One man's Funnies

Monday, January 13, 2025

Car driving down the wrong way

"Al !
I just heard on the news there's a car going the wrong way on I-80. Be careful !"

"One ?!
I seen at least a hundred !"

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Escape from Alcatraz

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An intereresting abseiling adventure !!!

in Alcatraz Canyon, Newnes Plateau,
NSW, Australia

2025 January 5

Background

Altracraz Prison

There is an Alcatraz Island
off the coast of San Francisco, California.

On this small island
was a maximum security prison.

It was closed in 1963.

Now, the prison is a major tourist attraction.

And nowadays, Alcatraz means the Alcatraz Prison.

A flim was made in 1979,
called "Escape from Alcatraz"
starring Clint Eastwood.

It was a story of 3 inmates
escaping from Alcatraz Prison.

The film was a success
and well-known to this day throughout the world.

Altracraz Canyon

Named by David Noble.

More on this canyon is in this link:
http://david-noble.net/blog/?p=51651

Devils Throat

It is a Letterbox-like slot
to get out of a chamber
at bottom of the waterfall in Alcatraz Canyon.

ie This is where you escape from Alcatraz 😀

Named by Michael Keats.

Reference:
https://www.bushexplorers.com.au/encyclopaedia/devils-throat

Our group in this trip

5 of us:
John Graham - leader
Amy Chi
Elizabeth Zhu
Paul Ma
Sornkin Lam

Video

I have created a short video of our adventure.
1 minute 30 seconds.

In this link:
https://youtube.com/shorts/pIF3PNjflhA

Some images from the video

1) Hi Clint, you had your fun.
My turn to be a star 😀

2) From a distance, we can see
what we are getting ourselves into.
- Alcatraz Prison: Named by yours truly 😀

3) Zooming in.

4) Now, go and watch the short video
on me abseiling into Alcatraz Prison.

This link: https://youtube.com/shorts/pIF3PNjflhA

5) The 3 escapees from Alcatraz Prison:
Amy, Sornkin, Elizabeth
- They crawled out through Devils Throat.

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Saturday, December 28, 2024

Shafts of light, Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains

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Amazing wonderful shafts of light !!!
in Grand Canyon, Blue Mountains,
NSW, Australia

2024 December 14

Time we were down in the canyon, in the creek:
2:30pm to 4:30pm

Background

I had been to the bottom of Grand Canyon at night,
to see the glow-worms inside the canyon.
That was a fantastic trip.

This one, in daylight, is just as amazing !

It is also the first time
I'm inside the canyon in daylight.
And get to witness the magical light show.

But note:
You need abseiling gears to do our trip.

Also, there are sections that require a swim.
Hence you should wear a wetsuit
as water is cooold ... bbrrrr !!!

(There is a foot track through the canyon.
But it is above the canyon floor.

No abseil, no swim ... meant for normal hikers.

The downside:
You won't see the fantastic light show
from the foot track 😭)

Our group

7 of us:
Lyndal Tegel - leader + all rope work
Amy Chi
Helen Heng
John Graham
Paul Ma
Tracey Coates
Vijay Kini

Abseil down into Grand Canyon

First thing is to abseil down into the canyon.

1) Lyndal abseiling down.
- Watched by John

Photo by Amy Chi

2) Abseiling down into Grand Canyon.
- Amy

Photo by John Graham

Shafts of light near abseiling area

3) Group photo of the 7 of us:
- John, Lyndal, Amy, Vijay, Helen, Tracey, Paul
- Shafts of light behind us ... not waterfalls

Photo by John Graham

4) Vijay in the limelight.
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
The rest are all shafts of light.

Photo by John Graham

5) Amy's turn in the limelight.
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
The rest are all shafts of light.

Photo by John Graham

6) Amy again.
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
The rest are all shafts of light.

Photo by John Graham

7) Left to right: Helen, Tracey, Vijay
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
The rest are all shafts of light.

