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[venta]

Things I saw on my way to work this morning...

A man running up a hill, pushing a pushchair. Behind him, a small child on a scooter tried to keep up. I guessed they were late for school, but maybe they were just racing for fun.

A jet black labrador guide-dog sitting patiently by the side of the road, waiting for two white vans to sort out their issues so he could take his human across their path. (Reading has a weird idea of pedestrianised streets; the street-furniture-clogged pedestrian areas are regularly filled with confused or abandoned vehicles.)

A small child in a buggy, munching on a Rice Krispie bar. He had a pointed face and enormous, sad, deep brown eyes.

An elderly lady dressed in tasteful, expensive-looking clothes, walking a small, trim, caramel-coloured dog. Everything about her conformed carefully to type, apart from her elegantly-cut, emerald-green bobbed hair.

An elderly couple buying their week's shopping in Lidl. A sensible trolleyful of fresh fruit, vegetables, a couple of tins and four kilos of sugar. I wondered if they were planning to make jam. Behind them, a middle-aged man was buying three large tubs of margarine and a dozen eggs.

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

School bake sale, of course!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm, could be! Seems a low ratio of eggs:fat, but maybe he had loads of eggs already.

(Also, I have a tendency to call everything yellow and spready which isn't butter "margarine", but actually it was olive oil spread, which I don't think I'd expect to be great for cakes. Could be wrong , though :)

[lanfykins.livejournal.com]

Maybe he doesn't know that? :)

[venta.livejournal.com]

If I see him tomorrow buying loads of ready-made cakes, I'll consider your theory proven ;)

[tigerfort.livejournal.com]

I've encountered at least one person who not only didn't know it, but refused to accept it when told. Repeatedly, by several people.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Maybe he had been sent out to fetch emergency supplies because he was the worst baker? :)

[beckyc.livejournal.com]

I saw a jogger pushing a pushchair the other day. They were going over a big cycle bridge too, which counts as steep for Cambridge. They had jogging clothes and everything which made me assume they were just odd not late.

[venta.livejournal.com]

steep for Cambridge

About 1 in 20, then :)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[snork]

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

I can think of one cycle- and foot-bridge over the Cam* which actually is quite steep - on both sides... but otherwise, you're right.

[*Garret Hostel Bridge, for the curious]

[ulfilias.livejournal.com]

An elderly lady dressed in tasteful, expensive-looking clothes, walking a small, trim, caramel-coloured dog. Everything about her conformed carefully to type, apart from her elegantly-cut, emerald-green bobbed hair.

They were all out of blue.....either that or it was Dorothy and she had it that colour years ago to blend in.

[venta.livejournal.com]

When I saw her in the distance, I intially thought "that's a hell of a blue rinse", but as she got closer it was very definitely green. Underneath it, her hair was clearly very dark, streaked with grey.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

This is what I miss by not commuting to work. All I get to see on the way to the office is a couple of cats if I'm lucky.

[venta.livejournal.com]

There are upsides to just crossing the landing :) You don't lose 3 hours plus of your life every day...

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

Reading has a weird idea of pedestrianised streets

No, it's just the street/traffic planners, who are either grossly incompetent or actively malevolent. I've never worked out which, but it could well be both...

Fortunately the upgraded M4 junction 11 was managed by Wokingham District Council, rather than Reading Council - it actually seems to work moderately well.