The quality of the photos is not great but they were taken into the sun on a phone camera (not mine, Big Brother, I don't have a camera on my cellphone). Basically, where we are based there is a pickup truck with a bren mounted on the back (no driver, only a rifleman - unless he can perform both roles at the same time somehow) as protection for the site. The rifleman is there 24hrs a day, with basically nothing to do except fiddle with his cellphone or sit on his arse.
Now and then, perhaps as a bit of a break from the monotony, the rifleman gets a couple of the ex-pat Filipinos (all manual labour here is performed by some or other ex-pat from somewhere) to come out and clean the back of the pickup. Fuck knows what he would do if one of them inadvertently stuck the broom handle into the trigger and let it off. There would be absolute pandemonium and I don't want to be around if it does...
3 comments:
Hi,
My husband who is leaving for Qatar this weekend keeps telling me that all is safe. What are they protecting you from anyway? I with you on the safety of this set-up.
Why don't you offer to clean the pick up next time, and try the broom stick thing. Would love to know the outcome!
Salagatle!
Long time no blog, sorry to have been such a pooper, but there's been stuff happening.
I see you are still in the sandbox, hope it's going well!
Am very happy to hear your wife was unharmed in the hijacking and that you got your doggie back..good grief was quite a shocker to read that post.
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