An inquisitive old fart with a camera
A Mercado Libre order arrived with this “business card” inside. I don’t know if it’s a Latin American aesthetic, but I started noticing illegible business cards and ads when we arrived in Mexico 15 years ago.
Here’s an example from a few years ago.
You just have to wonder.
A classic, even by Uruguayan standards.
Nice mirror mounts. Now how exactly do the windshield wipers work?
I posted the above on 18 October 2018.
Three years and nine days later we returned, and I noticed this.
Progress!
This dog’s owner maybe weighs a little more than the dog, but isn’t as strong. It took a while to get them calmed down and moving in opposite directions.
In Uruguay, a bottle (or traffic cone) on top of a car indicates it’s for sale.
In this case, the contents of the bottle – and much more of the same – might have better served the owner beforehand.
I got my first 2022 calendar recently, from the fish guy. It’s notable for a number of reasons. First is that I never knew the place actually had a name, since it doesn’t display it anywhere. Regardless, I can barely make out the name on the calendar. And they are definitely not open every day of the year, despite the claim. And interesting to note—though certainly understandable—the foods pictured do not include fish.
It does have moon phases, though, which may prove useful.
I heard a repeated chirping in the front yard, and saw it was an Hornero and chick, then realized they were in the back yard, and quickly closed the sliding glass door before the dogs figured it out.
Who could possibly have thought this design was a good idea?
Background: when we moved here, we installed a wood stove, and I went out of my way to find newspapers for starting fires. Not an easy task. Even cardboard was rare then (it’s abundant now).
Then I discovered blue alcohol, and that was the end of needing newspapers to light fires. I bought my last bundle in 2018, and use them mostly now for cleaning paint brushes. Which I did recently in a fit of spring cleaning.
Inside of each newspaper is this glossy (and thus useless) magazine.
And every time I see it I have the same question: who could possibly have thought this design was a good idea?
(That’s a dog, not a tree top, in the center dune.)
I guess I’ve never thought about how big gulls are. My hand from pinkie to thumb tip is around 23 cm / 9 inches. Yikes!