The Caretaker

I don't know about you, but have you ever wondered what it is about school caretakers? I mean, are any of them sane? Is there something that attracts the, er, less than stable, to the post?

First there was Soham, and now a guy whom the newspapers seem intent on making "nutter of the year", if the photos are anything to go by, gets arrested for sending letter bombs to a variety of targets whom, I suspect, a considerable number of people see as worthy recipients of such missives. Not that I think that, and anyone who says I do is a liar, so there.

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I've been falling back into some bad old ways at the poker table, the main one being a focus on bonus rather than on a win. The problem with this (Ultimate bet) bonus is that, once you've decided to "go for it", there isn't really any going back. It's just so structured that 1,000 points brings me to the end of my UB bonus dollars, and 1,000 points can be redeemed at the end of the week for $50. Effectively this makes a bonus of 5¢ a hand for 3,000 hands at $2-$4 or $3-$6. And that, I thought, was really too good to turn down.

Trouble is, 3,000 hands at a single site in a week is a bit of hard work, so you get tired, so you don't play optimallly, so you lose. Not a great deal, at the moment, but it's a trend that I must protect myself against. I'm about 1,650 hands in after four days, but I'm already a bit fed up with it, which is another bad sign.

Photos of photos

You may recall a comment that I made in passing about how Rasaad who sits opposite (henceforth known as the blessed RJ) not only liked digital camerawork, but had a penchant for more traditional cameras, processing, etc.

So, today his latest toy arrived, courtesy of EBay. I suspect that this camera was used on Konrad Adenauer in the mid 1950s.

Here it is. And, yes, I think he's mad as well.

BTW, I only had the small old camera in my bag, so the picture quality leaves something to be desired.