Comments on: Up On The Roof http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/ Mark Skipper's continuing adventures Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: natty http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 natty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1025 That shit attitude isn't indigenous only to Kenya; New Orleans is famous for it. Except you end up paying a whole lot more money for the trouble. <br /> <br /> I met a girl from the Peace Corps in the tea shop the other day who had lived in Kenya. I asked if my theory that living in New Orleans was like living in Kenya was correct, and she said it certainly was, except the roads are actually better in Kenya. I'll write you one of my diatribes on this later, as we're getting ready to move house across town. That shit attitude isn’t indigenous only to Kenya; New Orleans is famous for it. Except you end up paying a whole lot more money for the trouble.

I met a girl from the Peace Corps in the tea shop the other day who had lived in Kenya. I asked if my theory that living in New Orleans was like living in Kenya was correct, and she said it certainly was, except the roads are actually better in Kenya. I’ll write you one of my diatribes on this later, as we’re getting ready to move house across town.

]]> By: Chris http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Chris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1026 awww, and there was me looking at that mesh thinking it was some fabby new design of WiFi antenna...<br /> <br /> So the obvious step is to invent some mesh-based device that acts as BOTH a snake/rat/scorpion keeper-outer, AND a WiFi antenna! Perfect for Kenya (and possibly New Orleans)... awww, and there was me looking at that mesh thinking it was some fabby new design of WiFi antenna…

So the obvious step is to invent some mesh-based device that acts as BOTH a snake/rat/scorpion keeper-outer, AND a WiFi antenna! Perfect for Kenya (and possibly New Orleans)…

]]> By: natty http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 natty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1027 Ah, see, when we get rats (especially nutria), snakes and especially gators in our yards, we just shoot them. Ah, see, when we get rats (especially nutria), snakes and especially gators in our yards, we just shoot them.

]]> By: Eunice http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Eunice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1028 :O<br /> Oh My I can only imagine what you had to go through. Ope you rem its Tala. <br /> I just hope that it wasn't hot as always. :laugh: :O
Oh My I can only imagine what you had to go through. Ope you rem its Tala.
I just hope that it wasn’t hot as always. :laugh:

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1029 Mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1029 Hi Eunice!<br /> <br /> Welcome to BJ.com! Thanks for your comment.<br /> <br /> Sure its hot in Tala. In fact there have been a few cloudy days, but still its hot and me being from a cold(er) country, I am still sweating when the Kenyans around me are wearing their fleece jackets and woolley hats! Hi Eunice!

Welcome to BJ.com! Thanks for your comment.

Sure its hot in Tala. In fact there have been a few cloudy days, but still its hot and me being from a cold(er) country, I am still sweating when the Kenyans around me are wearing their fleece jackets and woolley hats!

]]> By: fede http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 fede Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1030 Who took these pictures???? Who took these pictures????

]]> By: Mark http://bitterjug.com/blog/up-on-the-roof/comment-page-1/#comment-1031 Mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://ogham.dragonsblood.net/~bitterjug/blog/?p=233#comment-1031 The photos were taken by my friend Jackson, another VSO volunteer from Uganda who works down the road from me in the village of Nguluni.<br /> <br /> For Eunice, I should point out that it's no longer hot in Tala but cool and damp. Many locals are going about with big coats on and hoods up. I quite like it. It didn't get this cold here this time last year but they tell me it's normal and last year was unusually hot.<br /> <br /> Eunice, you'll know next week when you land in Nairobi. Bring something warm to wear, Nairobi is always colder than Tala. The photos were taken by my friend Jackson, another VSO volunteer from Uganda who works down the road from me in the village of Nguluni.

For Eunice, I should point out that it’s no longer hot in Tala but cool and damp. Many locals are going about with big coats on and hoods up. I quite like it. It didn’t get this cold here this time last year but they tell me it’s normal and last year was unusually hot.

Eunice, you’ll know next week when you land in Nairobi. Bring something warm to wear, Nairobi is always colder than Tala.

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