Splat

It was an interesting walk down St Margaret’s Avenue this morning. I say ‘walk’, hobble is more accurate, but there you go.

I stepped out to a world that was damp and chilly, with water on the ground, presumably from an already heavy dew overnight. Walking outside the Carpathia and down the steps to road level was fine. It was the walk out on to the avenue that was fun. As with most suburban paths, those along St Margaret’s Avenue are simple concrete slabs, some smoother than others and it turns out that the dampness was sitting atop pre-existing ice from earlier frosts. Ah, smooth paving slabs, wet ice, worn treads on shoes and a dickey knee: a fateful combination.

I didn’t enjoy that walk at all, though I managed not to fall down despite sliding unexpectedly a number of times. I don’t think I should have enjoyed it if my knee was in full working order.

Tomorrow I shall be ready, though I don’t quite know how to approach the problem. I don’t like slippery surfaces under foot; I like the ground to be firm and for the treads on my shoes to have something to bite into. Even as a kid, I never quite understood those people who made ice slides on the playground, particularly where it was a busy route. I like my bones and joints unbroken or twisted.

Always been an old fogey, it seems.

Splat

It was an interesting walk down St Margaret’s Avenue this morning. I say ‘walk’, hobble is more accurate, but there you go.

I stepped out to a world that was damp and chilly, with water on the ground, presumably from an already heavy dew overnight. Walking outside the Carpathia and down the steps to road level was fine. It was the walk out on to the avenue that was fun. As with most suburban paths, those along St Margaret’s Avenue are simple concrete slabs, some smoother than others and it turns out that the dampness was sitting atop pre-existing ice from earlier frosts. Ah, smooth paving slabs, wet ice, worn treads on shoes and a dickey knee: a fateful combination.

I didn’t enjoy that walk at all, though I managed not to fall down despite sliding unexpectedly a number of times. I don’t think I should have enjoyed it if my knee was in full working order.

Tomorrow I shall be ready, though I don’t quite know how to approach the problem. I don’t like slippery surfaces under foot; I like the ground to be firm and for the treads on my shoes to have something to bite into. Even as a kid, I never quite understood those people who made ice slides on the playground, particularly where it was a busy route. I like my bones and joints unbroken or twisted.

Always been an old fogey, it seems.

(no subject)

Will someone explain to me why it is considered unacceptable to assassinate one’s ‘superiors’? Not necessarily for a single, or even a second transgression, but certainly one it has become clear that the stupidity is habitual and ingrained.

Having insisted that we cannot delay (though it would make life operationally easier, with no clear disbenefit¹) to either us or stakeholders, we have had to cram in a meeting tomorrow that would have been better held next week. Having set that meeting and had people turn over their calendars to make it, she then insisted we put it back a half hour. That means the meeting can only last a half hour as necessary attendees have other commitments. So there we are; rearranged again.

Having created all the havoc in the world, we are now informed she has a prior appointment and cannot attend anyway.

Why is it not permissible to put these people out of my misery?


¹A bastard word, but annoyingly, one that more closely approaches the concept than say, drawback, disadvantage or downside.

(no subject)

Will someone explain to me why it is considered unacceptable to assassinate one’s ‘superiors’? Not necessarily for a single, or even a second transgression, but certainly one it has become clear that the stupidity is habitual and ingrained.

Having insisted that we cannot delay (though it would make life operationally easier, with no clear disbenefit¹) to either us or stakeholders, we have had to cram in a meeting tomorrow that would have been better held next week. Having set that meeting and had people turn over their calendars to make it, she then insisted we put it back a half hour. That means the meeting can only last a half hour as necessary attendees have other commitments. So there we are; rearranged again.

Having created all the havoc in the world, we are now informed she has a prior appointment and cannot attend anyway.

Why is it not permissible to put these people out of my misery?


¹A bastard word, but annoyingly, one that more closely approaches the concept than say, drawback, disadvantage or downside.

Get the fire brigade!

We have just got back in the office after being dragged out for a fire alert. It’s a good waste of half an hour, but crikey, it’s chilly out there.

At lunchtime I was feeling dozy and only woke up properly because I went out to get sandwiches. Back in the warm I felt all dozy again. A half hour in the cold and back in a nice warm office has just repeated that effect; I want to go to sleep. Better get coffee, though that might only be a temporary stopgap: I am moving into hibernation mode.

Get the fire brigade!

We have just got back in the office after being dragged out for a fire alert. It’s a good waste of half an hour, but crikey, it’s chilly out there.

At lunchtime I was feeling dozy and only woke up properly because I went out to get sandwiches. Back in the warm I felt all dozy again. A half hour in the cold and back in a nice warm office has just repeated that effect; I want to go to sleep. Better get coffee, though that might only be a temporary stopgap: I am moving into hibernation mode.