Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
"wendy7" wrote in message news:bE6Zc.5416$Mf.4136@fed1read02... Hi there Ted, How was your time in India? Glad to see you back safe & sound. Hi Wendy, It was generally good. There were depressing things (like the homeless children and the beggars). But there were good things too, such as the good students I encountered. Granted, not all the students were "good", but the good ones made facing the various challenges worthwhile. I picked up some interesting items (a little box, wood overlaid with some kind of metal and some material I can't identify which was used to create a picture of a pheasant). And, I bought a marble chess set. I did have some adventures. For example, as I have circulation problems in my feet, I developed a rash around my ankles and ants were drawn to the dead skin flakes. Alas, they walked through something nasty on their way to feed on me and that resulted in an infection that put me in the hospital for a few days. Nothing serious though (since I got immediate treatment). But to make it more interesting, the man with whom I shared a house called my mother to let her know, and his peculiar sense of humour overwhelmed him. You see, when he called Mom, he said something to the effect "Mrs. Byers, I don't want to alarm you, but Ted has been eaten by poisonous ants." And then afterwards, he tells me that she said "Well, next time, let the ants keep going until they've eaten another fifty pounds!" ;-) Of course, she denies saying such a thing. His duties there finish in December, and Mom has given him strict instructions that he is to come and visit her, with his family. And this is with the support of his wife, who wants to see Mom pin his ears back. ;-) We all got a good chuckle out of that. I have some pictures of this adventure; the result of the interaction between John's peculiar sense of humour and that of my department head. It shows me being taken to the hospital with my legs cut off, arriving at the hospital DOA, as well as John driving a "state-of-the-art" ambulance. And here I am, alive and well, with my legs working fine, indubitably a testament to the skills of the physicians and surgeons there. ;-) Another adventure involved a rainstorm. You see, Chandigarh is very flat, and any time there is a significant rainfall, the city is flooded until several hours after the rain stops. So, I lived through the first flood I have witnessed in person. That rainfall was actually a good thing, despite the inconvenience, since that whole area of India has experienced a drought for several years and desperately needed the water. And, as for orchids, I was in the wrong part of India. The Punjab is generally too dry most of the time, and the winter is too cool, for the orchids with which we're most familiar. But, had I been there longer, I would have made some growth chambers and brought the orchids in from Assam and Sikkim (the parts of India that have the most orchids). Cheers, Ted |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Wow! Sounds like you had an interesting, but turmultuous time! Your Mom sounds like a card! I will email you privately regarding the medical problems as I also have a weird situation going on. Glad to see you back. Cheers Wendy |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Wow! Sounds like you had an interesting, but turmultuous time! Your Mom sounds like a card! I will email you privately regarding the medical problems as I also have a weird situation going on. Glad to see you back. Cheers Wendy |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Orchid genus name listings on the London Orchid Society website | Orchids | |||
Need Help ID'ing an Orchid (or orchid-type plant)... | Orchids | |||
Orchid research at the ANH [Was: Orchid Taxonomy and Mycorrhiza] | Plant Science | |||
WANTED: back issues of the American Orchid Society Bulletin & The Orchid Digest. | Orchids |