So the old country & western song says. I tend to do that a lot. If its not a truck or a van, its a boat windscreen or Sherman's one. Either way, I spend a lot of time under glass. A bit like a goldfish really I suppose. Some times its really bad, like coming home from Coromandel on the Friday night of a long weekend with this endless succession of headlights flashing across your face as they round the interminable number of corners in the road.
Any view from a boat is good for the soul. Some times I feel genuine regret at actually having to stop & anchor somewhere & fish. Joy riding in Top Dog is wonderful. Just a shame that it now takes over $50.00 worth of gas to fill each of the three tanks that I carry.
I had a lovely trip home tonight from Coro. It was one of those wonderful hazy days where its almost impossible to tell where the water ends & the sky starts. A limpid blue for both today changing to a pale buttery yellow with the myriad islands standing out in stark relief, almost black. Couple that with driving our new Toyota van that handles like a sports car. Stubby little gear shift on the dash & a VERY responsive 2.5 litre diesel motor. A real pleasure to drive. Add to that mix some lovely morbid Country Music, ( I'm not allowed to play it at home. Herself says she would rather cut her heart out with a rusty razor blade than listen to it) & you have a picture of sheer bliss. The only fly in that particular perfume was coming round a blind corner to be greeted by 5 or 6 sheep on the road. I didnt hit any, but it certainly got my undivided attention.
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Some hunter/gatherer you turned out to be, leaving some good roast mutton where you found it like that. I'm disappointed in you. lol
(a) it was still all woolly & on the hoof.
(b)the van aint got the same ironmongery round the front of it that Sherman has.
(c)the boss gets real septic about damage to his precious new van what only has 75 thousand k's on the clock. Ya shoulda heard him when one of the young drivers put it through flood water & hydraulicked the motor. Cost the insurance co 10 grand for a replacement... Bad juju.
(a) a double bonus - shear them and get herself to knit you a warm jersey & they can walk home to the freezer for you (no transport cost)
(b) battering them with the ironmongery only bruises the meat but it can tenderise it though
(c) keep the boss happy - let him share in the spoils
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WIMP
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