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Public service information in a Singapore restroom, August 1989. Just glad I didn't have the job of Toilet Inspector!

Daily Photo – Fine: $150

This sign was in the restroom of a bar in Chinatown, Singapore. Talking with the locals, it was aimed at the older generation of locals who had grown up without flush toilets. But the sign was in English! I kept wondering who was tasked with enforcement while feeling glad it wasn’t me!

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Delmas Sunset

Daily Photo – Delmas Sunset

This sunset was taken from our camp near Delmas which is about 40 miles east of Johannesburg. Looking back, I don’t recall mosquitoes being a particular problem, despite the often wet camp sites.

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USS Texas

Daily Photo – BB-35 USS Texas

Like the Elissa, the USS Texas is no longer seaworthy. She lies in a berth off the Houston ship channel just north of the San Jacinto battleground where Texas won it’s independence from Mexico. There are plans to make the berth a dry dock but that’s not due to be completed till 2017, so she sits on the mud quietly rusting away.

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