8) The lights are sheer magic !
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.

9) Left to right: Tracey, Helen
- White arrow: Only this one is a waterfall.
The rest are all shafts of light.

Shafts of light at another part of the canyon

10) Lyndal under the lights.

11) Beam us up, Scotty 😀
- Vijay, Tracey, Helen, Lyndal

Photo by John Graham

12) Beam us up, Scotty 😀
- Vijay, Amy, Helen, Paul, Lyndal, Tracey

Photo by John Graham

Another shafts of light

13) Shafts of light at another part of the canyon.

Photo by John Graham

14) Same scene as previous pic.
- Lyndal, John, Tracey

15) Same scene as previous pic.
- Lyndal, John, Tracey

16) Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey, Helen, Vijay, Paul

Photo by John Graham

Yet another shafts of light

17) At another part of the Canyon.
- 2 in the front: Amy, Paul
- Lady in black at the back: Not our group

Photo by John Graham

18) Same scene as previous pic.
- 2 in the front: Vijay, Tracey
- Lady in white at the back: Not our group

19) Same scene as previous pic.
- Vijay watching ...
- Helen, Tracey ... at the back

20) Same scene as previous pic.
Fantastic shafts of light !

Photo by John Graham

21) Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey
- Lady in black up on the rock: Not our group

Photo by ???

Walk/swim downstream a bit more,
then another shafts of light

22) We are meeting more bushwalkers now.
They didn't abseil into the canyon;
walked/swam in from where we'll exit the canyon.
- 3 with helmets: Tracey, Helen, Vijay
- Others (without helmet): Not our group

23) Same scene as previous pic.
- Helen, Tracey, Vijay

Photo by John Graham

24) Same scene as previous pic.
- Amy

Photo by John Graham

25) Same scene as previous pic.
- Vijay in the limelight
- Paul, Tracey ... photographing Vijay

Photo by John Graham

26) Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey, Lyndal

Photo by ???

27) Same scene as previous pic.
- Tracey, Lyndal

Photo by ???

More shafts of light

28) These shafts of light never ends 😀

29) Amy ... the star !
- Behind her is Lyndal.

Photo by John Graham

Swims

There are swimming sections inside the canyon.
You should wear a wetsuit.

There are cases where hikers without wetsuits
suffered hypothermia.

They had to be rescued by helicopters.

30) One of the swimming sections.
- Clockwise from bottom:
Helen, Vijay, Tracey, Lyndal, Amy

Photo by John Graham

31) Another swimming section.
- Lyndal ... standing
- Amy... swimming

Photo by John Graham

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Relativity explained

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Amy Chi can explain Relativity better than Einstein !

"When I want to be close to my boyfriend,
my hand is blue-shifted."

"And when I'm dumping him quick and fast,
my hand is red-shifted !"

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Monday, November 18, 2024

Santa finds couple having sex on couch

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(Santa
down chimney
finds couple having sex on couch 😃)

Santa: Errr ... We'll pop back later.

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

How to organize chores

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I find it helps to organize chores into categories:
- Things I won't do now.
- Things I won't do later.
- Things I'll never do.

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Friday, November 8, 2024

Enough money for 3 beers only

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Daughter: Daddy, I want ice cream !

Daddy: Believe me, me too honey.
But mommy only gave us enough money for 3 beers !

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Sunday, November 3, 2024

I hate hotel towels

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I hate hotel towels.
So thick and fluffy.
I can't even close my suitcase 😐.

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Monday, October 28, 2024

I've got brain :-)

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2024 October 18
A text message exchange:

Paul Ma:
WOW !
You are a painter too !
You don't just a have a pretty smile.
You are multi-talented !

Amy Chi:
Yeah, I am not only "pretty" face,
I've got Brian.

If you are the Brian ...
Lucky that she has you 😀😀😀
(Or unlucky you 😀😀😀)