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Subject: [Leica] OT: artsy - legit or just spammers?
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 09:46:38 -0500
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Great rationalization !

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/17/2016 11:57 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I have both the paper and electronic subscription, and they sent me the 
> new 1843 magazine too, I just have not gotten around to opening it yet.
> As for cycling, I am indeed a certified MAMIL and proud of it. But my 
> bikes are not that expensive, they are all between 1000 and 1800 EUR. And 
> I only have three here, plus one in Denmark. To put the expenses in 
> perspective: I quit smoking 7 years ago this month. The amount of money I 
> save each year by not buying the daily pack of fags more than pays for one 
> new bike a year. So I tell my wife that I am still 3 bikes behind ;-)
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> YNWA
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>> On 18 Jun 2016, at 02:26, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>
>> Know and read the paper Economist, but hadn't seen that one, Jayanand. 
>> Had a quick look, and I was nearly put off by the face of that studied 
>> ingenue Boris Johnson, but also noticed this 
>> https://www.1843magazine.com/features/the-long-and-winding-road which 
>> should appeal to Nathan as it's about cycling which appeals to the same 
>> demographic as cameras do. There is bikeporn too, similar to cameraporn 
>> and the inevitable gear acquisition syndrome as you continually search 
>> for more and more expensive, but ever lighter and lighter bicycles. All 
>> of which is justified by the need to get up an imaginary alp, but allow 
>> the indulgence of a well made Creme Brulee and a couple of glasses of a 
>> good Sauterne....
>>
>> Ahh, humanity and its drivers :-)
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at 
>> gmail.com>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 1:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: artsy - legit or just spammers?
>>
>>
>>> Simpler still, do what I do, and simply subscribe to the Ipad edition! I
>>> second Douglas recommendation of FT Weekend - its always interesting and
>>> informative.
>>>
>>> For similar stuff, there is free magazine for the Ipad from the FT's
>>> stablemate, The Economist, that comes out every other month now called
>>> "1843" that is worth checking out:
>>>
>>> https://www.1843magazine.com/
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote
>>>>
>>>>>>> Is anyone familiar with this site:
>>>>> https://www.artsy.net
>>>>>
>>>> Yes, I've heard of it, Nathan. I'm sure I read something about it in the
>>>> last couple of years - probably in the Financial Times. I get the FT 
>>>> every
>>>> Saturday as, in addition to the world of finance, it has an excellent
>>>> section on Arts on that day. It's particularly good on photography, and 
>>>> I
>>>> recommend anyone who has an interest in photography as an art medium, as
>>>> well as quality journalism, to buy it on a Saturday.
>>>>
>>>> Douglas
>>>>
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