TimeOut

Amanico was gracious enough in my intro post to ask to know more about me. By way of sharing, I'll dig up some, perchance interesting photos (maybe). As a youth, my father worked for Westinghouse. That took us to Iran during the time of the Shah, and afte...  

But as Connor MacCloud said in Highlander when asked where he was from, "Lots of different places."

To have experienced Iran during the time of the Shah must have been amazing. One thing that hasn’t changed is that Persian rugs are the best…that is something I remember learning and appreciating from a young age.👍🏽

We had them professionally cleaned a few years ago by a company owned by a company owned by a Persian expat, we have a pretty large community in the Washington DC area. Upon intake the poor owner almost had a coronary when he realized he couldn't put a do... 

these personal items. Very interesting. Best, Emmanuel

, , , between '64 and '69 in Iran. A few months in Gach Saran, a year in Ahwaz, then four in Masjed-i-Suleiman. (No pere was a petroleum engineer on loan from Standard Oil to the IOEPC.) I went to a school established by Brits, with teachers from America ...  

It's rare to find somebody to share something in common with like this! Playing darts became a major pastime for us due to the heavy British expat population there. At an early age I learned how to balance and lean wayyyyy over that line.

. . . at the golf club. 1966. Yes, we had an eighteen-hole course in M-i-S . . . all rocky soil, the greens were covered with oil-soaked heavy sand. The groundskeepers used brooms to sweep the greens. I wonder what happened to Jeff. He was a year or two o... 

. . . Jeff turned out to be an engineer/scientist . . . . . . specializing in oil extraction. 🫨 ...  

Reminds me of playing once at GITMO. (Yes, that GITMO) Fairways all dirt and rocks, I had a couple of holes where I managed not to hit my horrible Jackie Mason (Caddyshack 2) slice and somehow hit a rock resulting in my ball caroming 90 degrees off to the...