"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say.
"You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet,
there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."
(JRR Tolkien)
And so it was when we stayed in a chalet at Domaine des trois roches, north of Quebec City, inland a little from the south eastern coast of the St Lawrence River. Not only was it an idyllic oasis surrounded by trees, but it afforded us time with yet more generous and convivial people. And when kids are involved you never know what's going to happen. Earlier in the evening Thomas had asked if I would go for a swim with him in the etang (pond) in front of the chalets. At 9.00pm after dinner and glass of wine, most adults could probably think of better things to be doing, but hey, kids know best when it comes to having fun, so why not!
The next morning I was introduced to a Portugese form of squash - Pistole-Basque - playing with Thomas, his dad Mark and his uncle Michel. Although I've played tennis and a little squash it still took a bit of getting used to the shorter wooden raquets/bats. Also, I had the frustratingly sorry tendency of using a tennis backhand to slice the ball when in squash you just give it the bash!
And what could me more relaxing after a day of fun in the sun and water than toasting marshmallows around an open fire!
There are many ways to market products to people. If you're rich and powerful you can hire high powered agencies and utilise the entire spectrum of advertising mediums. This is the front door and the one most consumers protect because they're conditioned to the modern day media onslaught. However, if you're not rich and powerful, there's a less invasive, often more persuasive, cheaper and certainly more fun way of achieving the same outcome. It's colloquially known as guerrilla marketing (after guerrilla warfare such as that of the Spanish versus Napoleon and the Basques versus the Spanish - small and mobile versus large and immobile) and uses the side door.
Here's Thomas "driving" Jaffa with the roof down, photographed and now published on the internet. What do you think he wants for his first car? How much did it cost? Nothing.
And what could me more relaxing after a day of fun in the sun and water than toasting marshmallows around an open fire!
There are many ways to market products to people. If you're rich and powerful you can hire high powered agencies and utilise the entire spectrum of advertising mediums. This is the front door and the one most consumers protect because they're conditioned to the modern day media onslaught. However, if you're not rich and powerful, there's a less invasive, often more persuasive, cheaper and certainly more fun way of achieving the same outcome. It's colloquially known as guerrilla marketing (after guerrilla warfare such as that of the Spanish versus Napoleon and the Basques versus the Spanish - small and mobile versus large and immobile) and uses the side door.
Here's Thomas "driving" Jaffa with the roof down, photographed and now published on the internet. What do you think he wants for his first car? How much did it cost? Nothing.
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