Hire a woman to get the job done
The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all the background checks, interviews and testing were done, there were three finalists: two men and a woman. For the final test, the CIA agents...
Author: Tony Henderson
Another Lawyer Joke
A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural North Wairarapa. He shot and dropped a bird but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer...
Not for children
With a very seductive voice the woman asked her husband, “Have you ever seen Twenty Dollars all crumpled up?” “No,” said her husband. She gave him a sexy little smile, unbuttoned the top 3...
Russian Car Cameras
I’M TOLD IN RUSSIA YOU CAN NOT GET CAR INSURANCE UNLESS YOU HAVE A DASH CAM I’M ALSO TOLD THIS IS BECAUSE WITH THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF INFLUENCE AND MONEY YOU CAN CHANGE ANYONE’S...
Aberdeen and the Jumbo Restaurants
We lived for many years on the 7th (top) floor of a block called Eredine on Mount Kellett. just above the Matilda Hospital. From Mount Kellett you could look down on Aberdeen. Here are a...
Kai Tak Airport – an update
I posted an article on Kai Tak airport in 2014 but have now found this collection uploaded in 2007 by ‘bigeyedchicken’ who says, ‘First of all, this is a collection from YouTube. I would...
Junks – the old workhorse of Hong Kong
One of the most colourful sights in Hong Kong is the junk. Sadly there are far less these days but in the 1970’s there were plenty still moving cargo or fishing. I’ve included here...
Happy Valley Racecourse
Valerie and I were taken one night in the 1970’s to the Happy Valley recourse by my boss, Ken Campbell and his wife Dottie. Not at all interested in horse racing it turned out...
Hong Kong Transport
One of my abiding memories is of the transport on Hong Kong streets in the 1970’s. The buses, the mini buses, the taxis and of course especially the green trams, such a amazing sight as...
Bamboo Scaffolding
One of my memories of Hong Kong Central District was watching the men build huge bamboo scaffolding up the sides of buildings. They often then clad it with plastic and I recall watching as one caught...