Steel Delivery
Has
it been ten days already?
We
just had a long weekend, four days – four dry days.
For
some reason, the authorities here take any and all opportunity to ban liquor
sales, so national holidays lack one key ingredient that most foreigners would take
for granted.
We
survived by stocking up in advance and spending a couple of nights in Hotel
the Royal Plaza, in the city.
There’s
another “dry day” coming up this Sunday. I can’t remember the occasion, but
like I said, any reason will do.
The
Picture gives you some idea of the décor of Hotel the Royal Plaza
(that's if the pretentious syntax of the name - hotel THE royal plaza - didn't give you any hint).
Gold
leaf and marble all over.
Mai at Hotel the Royal Plaza
Back on to the topic, though….
Anybody
need some steel?
Steel
is good stuff, until recently we lived in a “steel town”, right down from one
of the biggest steel works in the world.
Let’s
say, hypothetically, that you were in need of some steel. Maybe you are building
some sort of concrete structure (lots of people are doing it), and you needed
several metres of reinforcing bar, you know, to make it strong.
I
know a guy…….
For
some reason, steel seems always to be delivered by bicycle here.
You
have to feel for those steel biking guys, they probably don’t get paid anywhere
near the salary of a Tour de France team member.
There
are very few large trucks on the roads here. Mainly due to the governments
pollution control measures. Almost all work vehicles are powered by natural
gas. It’s actually a triumph of regulation (up there, some might contend, with
the draconian restrictions on liquor sales).
Sadly,
Delhi’s air quality will still get worse over the next few months, causing
illness to many and discomfort to all (so I have been warned).
We’re
not looking forward to that.
That’s
all for now. Your steel is on its way to you at top speed.
It
may take a while.
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