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85 Farewell BBQ for Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC instructional tour at Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977

85 Farewell BBQ for Palm Beach (Qld) SLSC instructional tour at Waja SLSC, Kuta Beach, Bali, Indonesia. September 1977

 

Jensen was too quick for Mark (Coco) Crampton. Jensen, the man in blue stripes, was not an ethnic Balinese. He owned a fabric and garment shop in Denpasar and many of the peddlers on the streets and beach were his commission sales people. Over the door of his warehouse was a Christian cross and the motto "In God weWe Trust". Whether this was his personal conviction or a repetition of the motto on the US dollar I do not know. Whatever, Jensen was a decent man who through his business supported many families with an income. While laughing with him in his warehouse we were shouted to silence by an Australian businessman whose partner had marooned him sans finance in Bali. They were debating hotly over the phone and it seemed our good humour diminished the man's ability to negotiate. Having heard the man's language and sentiments I would have happily parted company with him myself, so I did not think poorly of the distant ex-partner. We were in Jensen's warehouse and Jensen took the rebuke silently, and so we followed suit. Under different circumstances we might not have.

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