Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice to know it still works! :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/16/2016 11:05 AM, Aram wrote: > Aside from tourists, the main industry now around Leavenworth is > agriculture, mainly fruit orchards. Much of the immediate land is not > being taken up by houses and motels, but not far from town, and in the > surrounding towns, fruit is king. Many larger fruit stands are selling > their wares, but I ran cross this one that really suited me. It was a > self service fruit stand. You filled up your bags or boxes, then > deposited the money in the slot, and you were good to go. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2026.jpg.html > > The sign tells you what to do. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/f6/lv/Leavenworth-2027.jpg.html > > There is another sign that says you need to sample before you buy. Grab > some fruit and give it a try. > > This reminds me of when we were first married and moved to the small > Eastern Washington town of Odessa, in the middle of wheat country. Down > the road between Soap Lake and Ephrata there was a dairy and it was self > service. Even more so than this fruit stand. You would go in at any hour > (we usually hit it about 9PM on our way back home from Seattle), grab the > milk, cream or butter you wanted, then left your money. It had the change > and money just sitting out and you made your own change. Best milk. All > in glass, so you returned your old bottles or paid a deposit on new ones. > This was the late 70?s and early 80?s. Times sure have changed. > > Aram > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >