Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/27
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quote: "A people is known by the stories it tells" .
All the years I lived in Chicago I told story after
story, only to get glazed eyeballs from folks who
couldn't understand why was I bothering them with this
stuff?
Telling a story, whether or not you're in it, whether
or not it's true, you're showing the listener who you
are. Southerners generally agree with, understand, and
share this way of revealing themselves.
--- Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
> Yes indeed, Southern.....Baptist...and Republican.
>
> H. Ball Arche wrote:
> > That's completely Southron.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> In Chapel Hill, years ago, I had a friend who
> told
> >> the most exquisite,
> >> detailed, wondrous, and farfetched stories.
> >>
> >> He told them for the truth. Occasionally he had
> >> third party support.
> >>
> >> I loved the tales.
> >>
> >> At some point in life I began to doubt they could
> >> all be true.
> >>
> >> I worried about their veracity for a short period
> of
> >> time.
> >>
> >> I soon realized that if I were too skeptical, the
> >> loss was mine.
> >>
> >> Ric Carter
> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 27, 2008, at 2:24 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I've repeatedly said I believe the Dying Soldier
> >>>
> >> is real,
> >>
> >>
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> for
> >> more information
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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