A street-lit rush hour scene. Probably taken from the upstairs window of one the the seedy shops and take outs that line the the top end of Mare St. Your eyes are drawn to the double-decker bus on the far side of the road. Although the traffic lights ahead are green, it's clear that the bus is stationary. You can tell this partly because it's so closely bunched behind the car in front, and partly because it's in such sharp focus compared with the vehicles further on. It looks like it's going to miss the lights too because there's a car emerging from a side road about thirty yards on which will hold things up. Because of the vantage point from which the shot was taken, and because it's evening, you can see the scene inside the bus quite clearly, especially the top deck. It's quite empty. There are five kids at the back, one of them standing up, hanging on to a rail and leaning over the others, looking up at the roof with his mouth open. Looks like they might be quite rowdy. At the very front, sitting right above the driver, there's a boy in a suit. If the polaroid had been taken a few seconds earlier you might have seen the boy biting his lips and looking anxiously at his watch, or straining his neck to catch the cause of the delay. But that was before he spotted a shopfront just about visble in the top right of the picture. That's why he's got a broad grin on his face instead. The sign reads "B&S Support Services". It proved to be a good omen, because I got home in time for the radio session after all. I'll try not to cut it so fine tonight. Nick Dastoor nick_dastoor.bsho@notes.compuserve.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------