My neighborhood....lets see yours

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From today's corona walk in our neighborhood. This 12m high pillar was erected for the Floriade Fair in 1992. The droplets represent the seawater level: Dark blue = eb, medium blue is flood and the upper, light blue droplet represents the seawater level with spring tide.
The pond is about a meter below streetlevel
We are living 4.5 mtr. or approx. 15 feet below the normalized water level.
 
My neighborhood in central Florida is metro Orlando to the south and agricultural to the north. Farmers grow cabbage and cucumbers. The cucumbers are Kirby cucumbers which are used in the finest pickles. All the workers are temporary immigrants holding H2A (11 month) agricultural visas. Because they are paid piece rate rather than by the hour and are very productive, they make at least $100 per day.

These women work doing QC in the packing packing plant sorting cucumbers for shipment. Sometimes they will work a few hours in the field before the packing plant begins work.

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Workers in the field picking cucumbers. Their work ethic is high, never slowing down but always smiling.

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About 30 years ago when I first moved into this neighborhood I was a bigtime fan of shortwave radio. I had a couple Sony SWs and a real nice Sangean SW radio. When I saw the Ham Radio shop I went in and asked the elderly owner if he had any external SW radio antennas? He looked at me with disdain and said “this is a Ham Radio shop”. That was the end of the conversation. The shop is still there, I think whoever is running it now makes most of their income selling cigarettes over the counter and canned drinks from the vending machine.

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X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 35mm f1.4 R lens
Astia film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - Nov 2020

All the best,
Mike
 
Yokosuka_Mike said:
About 30 years ago when I first moved into this neighborhood I was a bigtime fan of shortwave radio. I had a couple Sony SWs and a real nice Sangean SW radio. When I saw the Ham Radio shop I went in and asked the elderly owner if he had any external SW radio antennas? He looked at me with disdain and said “this is a Ham Radio shop”. That was the end of the conversation....
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That was a terrible attitude for a HAM. Most people who became HAMs first became interested in radio either by shortwave, CB, electronics, or even late night distant standard radio broadcasts. Thankfully, people with attitudes like his were in the minority. I'm a bit surprised, as Japan has always had an enthusiastic following of shortwave listeners and HAMs. They like their hobbies, such as astronomy and photography as well.
 
Pál_K said:
That was a terrible attitude for a HAM. Most people who became HAMs first became interested in radio either by shortwave, CB, electronics, or even late night distant standard radio broadcasts. Thankfully, people with attitudes like his were in the minority. I'm a bit surprised, as Japan has always had an enthusiastic following of shortwave listeners and HAMs. They like their hobbies, such as astronomy and photography as well.
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Well, it seems that some people just get a little cranky with age.

Since then I gave up on shortwave. I think that the internet has done a good job of killing off some of the SW stations. At least the ones I used to listen to.

However, I haven't given up on radio. There are some excellent FM stations in Tokyo and Yokohama. I always listen to the radio in the morning and late afternoon when I'm preparing dinner. The U.S. Military AM radio station in Japan was at one time outstanding. Not anymore, now it's just canned top 40 music from the states.

All the best,
Mike
 
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