The Vernon Journal » thai http://vernonjournal.com Life with the Akha. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:08:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Ladder Man http://vernonjournal.com/2008/07/the-ladder-man/ http://vernonjournal.com/2008/07/the-ladder-man/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:49:00 +0000 Lori Vernon http://vernonjournal.com/2008/07/15/the-ladder-man/ Having lived in Thailand for three years, we’ve become pretty accustomed to some of the odd sights that overseas living has to offer. However, some things still surprise me. Take, for instance, The Ladder Man. We occasionally see these guys around town, but this one happened to be selling his wares in our neighborhood recently, so I took the opportunity to snap a picture for you!

I often wonder how he can actually make a living as a mobile ladder salesman. Although, I confesss, I’m probably looking at it from an overly American perspective….The Icecream Man is one thing, but the Ladder Man just wouldn’t fly in America! On the other hand, I guess it does make sense here; most Thai families have a scooter instead of a car or truck, so they can’t simply run to the local store and bring a ladder home… the ladder has to come to them!

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