Vacumatic
Testy
Yes, it is not so much the value of these items, it is the idea that they will live on after we are gone, in idle moments I am tempted to label my fountain pens with a note such as, 'this is a Montblanc Hemingway, send it to Eric W******' or 'these are a set of Bentley stamped Whitworth scanners, find a good home for them.'That brings back memories too. When we lived in HK in the mid-60s and early 70s I had an MGB. I worked in Central District and we lived on Victoria Peak near the tram. The daily drive up and down the Peak was fun, but it could be very foggy, which made it a challenge. Fog at night on the Peak could be very heavy indeed and the only things that made it drivable were the “cat‘s eyes” (reflective studs) along the centre of the road. I was young and foolish then and regarded driving in the heavy fog at night at the top of The Peak to be a challenge rather than a danger; not sure I’d be so cocky about it today. I also enjoyed the drives on the weekend out to Shek O Club, Repulse Bay, Big Wave Bay, etc for which my MGB and its manual transmission were ideally suited and loads of fun. The only drawback with the MGB was its lack of air conditioning, other than lowering the roof, which made for hot and sweaty driving in the summer, especially sitting on the leather seats. Mind you our house on the Peak wasn’t air conditioned either, relying instead on room dehumidifiers and the natural flow of air, which the house was designed to maximize. We were a lot more resilient in those days.
Apologies to all for our Hong Kong memories, RD and I lived in the territory at very similar times and our companies, Jardines and Deacons, even did business together, it is not often that I have the opportunity to reminisce. One memory is that at the end of a week long construction conference in Singapore I was in kissed passionately by a pretty Chinese woman who had mistaken me for a partner at Deacons, with the comment from her 'thank you, you have made my week worthwhile.'.
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