Can we have too many.....and things we see on the road
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Unfortunately I didn't manage to snap a photo on this (or perhaps fortunately).
Iwas in India a few weeks back, and was sitting in a car returning to my hotel from the plant. This was a "major" road in Chennai,
and looking out the window, I saw a elderly man on the verge of the road squatting down on his haunches. What struck me as unusual was he was dressed in what can only be describled as rags, but he was busy texting on his mobile phone. Interesting priorities....
Upon further inspection, I realized why this guy was squatting......he was backing one out! Right there on the side of a busy road with people every where, no-one giving him a second glance.
What a country, extreme poverty, non existant sewerage system, but very high mobile phone ownership.......
Iwas in India a few weeks back, and was sitting in a car returning to my hotel from the plant. This was a "major" road in Chennai,
and looking out the window, I saw a elderly man on the verge of the road squatting down on his haunches. What struck me as unusual was he was dressed in what can only be describled as rags, but he was busy texting on his mobile phone. Interesting priorities....
Upon further inspection, I realized why this guy was squatting......he was backing one out! Right there on the side of a busy road with people every where, no-one giving him a second glance.
What a country, extreme poverty, non existant sewerage system, but very high mobile phone ownership.......
Its a bit like that here out of the cities (currently in China working) but I have refused a couple of trips to India over the years, and probably will in the future. My Sister in law was in India a while back, a lady offerd her her child, SIL declined and the woman asked if the child was not pretty enough, SIL burst into tears. Sometimes we need to come across these things to appreciate what we have.
My sister was in India at the start of year, and experienced both of the above frequently. She was absolutely astounded how people would just stop in the street and let go - men and women. She too was offered many children. She came so depressed over the experience....
Don't think "liking" your posts is quite the right thing, but they do resonate with me @DRW and @straydingo.
Did a bit of work in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and the story is familiar. Returned to Pakistan a few years back after the earthquake and was visiting an orphanage when this little boy took my hand and walked everywhere with me, never said a word. Was hard to let go. Think about that when my biggest issue is tuning the TV in my Expanda.
Did a bit of work in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and the story is familiar. Returned to Pakistan a few years back after the earthquake and was visiting an orphanage when this little boy took my hand and walked everywhere with me, never said a word. Was hard to let go. Think about that when my biggest issue is tuning the TV in my Expanda.
What were you driving? Could have been a comment on the vehicle.
I didn't think the hilux was that bad, the head behind the wheel, well that's another story
I saw these to over the last 2 weeks, both Honda Crv's
This had over 700kg of wine in the back, he asked what I thought I followed it up the road and you could smell rubber, maybe it was from the front wheels trying to get traction
Then I spotted this one and on the
, and black ones can do it too :der:
This had over 700kg of wine in the back, he asked what I thought
I followed it up the road and you could smell rubber, maybe it was from the front wheels trying to get tractionThen I spotted this one and on the
, and black ones can do it too :der:
We had one the same model as the black one before we bought the Pajero for Mrs Cruza and it never looked like that 
That's insane. We're building a pergola using 200x200 spotted gum posts, and they weigh something like 50kg/l m so I shudder to think what's on the back of that!Saw this in Vietnam last year just outside Hanoi - imagine the weight in this! I think the right hand suspension is having a bit of an issue
I can't take credit for the photo, but some Melbourne bus advertising can be very distracting
again I can't take credit for this....but recently seen at a KFC drive-
thru