@jespah,
X-cess verbiage threatens to drown this thread whenever Tryagain returns.
Tryagain declared to be verbivore
@Setanta,
Yes, lingual genius Setanta has mixed up the alphabet. We're never too serious
about our headlines here, but the alphabetically chronology has to be kept
in place. Trya Gain is very unforgiving in this.
Zeus himself could not have said it better C-J...
Across the weedy, trash-strewn alley from my work place is a motel, one of those places that was cute in the Sixties, an L-shaped building segmented into small units. Now people live in those tiny places long-term. The Home Oxygen guy drives in each week, and it's within spitting distance of the Mental Health Center across the street.
One guy even lives in a motor home on the lot. The windows are propped open with fans in the summer, shut in the winter - but not shut tight, not with peeling paint exposing the frames, not with the wind rattling the unprotected panes. There's an old man who lives there, who comes out on an irregular basis. I got really afraid for him.
The wind pushed me along with enough force I had to plant my legs to stay upright. Here he came up the street, on a bitter morning, against the wind. I can't say he walked up the street. He more quavered, he shook up the street. When babies are about six months old they cannot crawl, but managed to move by sheer willpower. They move every muscle in their body over and over until they are in a different spot.
That's what this man was doing, putting everything he had into the next faltering step, on staying vertical when the wind and the ice conspired to flatten him. The wind blew his hair around, long strands of white combover flying around his head, exposing the skin on top. He wore a dark cloth coat, cloth pants, those man-type shoes all guys his age wear - black, rounded toe, slight heel, vibram sole, and no gloves.
I don't automatically offer help when I see someone is struggling. I stay on the scene and make myself available in case they drop their wallet or until they ask - sometimes it's an assault on human dignity to offer help too quickly. People sometimes just need time. But this man seemed no need of help.
I watched for a while. He didn't go down. He didn't move more than half a block in ten minutes, either. Finally, my hands were cold and my conscience burning. I went across the street and asked, “Setanta, would you like some help? No, he wouldn't. He would be fine, he said. His eyes were not angry, but they were determined. He would manage on his own. So I went inside and said a prayer at my desk. I wondered what was so important he had to go out and post on A2K.
Today I saw him again, coming around the corner, with his head up, moving towards home, face set in the neutral expression of kings. He made it through the log in process, but he can’t friggin follow simple instructions!
Our early morning East Coast edition (Jespah - Post 3672881) raises the question of press freedom; the specter of Deep Throat " A to K gate looms large!
@Tryagain,
Allelujah! and Amen!
Now if Izzie were here she would start singing a song. But as she izzn't coz she's supposed to be somewhere else - the third person will have to make do.
lalallllllllllllllllllllalalllllllllllllllllalallllllllllllllllllllllalallllllllllllllllllll ahhhhhhhhhhh...
it's so good to see the Editor In Chief tawking!
And if we had a gate, we could have a fence. Does anyone need to quickly unload stolen property? Just askin'.
@jespah,
Being that I'z knows a fencing pirate or two..........
what do you need to pass over the fence, gal!
@Izzie,
C'mon, we all know gus was just helping that sheep over the fence.
@jespah,
Did he feel a little sheepish?
@Francis,
Gone with the wind is ever so popular today as it was then, if not for the phrase
alone.
@CalamityJane,
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**not a power tool in sight.
what day is it?
I think it's Hotday. I'n't it?
Jespah is right, it's Hotday! Tomorrow is workday, and the day after tomorrow
is vacation, which means that this reporter is going to Europe. I shall return
with a travel log on or around Independence Day! Au revoir mes amis!
@CalamityJane,
Kool C/J, wishing you a safe and enjoyable trip. Look forward to the travel log on your return. Not chasing tryagain by any chance?
@Dutchy,
Luckily, this reporter is old fashioned when it comes to these things: never
chase a man, always let them be the hunter!
@CalamityJane,
May you be hunted, if you wish.
Have fun!
@jespah,
Notes from CJane's travels should be interesting.
@wandeljw,
Ooooooooooooodddoooooooooooolally - have a GREAT time CJ - will look forward to our CalifornIA correspondent reporting back for duty after her travels.
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