[Leica] PSTCRD: Thai Scooters

[Douglas Barry]

Ahh, slices of a different way of doing things to a health and safety 
riddled west, Philippe!

Back in 1970 during a bank strike when I was out of work, I got a 
temporary job on a scooter. The job entailed delivering newspapers 
around Dublin on a Lambretta scooter with a large box on the back. It 
seemed very well paid and I was used to riding motorbikes and scooters, 
so held no fears. On my first day, they piled up the papers packing the 
box, so that they were higher than my head, and the weight imbalance 
made the front wheel patter in a straight line. I had to lean over the 
handlebars to keep it in contact with the road. My delivery route 
included all of the old cobbled streets around Dublin's docks - and it 
rained! The surface was like ice, and how I didn't kill myself I'll 
never know. I made it around my route, but resigned when I got back to 
the depot. It wasn't that well paid after all.

Your Thai subject is surprisingly riding another Italian scooter - a 
Vespa, but his real bike seems to be a Honda - going on his jacket. 
However, I like the last one - the busy family shot - best!

Douglas


On 29/03/2018 06:43, Philippe via LUG wrote:
> The title says it all but I have more in store here, so here are 5 of them starting here
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Thailand/2018-TH-Like-1089.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Thailand/2018-TH-Like-1089.jpg.html>
> And the next four
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> Certainly more telling when seen large.
>
> Oh yes, the swishy pan was shot thinking of dear Uncle Ted, OC !
>
> Comments welcome as usual
>
> Amities
> Philippe
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