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There are many celebrations, but independence day is one the people take seriously.
Many events are planned and, if two are too close tgether, hold one the following weekend so the kids can have two lots of fun.
That happened not too far from me.

There were a lot of really good entries for the bike decorating contest, but this helicopter was my favourite.

 

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Honda, what are these dudes up to?

Ah, selling motorbike by the side of the street.

I wonder if anyone will stop and take a closer look.

Hang on, they don't need to, he's hoping they'll stop and take leaflet.

No - he's passing them to the motorcyclists whilst they're still moving.

He runs into traffic, gives the people a leaflet, and hopes to get back to the side before anther one comes by, knocks him down and kills him.

 

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Poverty can be a real bugger, especially when you grow old.
This lady hangs around alone, hoping to collect enough money to live for another day.

So many people in cars, commonly BMWs or Mercs, just drive past, totally ignoring her.

 

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Selling motorbikes is big business out here, so the various shops really push for their slice of the cake.
Mini events are common.

Oh, and they hand out leaflets to passing motorcyclists.

 

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There's just been a big holiday here, most people off work and the usual slaughter of loads of animals, much of the meat going to charities.
Some bits were left over.

or were they?

 

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In the UK, if this man was in the street with these things, the cops would pull him like a shot.
These were taken about 150 meters from a girl's boarding school.

Now, back to those heads and possible leftovers

The bits are all washed in the nice, clean river.

On a totally separate note, soto is a traditional Indonesian soup, containing veggie and beef.
I wonder what these guys were going to make with this beef.

 

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One has to wonder, do they know or is this a monster sized cock up?

 

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I buy chickens for my wife's satay business, so many I get a very reasonable price.
All animals have one thing in common, there are bits no one will eat ... but the fish will.

This guy is cutting up chicken's entrails to use as bait.

 

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Many of my photos show village, small town and the low end of city life in Indonesia.
I don't want you to get the idea the place is all third world; in fact, Jakarta is a big modern city (Pity they haven't got the idea of sidewalks yet)

 

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This is why there are loads of minor accidents in Indonesia.

This is a small farm between BSD and Bintaro, two reasonably rich areas, south of Jakarta.

 

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A week or so ago, I posted a picture of a man riding a motorcycle, but leading a dog.
There's always someone who has to go one up.

 

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Everyone with just about enough money has a mobile phone.
You can buy phones and SIM cards in shopping centres, small shops, tiny shops, little street stalls and from the back of a motorbike.

 

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I don't know who to thank, but thank you to whoever it was.

 

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A couple of weeks ago I visited a local university, Universitas Trisakti, in Jakarta.
When the 1998 uprisings took place, the university was stormed by the military, killing four students.
They made a small memorial, and left the original window, including the bullet hole.

 

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Irrigation is a fine art, commonly solved by the Archimedean screw in poor countries.
Other people use a bucket.

 

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Irrigation is a fine art, commonly solved by the Archimedean screw in poor countries.
Other people use a bucket.

ישראל היא כמו סקס עם חזיר; אין אנשים הגיוניים רוצים את זה

For the few who may not know------Freddie is trying to impress us with
his use of the term "Archimedean screw"-------its stuff from the grammar school
general science texts -----three basis tools-----lever ("given a place to stand
I could move the world", quoth Archimedes), pulley, and screw------basically
they are all the same------they replace distance with force-------Long ago
I was asked to "sub" in the science classes of the school my kid attended

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He's loading a gun

With a dart and line - what for?

Ahhhh, sorted.

Rod and line, nets, blocking rivers, now an airgun with a dart.
These people try every possible way to get the fish.

 

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Delivery services are pretty much normal out here.
Essentials such as water and gas are sold all over the place, and most will bring it to your house.

Begging is also common.
This little kid hangs around outside a set of local shops, hoping to extract cash from motorists leaving the car park.
This is illegal in Indonesia, and using the baby is seriously immoral, but no one does a lot about it.

 

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I'm playing with my small windows tablet, but have a very large screen because I'm playing with the projector.
Hang on, I'll take a couple of photos with the phone, upload, and pop them in this post.
Hang on .......

The projector

The kit, including loads of wires

Just playing, so I didn't tidy the wires.

 

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Picture the scene.
There I am, in a supermarket, my wife just wandered up an isle to get some biscuits my daughter likes.
A woman walks up to me and says, "Do you want a good time?".

Luckily, she was promoting biscuits.

Sales promotion girls (SPG) have a poor reputation, commonly thought of as whores because they tend to wear skirts as tight as they are short.
Of course, some are easily bedded (So I'm informed), but stereotypes are commonly wrong.
The girls tend to work for many companies as the manufacturer requires staff.

This one is promoting yogurt.