Tom dinning
Registrant*
Its not an amazing story but it did leave me wondering why I bother some days.
Christine decides she needs new sheets on the bed. The old ones seem OK but who am I to know?
We head for the closest outlet, which is the only one and I shove my V2 in the purse just in case sheet shopping becomes boring.
Which it does. Very quickly.
Theres a building being constructed next door. Looks like a blokey place to be. Lots of cranes, concrete and sweaty men. On my way to a reasonable vantage point I* notice this from the street.
_DSC0555 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
"Oy! What are you doing?
Im taking a picture, [dumb arse, whats it look like?]
"what for?"
"It looks interesting." [ actually I'm going to send the picture to the North Koreans so they can use it for target practise]
"You can't just take pictures of peoples buildings"
I walk on. He's still following me. He shouts something abusive. I am tempted to return the favour but he looks like a member of a terrorist group [you know, dark and swarthy, middle eastern accent, large knife tucked into his belt] himself so I let it go.
I find a great spot through the fence to get a glimpse of the cranes and shoot off a few.
_DSC0550 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
"Oy! What the **** are you doing?"
Same attitude, different dick head.
Nice day. Must be nice to work on such a big crane.
He eyes me suspiciously. I wait for him to draw his ignorance and tell me i cant do this.
He obliges.
I dont want to get involved in a fruitless conversation so I move to a point where I believe I am not being observed
_DSC0539 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
Christine returns.
"That lady in the shop was going to call the police. She thought you were a pedo"
And you defended me, right
"I told her you did look a bit weird"
Good one.
"Its OK. I told her you were my husband and you do this all the time"
Was she reassured?
"Not in the least. She said you cant be too careful with strange old men lurking in the car park with cameras."
_DSC0588 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
I can't figure out if I'm pissed at being called strange, Christine not defending me effectively, or that the world is full of conspiracy theorists and the rest of us are out to get them.
I just want to be able to take pictures like I used to.
Christine decides she needs new sheets on the bed. The old ones seem OK but who am I to know?
We head for the closest outlet, which is the only one and I shove my V2 in the purse just in case sheet shopping becomes boring.
Which it does. Very quickly.
Theres a building being constructed next door. Looks like a blokey place to be. Lots of cranes, concrete and sweaty men. On my way to a reasonable vantage point I* notice this from the street.
_DSC0555 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
"Oy! What are you doing?
Im taking a picture, [dumb arse, whats it look like?]
"what for?"
"It looks interesting." [ actually I'm going to send the picture to the North Koreans so they can use it for target practise]
"You can't just take pictures of peoples buildings"
I walk on. He's still following me. He shouts something abusive. I am tempted to return the favour but he looks like a member of a terrorist group [you know, dark and swarthy, middle eastern accent, large knife tucked into his belt] himself so I let it go.
I find a great spot through the fence to get a glimpse of the cranes and shoot off a few.
_DSC0550 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
"Oy! What the **** are you doing?"
Same attitude, different dick head.
Nice day. Must be nice to work on such a big crane.
He eyes me suspiciously. I wait for him to draw his ignorance and tell me i cant do this.
He obliges.
I dont want to get involved in a fruitless conversation so I move to a point where I believe I am not being observed
_DSC0539 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
Christine returns.
"That lady in the shop was going to call the police. She thought you were a pedo"
And you defended me, right
"I told her you did look a bit weird"
Good one.
"Its OK. I told her you were my husband and you do this all the time"
Was she reassured?
"Not in the least. She said you cant be too careful with strange old men lurking in the car park with cameras."
_DSC0588 by tom.dinning, on Flickr
I can't figure out if I'm pissed at being called strange, Christine not defending me effectively, or that the world is full of conspiracy theorists and the rest of us are out to get them.
I just want to be able to take pictures like I used to.