4 Feb. 23:50
A bit more on an earlier item.

In an earlier post (about the perfume pagoda) there is a picture of me in front of a temple and I am holding a stick. At the time it was just a stick but now it is a stick.

On the way up the hill, a very rocky road and very slippery, I was sold a bamboo pole for 2000 dong, $.12 (12 cents). Did not think much of it.

Helped a bit and used it coming down. However it then started to have a life of its own.

First as a security item when I was not permitted to take it on the cable car. Then retrieving it.

I was wearing my dark sunglasses and soon it was a stick as if I had no sight.

Then it became a way to get preferential entry at the airport. A betting item to see if I could get it through security at the airport. Finally got it checked as luggage, with a full bar code.

Then the staff used it to herd others.

A life of its own and a real stick (New York pronunciation).

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