I am the grit in the gears, the missing bolt, I am the poker of sticks into spokes.
I like to know how things work, but sometimes when I take them apart and rebuild them, I have a few pieces left over.
I am a man, so I tend to leave reading the instructions until after it goes wrong.
And like all men I have a comprehensive mental map of the world and never need to ask directions.
I never get lost, only sometimes I'm late, or end up in the wrong place entirely.
It's what we do.
Oh so cute. I would still love one of those kid sized cars you get in very expensive toy shops - always wanted it and could afford one now. Except that now I would not fit into it ... sigh... another dream shattered...
RM: Me too. Looks the most usable of them. Just needs a V8 for effortless cruising....
Adullamite: Are you really sure? Bubble-cars, maybe. I had a half-share in a BMW Isetta bubble, when I was fifteeen, until my dad found out. Old meany!
Jenny Woolf: I was always the same. Maybe I should post an old picture of me in a tiny Austin pedal car... When I found one, in a scrap pile at the back of an amusement park, I could only perch on top of the seat with my legs outside. Somehow, over the twenty or so years since I coveted Barbara wallace's little Austin Pedal car, with the working lights, and wipers... They'd shrunk!
What I wouldn't give to have that top car.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there were cars similar to the top one on sale in the late 60's.
ReplyDeleteOh so cute. I would still love one of those kid sized cars you get in very expensive toy shops - always wanted it and could afford one now. Except that now I would not fit into it ... sigh... another dream shattered...
ReplyDeleteRM: Me too. Looks the most usable of them. Just needs a V8 for effortless cruising....
ReplyDeleteAdullamite: Are you really sure? Bubble-cars, maybe. I had a half-share in a BMW Isetta bubble, when I was fifteeen, until my dad found out. Old meany!
Jenny Woolf: I was always the same. Maybe I should post an old picture of me in a tiny Austin pedal car... When I found one, in a scrap pile at the back of an amusement park, I could only perch on top of the seat with my legs outside. Somehow, over the twenty or so years since I coveted Barbara wallace's little Austin Pedal car, with the working lights, and wipers... They'd shrunk!