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Another year of Flickr .
I will fly to Samos tonight and gone for some sun-and summerfun.
Everybody thanks for all the attention and comments on my pictures.
Enjoy the end of the season.
#60 explore /14/08/2009
Note: This is a deliberate out-of-focus street shot for the story below.
... As I wipe my eyeglasses clean, I glance towards the front street for possible ride options.
"So, what will it be today - the good old, rickety, airy, yellow-and-black auto-rickshaw or the swanky, air-conditioned, spotless-white Uber taxi?"
"I just need a quick and cheap two-mile ride to the coffee shop for my next meeting... :-/ "
"Ain't both quick and cheap at this time of the day?"
"Then the Uber taxi it is..."
"But, don't you care about the livelihood of the old, long-serving, self-employed auto-rickshaw driver?"
"Don't you ever talk without asking questions?" I chide my bespoke virtual assistant loudly >:-{ baffling the people on the street :-O
"Well, ain't you the one who programs me to be smarter than being just an intelligent order taker?"
"I'll walk it!" I mumble after a long pause, knowing fully well that the smart-ass is now going to be insanely muddled up for a while trying to figure out whether 'walking' is a general option, or a specific one in response to a vexed question ;-) ...
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