Body Language

Now that's a good question.











Lets have a look at a group of four young people who stopped for
a chat at the front of my house recently, they were in two cars one
of which is the red one shown here, from the left A was with C and
B was with D


OK here B and D both have
hands to chins while C has
hands on hips A is looking
the most relaxed.

Throughout D remained quite
apart from the other three, but
there was certainly not any sign
of animosity between them.
She just seemed to want her
own space.





We now have C and D with
arms akimbo while A and B
are stroking their chins.












A with hands on hips
while B, C and D all
have crossed their arms
This has the look of a
hostile meeting now.









Tension seems to have
eased and things are
looking a lot more at
ease than they were.

I didn't hear any of their
conversation but by the
smiles and laughs they
were four friends who met
up and had a chat at the
side of the road which
quite belied the body
language that they put out
on display.
They parted very soon after the last shot and waved cheerily to one another.

I am very easily amused (as you can see) and the whole sequence only
took about five minutes to play out.


A follow up to the post about my Service Station neighbors who
moved, in the time since that post the soil from around the
underground tanks has been tested for contamination, it was
found to be clean so the redevelopment plans are now to be put
to council for approval.
It seems likely there will be two small to medium sized showrooms
and one office building erected here but it will probably be three
or four months before much happens.




The contractor came and
picked up his excavator
today this was a precision
exercise to watch.
First the excavator was
driven up the ramps and
onto the low-loader trailer
with extreme care taken
so that the overhead
electric cables were not
touched.





Once it was onto the trailer
and positioned how they
wanted it to be.













They swiveled the whole
unit around 180 degrees
(except for the track section)
so that they could get the
weight where they wanted
it.










Finally the whole unit
was driven forward on
the trailer and secured
in place with heavy
chains, then it was away
to its next job.
Again this operation only
took about 45 minutes,
Very efficient.




More proof that I am easily amused, if more was needed.

Winning ticket.

A blonde goes into a coffee shop and notices there's a "peel and win" sticker on her coffee cup.

So she peels it off and starts screaming," I've won a motorhome!
I've won a motorhome!"

The waitress says, "That's impossible. The biggest prize is a free Lunch.?"

But the blonde keeps on screaming, "I've won a motorhome!
I've won a motorhome!"

Finally, the manager comes over and says, "Ma'am, I'm sorry, but you're mistaken. You couldn't have possibly won a motorhome because we didn't have that as a prize.

The blonde says, "No, it's not a mistake. I've won a motorhome!"

And she hands the ticket to the manager and HE reads...

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"W I N A B A G E L"