Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When we did cataract surgeries in Honduras, we carried our own sterilizer with us. The doctors would buy Cuban cigars in Honduras and put them in the sterilizer to carry back to the USA. They were never discovered ;-) Tina On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > I love that photo ... ! It reminds of an incident we had with the US > Border Police more than 10 years ago when we went through the checks at > Columbus Airport on our way back to France after our daughter's wedding - > the one who lives in Savannah, GA. I had a handful of Cuban cigars in my > suitcase, which they discovered. The officers'reaction was, at that time, > adapted to the political context: in a second, we were surrounded by a > dozen policemen, dogs, etc. They searched our luggage thoroughy - that's an > understatement - and I had to destroy the cigars, of course. We missed our > flight. I was allowed to keep the box ... I am very happy the US-Cuba > Relationship gets a bit less tense - I guess this is why your son could > enjoy this Cuban cigar his dad had bought when you last visited the island. > F?licitations for your Grandson! > JM > > > Jean-Michel Mertz > 68750 - Bergheim > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 11:01:48 -0500 > > From: images at comporium.net > > To: lug at leica-users.org; olympus at thomasclausen.net; > MUGers at yahoogroups.com; paw at micapeak.com; seephoto at micapeak.com > > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Cuban Cigar > > > > PESO: > > > > We just got back from a very quick trip to Charleston to meet our new > > grandson. Thomas Frederick Manley (Red) is still in the hospital and > won't > > get to come home until Sunday, but he's doing really well and all tubes > are > > out. His mom is staying with him. Our son Tim enjoyed a Cuban cigar that > > his dad brought back for him: > > > > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/PESO/G0000XpGI0ZlvTdI/I0000plhcgeXj5uw > > > > Leica M240, 50/1.4 > > > > I have lots of photos of the baby that I'll post later ;-) > > > > My new Leica SL is supposed to get here today! > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// > > < > http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=3391e7fd-97e9-4d62-e76e-8f5deffa2238 > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen29.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=6edff685-6dec-4045-da94-ce0b4989f26e> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/