So, the Good Doctor and I were have dinner at one of the upscale restaurants in Zamalek.<\/p>\n
I had my hat with me. It is an “Australian Walking Hat”. It is a wide brim, ventalated hat. I am often hailed as “hey cowboy” here while wearing this hat. Etc.<\/p>\n
The waiter asked about the hat and asked if it was common to wear such a hat at night.<\/p>\n
I said, not usually. It is more for during the day to keep the sun off my face and head. But since I left the house several hours ago when the sun was still up, and I had not yet been home. I still had it with me.<\/p>\n
He replied: “Ah. Because I have seen these kind of hats in America, but not at night.”<\/p>\n
It seems that he spent a month in Memphis (the one in Tennessee) as the “Exhibition Manager” for a load of Archeological artifacts that were on loan to a museum there.<\/p>\n
He is trained as an Egyptologist.<\/p>\n
That is his day job.<\/p>\n
His night job is waiter\/bartender at a swank restaurant.<\/p>\n
Knowing what I know about government jobs here, I would be willing to bet he makes a lot more money at his night job, than he does at his day job.<\/p>\n
Interesting fellow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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