The Tin Mine Page #2

I felt I'd crossed a border into the unknown.

Who's that?

How the hell should I know?

My first real test came when the dredging engineer was on holiday.

The boss wanted me to write out the supply order, in English.

They'll soon be promoting you to engineer for sure.

Construction equipment, accounting, English...

I'd studied all of that back at school.

The thing was just I never made it to graduation day.

Hey! Hey you!

That order come yet?

The Boss is ready to check it over.

So?

Where's my order?

Don't tell me you've just been wandered around all day.

Sorry, but the man at the warehouse said to tell you...

a "bolt" is male and a "nut" is female.

You can't just order nuts.

You've got to order "nuts and bolts".

Well, what about the 30 nails I ordered?

Don't tell me I've got to order hammers to get nails.

He said, nails have to be ordered by the pound...

not by the piece.

Boy, were you just born wrong or what?

Sorry, sir. I'll make out a new order right away.

Sir, the light in the steam room is out.

We just need one frosted light bulb.

Don't order it by the kilo, ok?

Yes.

Pearl light bulb.

"P... e... a..."...is that right?

I'd really begun to respect my Australian boss.

He'd opened the Tin Mine's gates for me.

And I wanted to show him that he could always count on me.

Why don't we take the belt off

when the stream pressure is at its maximum?

Because... well...

So cute.

Here little one, buy yourself a new shirt, ok?

My boss's name is Mr. Sam.

He's 56 years old.

He set a lifestyle that I wanted to always follow.

He loves to have fun.

7 for 20 baht. / That's enough.

85 for 20 baht.

He's open-minded and kind.

He'll always tell his driver to stop and

offer a lift to anyone he sees on foot.

Stop! Stop!

Chai, stop!

How dare you treat human remains this way?

Don't just sit there getting drunk. Show some respect!

He's the kind of foreigner Thai people are proud to know.

Whenever he drinks too much,

he likes to show us the souvenir he got from the world war.

I am Corporal Sam...

... and this is the anklet I got, building the bridge on the River Kwai

.

That's no anklet, boss.

What?

That's a ball and chain!

Look, the baby's got one too!

The Boss's younger brother, Mr. Tom, works here too.

He handles the open-air works,

and he's the dredger's chief engineer.

C'mon, push harder!

There's one thing the brothers can never agree on.

The older brother will hire anyone

even though they're as drunk as he is.

But the younger brother will never

hesitate to fire every last drunk he sees.

Mr. Sam is a workingman's hero.

He taught me the meaning of the motto, "duty unto death".

Like the day the dredger's engine-roller fell into the water

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