On being slow ….! in My things ……
- April 16, 2014, 3:11 p.m.
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Being down here just a few years, I don’t expect to meet people I know very often, I’ve been on Jewellery, Tiffany Glass and German Classes with out being noticed! The painting classes have been a little different, two men from the watercolour class have caught me unawares, not both at one, the younger one works in Truro; the other is a Council gardener – he can pop up any where – but always in Truro in my case. After one term in the acrylic class I was seen, I didn’t see her and she can’t remember where; we’re all a certain age …..
Today an acquaintance from the jewellery class, at first pass I vaguely noticed him and walked on, this was a quick trip into Truro – I was told! Then walking out of M&S I looked behind to see if any one else was fallowing, it was the same man on crutches, I stood back holding the door while he went out, he went across Lemon Quay and I went up Lemon Quay towards the park and ride bus.
This second meeting made me stop and look back, and at last the penny dropped and I turned back, he was always looking athletic and smartly dressed; now he looked very different. He was always a polite and I thought I was turned away he could have supposed, we both has forgotten names but not those evenings making rings and bangles.
He told me he had been training to become a life Guard, and on one exercise on a board went wrong, as he hit the board he injured a vertebrae, hence the dreadful change in his appearance! I commented it must have been very painful, he was never one for strong language and his response was much as I expected ‘Yes – like closing a car door on your testicals’ to the point and a description that brings a tear to any mans eye!
I’m wished I’d given him my e-mail address, just in case! He was living with his mother, but it’s two years since I last him, so I’ve no idea of his situation; some times I can be very slow …. I shall keep and eye open next time I’m in Truro.
Tick Tock Tick ⋅ April 16, 2014
Your poor acquaintance! Isn't it dreadful hearing of a life-changing accident. Perhaps in the wee hours of darkness his name will come to you, or you could ask your instructor perhaps? / ryn: you notes Loved that tale about your Dad and the boy with the sword! Apparently all the fun went out of sword fighting by dismissal time. When we were checking out assisted housing for my mother-in-law (years ago) one complex had rooms facing a pre-school playground. I would have been royally entertained by the kids, wouldn't you? Seemed like a perfect mix - seniors and little ones. / On Monday I awoke to 1.5" of snow but it melted and the roads weren't covered, so yes, Iowa is not snow free yet. Even now big hunks line the north ditches of some roads. Still, as I write in northern MN & WI they are having a blizzard of 10 - 16 inches! I would Never live there!! / The year Mom & I flew to CA I scheduled it late in April but still it was snowing when we returned (no difficulty driving though). Those are normally wet snows and quickly vanish. Last year there was even snow in May, still, I am not a fan! I'm looking forward to your photos of the Easter Agility Class/Party. Wouldn't want to take bets on a sunny day, I have learned one truth about Cornwall, haven't I?! / Yes, I would like to take Hwy. 1 along the CA coast, too. It was on Mom's Bucket List and she loved the parts she saw. / When we spent a week in the Keys we routinely took the bridges from island to island and took the full stretch to Key West. I didn't find it as exhilarating as I did the California ocean highways we took north of San Francisco (near where my Sister lived. That nearly matched Cornwall's views!