The view from my "office"

Was from the weekend before, but anyway.
James Reyne, Alex Hills Hotel.
Was heaps of fun and he rocked it for 67 years old.
I looked around the audience and thought "Gee there are a lot of old people here".
When I got home and looked in the bathroom mirror, I saw another one.
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Don’t worry. You’re not old.

But the day you begin contemplating the 10am “gigs” on a weekday at Kedron Wavell Services Club…
 
Was from the weekend before, but anyway.
James Reyne, Alex Hills Hotel.
Was heaps of fun and he rocked it for 67 years old.
I looked around the audience and thought "Gee there are a lot of old people here".
When I got home and looked in the bathroom mirror, I saw another one.
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Hmmm why wasn’t my wife there? She’s a Reyne-aholic along with our former neighbour. We’ll see you the next time as I think she’s got me a ticket
 
The solar oven up in the Pyrenees. It is a science project run by the French Army. The sun reflects from the mirror panels into the dish, which then reflects back to a focal point in the middle. That is where the oven is. The temperature in the oven reaches 6000 degrees Centigrade. The project is to find a way of disposing of items that currently do not degrade or cannot be burned. Think a pile of car tyres that will instantly disintegrate into dust.

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And old array is set up inside the walled village. It is used by potters to fire their pots in two and a half hours instead of 6, and they cool down in the oven overnight. This system started by using one of the searchlights from WW2. They have a curved mirror at the base.

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You can see the dish reflect in this mirror panel.

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For a bit of fun, here is your new barbecue! The sun’s rays and heat are reflected up to cook your meat.

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I mistakenly posted in A bit of humour. Sorry about that!
 
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In my clients “office” now with a view like this - how does he do work here?

My first job in investment banking in Sydney, aged 34 I think, I scored a window office in Goldfields House, on Circular Quay. Very much like this, but higher floor (22). I caught the Many ferry to and from work every day.

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I thought I had made it :) . Unfortunately from there my offices in Sydney got progressively further away from the harbour and lower floors :(
 
The “office” to make our way through the Pyrenees, “The Little Yellow Train”. Beautiful scenery and wonderful views. There are still many little villages scattered throughout the mountains.
I went on that train in the open carriage on a sunny July day in 1988. I loved it and have dreamt about it ever since.
The thing I enjoyed most was the local workers and families getting on, having a big chat and then getting off a station or two later to find farewells. Good to see it still going.
 
My first job in investment banking in Sydney, aged 34 I think, I scored a window office in Goldfields House, on Circular Quay. Very much like this, but higher floor (22). I caught the Many ferry to and from work every day.

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I thought I had made it :) . Unfortunately from there my offices in Sydney got progressively further away from the harbour and lower floors :(
I had an office like that in Export House, just around the corner in Pitt St, with views out over the Ship inn. Had to turn my desk around so I faced into the office to concentrate on what I was being paid to do.
 
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