Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely right on all counts Nathan is. Chris, scroll down and find the table with the rate of equipment of French households in 2009. http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?ref_id=T11F062 BTW, I'm one of thievery few percents who do not own a TV set - my choice. OTT: I was surpassed back in 1984 when I discovered that supermarkets didn't supply plastic bags for the grocery and had a second attendant at every till in charge of stuffing paper bags with the groceries. I then found that so third world. Yet, my opinion has changed I think my country would fare better were students and unemployed people allowed to find this kind of menial jobs these days ? Amities Philippe Le 31 juil. 2016 ? 19:29, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> a ?crit : > Well, things are different now, people own the same appliances that you do > in the US. The choices to limit parking in the center of town and to do > away with plastic bags is a conscious choice to help the environment, not > a sign of material deprivation. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 31 Jul 2016, at 19:08, Chris Trask <christrask at earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Even though I was quite young at the time, I still recall the weekly >> excursions to the open market in Orleans. At that time, very few French >> citizens owned refrigerators, and ours was converted from the US >> 120V/60Hz mains to the French power mains, which was very common. We had >> no TV, just radio (AFRTS), and despite the cold war drama that was taking >> place life was slow, orderly, and quite pleasant. >> >> <<considerable snipping>> >> >>> >>> After some more shopping, Francis and V?ronique are waiting for the tram >>> with their purchases. There is very little parking near the market, so >>> most people use the excellent public transport to get there. Also, >>> notice >>> the roll-on bag. Plastic bags for groceries are now banned in France, so >>> it is essential to bring your own. This is sustainable food shopping in >>> every sense of the word: >>> >> >> >> Chris >> >> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro >> - Hunter S. Thompson >> -- >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus >> Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ >> Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information