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A pointless gesture
Signalling when intending to turn left or right in a car is usually unnecessary when there's no one about, but it's daft when on a bicycle. If there's no one about why run the risk of destabilising the bike and reducing the ability to brake?
As I walked back up the hill on the pavement on my morning walk, an old man on a bicycle came down the hill and stuck out his right arm indicating that he was to turn into a side road. Why? I wondered. Had he not looked behind? Could he not see that he was alone on the road? Who needed to know of his intention? I was too far away to care.
Went for another walk in the afternoon, tripped over a stick and measured my length on the ground. Fortunately, the ground was soft so other than getting leaves stuck to my hands and knees, I suffered no ill effects. I must be more careful; falls like that on hard surfaces result in broken bones. When I got home I put in my rucksack one of the three slings and an old crepe bandage that I found in a cupboard. They might come in useful one day with clumsy folk like me around. I think they were left over from the time my mother broke her wrist falling off a stool she'd climbed on in the kitchen. Kids aren't the only ones to climb on furniture and fall off.
Thought for today
Experience, a comb life gives you after you lose your hair.
Judith Stern, Writer
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