of hours has mainly stayed outside. > With luck some of it is falling on the bushfires. I won't have to top up > the pool for weeks... but the gusting winds supposedly hit 160kmh and > somehow sneaked past the garage roller door to drop the ceiling onto my > wife's car. I think the vehicle is just a bit dusty, a short spell outside > will rinse it off. No need for us to pull down the recently hail ventilated > window awnings now either. That's convenient. Alastair, do keep an eye > out for them will you? I think they are still heading south. > On Jan 28, 2013 9:04 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > >> Much calmer down south. I'm sure we will hear from him when his plane >> finds a break in the hurricane to land ;-) >> >> > Le 27 janv. 13 ? 23:09, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit : >> > >> >> G'day all, >> >> Geoff visited Melbourne over the long weekend. I'll leave it to him to >> >> explain his Saturday activities, but to whet the appetite, it looked >> >> like >> >> a lot of fun. We met on Sunday and went for a stroll through the >> >> city and >> >> on to our appartment in South Yarra for dinner and a long chat. >> >> >> >> He was very happy to be in "sunny Melbourne" with Brisbane under >> >> threat of >> >> flooding again. >> >> >> >> Here is Geoff and Helen in Federation Square. Even with sunglasses, >> >> it was >> >> a bright day ;-) >> >> >> >> http://tinyurl.com/atjr4sm >> >> >> > Hi Geoff :-) >> > >> > Wonderful monocole you're wearing Helen, one of those I'd like to wear >> > more often ;-) >> > >> > Thanks Alastair >> > >> > I hope all is well at Geoff's place, I saw pictures in the news, tough >> > again! >> > >> > Amiti?s >> > Philippe >> > >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Alastair >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible >> > to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince. >> > >> > NO ARCHIVE >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >