Canada

Marketing Wisdom

xbox — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:11 +0000

I am about leave the dust of my homeland behind me….but wait…there’s more! More sayings of wisdom as I lope down towards the plane door…I am surrounded by marketing wisdom

Pubs

xbox — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:11 +0000

The glories of an English Pub! This shot looks Dickensian in its darkness and shadow. You can almost feel Jack the Ripper stalking about the place….Pubs have changed a lot in the last few years

Fair Trade

xbox — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:10 +0000

Here is a sign of the times…a poster for “Fair Trade”…as I understand “Fair Trade” it is a “for profit” organization set up to make sure the lowest

London

xbox — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:10 +0000

Aahhhh the streets of London. Most of us walk around either looking down or straight ahead. For those who like buildings, UP is where it’s AT! I caught this fabulous mix of London homes as I

When No Means Yes

xbox — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:05 +0000

As you will know if you read this blog regularly my New Year’s resolution this year was to spend 30 minutes a day teaching myself Czech (when I am in England). Well I thought I’d better give you an update,

Some True Facts* About America’s Railroads

xbox — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:25:11 +0000

For most of last year, I was working on the new edition of a book I wrote in the late 90s about train travel in North America. As you can imagine, there was a helluva lot of updating to do. In the course

Wahoo fishing at Matava, Kadavu Fiji Islands

xbox — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:25:06 +0000

Cool!

“Bite Me”
Matava Resort
Kadavu
Fiji Islands
www.matava.com

Czechoslovakian Folk Dance Book

xbox — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:25:03 +0000

I was browsing in a second-hand bookshop in England (as is my wont) when I came across a wonderful little book on Czechoslovakian folk dance. Not only does it contain some lovely colour plates of dancers

Coppers

xbox — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:25:11 +0000

I have always heard it said that it used to be a rule that Policeman had to be six feet tall. Then it became difficult to recruit nothing but six footers, so a tall helmet was introduced to make “Coppers”

This One Is Really Hard to Believe!

xbox — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:25:08 +0000

I have written here on several occasions about the idiots who drive around the gates trying to beat trains at grade crossings. Here’s another one … but with a twist.

Yesterday, in Detroit, a fire truck