On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stupid old me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> M/S Hornbay getting an overhaul in Dunkirk. She normally sails on a >> fixed route between Antwerp and Costa Rica as a banana transporter. >> >> http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/14567274 > > Sorry, wong address. Here's the correct one: > > http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/14567577
In the 1930's my grandfather used to work on the banana boats that ran between the Caribbean and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When my grandmother was pregnant with her third child (my father, as it turns out) she told him that if he didn't get off the boats he'd come home to an empty house after his next trip. The next day he got a job as a stevedore in Halifax, the job he eventually retired from. None of this has anything to do with your photo, but I think of that story whenever I hear the words "banana boat". Wonderful photo, as always, Ralf. Maybe one of your best. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
