God, the weather’s been glorious. I’ve been cycling today wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Unheard of in October but very, very welcome. Why am I writing in short, snappy sentences today? Instead of writing longer, flowing, intelligent prose? Maybe because we now live in a Twitter-inspired, status-update-obsessed world where everyone wants everything to be short, sharp, quick and catchy, and their attention span wavers if what they’re reading goes on for more than ten words, and I have to go along with that or risk losing readers. But then, I only have a handful of readers anyway so sod it - back to the longer sentences!
I must pat myself on the back and say I did a good job of sprucing my Velociped up this week. I took her out today and the gears were slick and silent, the brakes were responsive and rugged, and the frame was gleaming like a mirror made of diamonds. Maybe I could quit work and make money cleaning bikes? There are no end of those “Handwash” car-wash places by the side of the roads now, where Eastern Europeans are cashing In on the laziness of drivers by cleaning their cars while they’re at work. Maybe I could do the same service for cyclists? Or maybe I should open my own “Handwash” car-wash lay-by business? Some of them charge about twelve quid just to clean the outside of the car. The automated car wash at the supermarket is only three pounds fifty - I could just take everyone’s car through there and make nine pounds profit every time.
Hmmm, I might give that one some serious thought.
RC 9-10-13
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