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This is a shot taken in the Old City in Jerusalem during a recent trip. I really liked the mirror on the right that allows customers to verify that there are no "thumbs on the scale" when weight and price are determined.
Picture details: Aperture: f4.5, shutter: 1/80s, focal length: 18mm, no flash, no tripod.
It is funny how little things trigger memories, Mark. When I hear ?thumbs on scale? it triggers a memory of a mid-1970?s Mad Magazine cartoon where the customer requests ?the thumbs to be taken off of the scale?. Next thing you see is the scale with the meat and two thumbs (just the thumbs, no hands) neatly pointing up plus a pretty embarrassed looking butcher.
I guess the guy in this picture was tired of thumbs jokes and put up the mirror so that the customers could closely supervise the weighing process themselves.
Excellent observation, Jurgen. We used to go to a small grocer in the neighborhood when I was young. We always kidded about his thumbs! Great eye catching this.