Andrew may have exaggerated a little:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Creek_station
According to wikipedia area of Texas is 696,000 sqr kms
...Wayne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WayneS [mailto:olympus@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 18 November 2011 2:04 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Six film pics from Copenhagen
>
> I'm sure everything in OZ could put a Texan to shame. skiters, snakes,
> spiders, sand burs, ticks, scorpions, beer, hats, grass fires, train
> tracks,
> belching, beans, farts, fire ants, and self aggrandizement.
>
> Thankfully I live in the small state of enlightenment in the north
> east.
>
> WayneS
>
> At 11/17/2011 03:35 PM, you wrote:
> >There was an original - the first model - that had interchangeable
> lenses; three of them. it is now rather rare and pricey.
> >Texas does indeed refer to size because the Texans keep banging on
> about how big they are. They don't know the meaning of 'big'. We've got
> cattle stations (ranches) bigger than Texas.
> >Andrew Fildes
> >afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >On 18/11/2011, at 12:32 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> >
> >> I had assumed this camera was new but, in checking at B&H, I see
> that no
> >> Fuji film bodies are offered any more. Where does "Texas Leica"
> come
> >> from? I assume Texas refers to its size. Perhaps the quality of
> the
> >> camera inspires the Leica moniker but the GW690 is a fixed lens
> camera.
>
>
>
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