31st August 2023
There are many really noisy cars that drive up and down South shore. It’s like they don’t have any silencers, it rattles the windows and makes the dogs bark.
There is alway the distinctive sound of the V8’s throbbing, but this sound is brutal.
Kelli alway rolls her eyes and says that it’s to make up for some male shortcomings.
Kelli dropped me off at Starbucks so that I could treat myself to a coffee and a cake whilst she went to Plato’s to sell even more clothes, and then on to Goodwill for god know what. She messaged me later to tell me the truck was ready to collect. As she was out and about I would have to walk.
Easier said then done as I would have to cross six lanes of traffic. There is the cursory pedestrian signal, but it was the distance. In a car, things seem closer together, but on a walk reality hits home.
After crossing the big road I picked up the pace a bit, I still had coffee in my cup that I gulped every so often, but you really have to stop to do that.
I reached the garage with seven minutes to spare. Angel, the owner, not the arch, was smiling, as he alway does, greeted me. I explained where I had come from, He was surprised, “You need to take things easy at your age” he said jokingly. I reminded him that I have done a lot of walking in my time and wore three inches in height off my legs.
I paid the bill reluctantly, picked up the keys and bid him farewell.
The drive back was much quieter, I could actually hear the radio, not that there was much to listen to, but it made a nice change.
I got home first, and I fed the dogs, I swear they are only pleased to see me when I have a fork in my hand.
Later Cameron came round wanting help to change a lightbulb in his vehicle. He had sent a YouTube video in advance so I was confident that it was easy to do. Three minutes later it was done, nothing broke, or fell down a narrow gap, it was textbook stuff.
Another Lifetime to go 