5 Comments
User's avatar
Ted Taylor's avatar

Turbulence joke: That happened to the old guy behind me, during taking off on a long haul flight. As the attendants sprayed something to clear the air, I thought, "Doody free..."

About a decade ago, my wife said to me, "It's okay, you're backpacking days are over." I thought, I don't want them to be. And just yesterday, I finished a 5 day walking trip, carrying all on my back. Made the mistake of staying in a guest house the last night. Never again. Young people are noisy buggers, who keep odd hours. I'm the old timer who needs to get out the door by seven...

Expand full comment
Mandi L Abrahams's avatar

Shame Nepal is so badly spoilt, life is too short for all that rushing about. I was a nurse too, so I would agree with your wife - some kind of contact dermatitis. Love your honesty, Japan Lights here but not started yet. I just learnt about "blind chess", you don't know your opponent's move but an umpire tells you if you safely make your move or not, something like that. Have you ever seen that over there?

Expand full comment
Iain Maloney's avatar

No, I haven't. Sounds interesting... I'm going on Google now.

Expand full comment
Mandi L Abrahams's avatar

I found this:

In shogi, the game analogous to kriegspiel is called tsuitate shogi (Japanese: 衝立将棋)

Expand full comment
Mandi L Abrahams's avatar

Kriegspiel, an internet version called Wild16

Expand full comment