Recently exchanging emails with an ex-workmate about photography and other things. Heās been scanning and filing a lot of his old 35mm black and white negatives. I mentioned I was looking for a photographic studio that would scan some medium format negs I have from a US holiday in 1981. He said, āI can do that, send them to me, Iāve done loads of my ownā
So 4pm yesterday afternoon I went to the Post Office and sent them Registered Mailā¦Ā£3.23p ā¦had an email this morning saying they arrived at 10.28am.He took a picture to prove itā¦
A lot of people slag off the Postal Service. Not me, I usually send packages āRegisteredā and find them reliably next morning anywhere in the UK. This package went to Dingwall, near Inverness.
Pandemic, scamdemic.
My real fear, after 12 months with minimal exercise whatsoever is that on Tuesday I am supposedly hiking 4.5kms up to 1900m up a mountain, with Grade 3 Avalanche warnings in place.
I will be appearing on the Death thread or gloating on here
(We are staying with the bossās Uncle, taking own quilt, sheets & pillows, gallons of spray & wipes -
self catering and everything we are doing is outdoors)
Oh.
And it is classed as work! I get PAID woo hoo! Scouting out new places to take returning clients who have done all the A List tours
Butā¦
As you can see, the snow has gone. All at the same time, everywhere.
So, some of the places we plan to go are under water ffs
Huge flood warnings across whole country today
Unusually not much on this thread for the last 3 days, so I have something to share. Bit of a long story, but worth it I think.
The year is 1979, I am in my second year in Sharjah/Dubai, involved in the construction of the new Sharjah steam power station, and Al Ain town bridges.
1979 had seen the advent of an English language newspaper published in Dubai, sold for the princely sum of 1 Dirham (at that time about 7 to the pound). All the staff of this newspaper were of either Arab or Asian origin, so not over familiar with the nuances of the English language.
I think there was only 4 pages in those days, but it was a bit of fun.
On Wednesday 14th November 1979, the following advertisement appeared in the Personal Items section, sandwiched between an advert for an imported sofa set and teak furniture, and one for an ex pat leaving and selling all his white goods.
The advert read:
āATTENTION YOUNG LADIES: One pair of bollocks hardly used. Excellent condition. Tel 433431ā
Following complaints from the owner of said number, the paper was forced to close for a day. There was some strange goings on, as the police/municipality had instructed the closure on the one day they didnāt publish, so they were further punished by having to close for another day as well!
I still have the piece of newspaper with the advert on, which I obviously cut out and brought home several years later. Itās a bit faded and brown, but still clearly readable, and every now and then it resurfaces and everyone has a good laugh!
Oh that our authorities had the power to shut down the press when they publish bollocks!
