mexican foto mount
boy is this a punsville thread or what?
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Long before the Internet
I walk into this cheap electronics store in La Paz, Baja, Mexico
to change Dollars into Pesos
On the wall right behind the cash register
there is a speargun.
So I ask the guy - does he sell spearguns?
'No I hunt underwater'
- 'allright!'
Soon as he realizes I am interested
he begins to whip out trophy fotos:
'look at this, check this one out -
and this is my biggest one'
(- a grouper, about 35 lbs)
'yeah, hey - very nice fish!'
he asks: 'do you spearfish, too?'
'yes'
'what's the biggest fish you ever got?'
'Well - this was years ago,
you won't believe me'
'tell me!'
I told him about the 200-plus Kilo grouper.
he didn't believe me.
next time I brought a copy of the foto
that's now on my website.
He goes:'Wow - a friend of mine has a fotoshop
right around the corner - can I have him make a copy?'
'sure'.
He had it done and gave me back the original print.
I sailed off.
Half a year later I returned to La Paz.
First thing I saw before I entered the store to change
money
was a blow-up
of my grouper foto -
- right in the shopwindow.
with a dedication:
'To my good friend and spearhunting buddy Angel!
- tu amigo Peter'
- which he'd written himself...