Here's a good price for a lens I've enjoyed a lot -
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271342654973
I've bought from this seller twice. I've found the prices to be good, postage
reasonable and quick and the items were as described.
They tend to have a lot of good mFT gear.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.soultheft.com
Author/Publisher:
The SLR Compendium:
revised edition -
http://blur.by/19Hb8or
The TLR Compendium
http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
On 18/12/2013, at 9:13 AM, philippe.amard wrote:
> Can't comment on the icy side of the windy city - Aug 84 was HOT and
> damp ;-)
> Loved the folks, the museums, the loop, Ravinia, Champaign, etc.
> Ph
>
>
> Le 17 déc. 13 à 23:01, Tina Manley a écrit :
>
>> My husband commuted back and forth to Chicago from South Carolina
>> before we
>> finally moved there. I was held hostage in Chicago for two years
>> before we
>> moved back to SC. I'm not a cold climate or big city person. We
>> bought a
>> farm in the northwestern suburbs and could cross-country ski from
>> our door
>> through a forest preserve to a tavern. That made it almost worth
>> living in
>> Chicago. We did enjoy taking the train downtown to see the Christmas
>> decorations, but getting anywhere was a hassle. And it was so COLD!!
>>
>> I also lived in Virginia for several years. I would choose Virginia
>> over
>> Chicago any day but that's because I'm a Girl Raised In The South -
>> GRITS.
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It's changed a bit, including some parks on the lakefront, but the
>>> major
>>> landmarks are still there.
>>>
>>> I was born on the South Side. I've always lived reasonably close
>>> (even in
>>> Southern Illinois, we were only 6 hours away). A number of years
>>> ago my
>>> employer decided to pick up and move from Indiana to the Norfolk,
>>> VA area
>>> because it was "more centrally located"... not sure where the CEO
>>> learned
>>> geography, but at least on the map of the USA that I looked at,
>>> Indiana is
>>> much more central than Virginia. What he really meant was, "My wife
>>> doesn't like Indiana. There isn't a really swanky country club or
>>> fancy
>>> shopping, so we're going to pack up an entire company and move
>>> somewhere
>>> that she likes better."
>>>
>>> Anyway... they offered to pay to relocate us, even flew us out for a
>>> weekend, put us up in a beachfront hotel suite, and tried to
>>> impress us
>>> with the neighborhood. We took the free vacation, but were
>>> completely cold
>>> on the area. Plus, Chicago is my hometown. There are so many
>>> things I
>>> love about Chicago that I couldn't think about moving anywhere
>>> else. I
>>> like being close enough to pop over whenever we feel like it, but
>>> like
>>> living in the smaller, quieter town that is Valparaiso.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:21 PM, philippe.amard
>>> <philippe.amard@xxxxxx
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I also love Chicago - spent a month there in ... 1984 ...
>>>> Well, it must have changed a bit from what I understand from my
>>>> daughter's report 3 years ago. And from Leica friends :-)
>>>> Amities
>>>> Philippe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Le 17 déc. 13 à 22:12, Paul Braun a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:10 PM, philippe.amard
>>>>> <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 25 minutes' walk should prevail,
>>>>>> so long as you have a camera with you ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> That is a good point... provided it's not snowing like it is
>>>>> today...
>>>>>
>>>>> The wife and I love Chicago, so we don't really need much urging to
>>>>> have a
>>>>> reason to go. :-)
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Paul Braun
>>> Certified Music Junkie
>>>
>>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan
>>> Howard
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> to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exupéry in Le Petit Prince.
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