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HERE COMES THE CAVALRY.
As I was putting my sign away an elderly gent walked up and shook my hand and told me what a good job I was doing and that I was a credit to myself.
Welcome encouraging words, but what was most telling to me was that he took my hand in both of his, when he shook it.
A lot more sincere than the handshake that Mark Latham gave Mr Howard
just before the election.
Just picture this if you will.
An old person on his death bed who is four breaths away from leaving this earth.
A relative, who this dying person hasn't seen for years turns up out of the blue to visit and just happens to have a fully made out will in their favour, and which will negate any current one and needing only a signature and witness to make it legal.
I'm certain that with a bit of persuasion it would be signed.
We know that Mr Latham was under doctors orders to have complete rest . but doctors also tell patients all the time, not to smoke , drink (alcohol),to avoid fatty foods and to excercise, etc.and not all take notice.
Why didn't one of Mr Latham's advisors realizing the importance of a statement about the Sunami at that time, write a press release(politicians have speech writers you know)and in between bouts of pain,and I am not making light of the pain he was suffering, get Mr Latham to sign it and release it to the media?
Another person a man about forty walks upon Friday when I'm about to leave "Hey are you the bloke that was on the Ray Hadley show and wants volunteers?"
I told him I was looking for sponsors.(I would like to break even)
"Can I help" he asked and to cut a long story short. Graham is on deck on Wednesday with a "It's school zone time" sign to help me, help the RTA slow cars for the children's safety.
Get this, the only person to put up their hand to help apart from all my e mailing friends is Graham ,who doesn't have car, sleeps in a derelict house is on methadone and HE sees merit in what I'm doing.
Just a spaced out junkie you might say but no he is a very personable articulate man (he'd handle a spot on TV) trying to better his situation. And there are two other people ready to take up the signs.
Where is there another "black Spot"? Gymea perhaps ,or should they go to the North Shore to tap into another market ,nearly everyone in the shire knows about school zone santa.
We need "flashing lights" at all variable speed zones.
I'll add this clipping and I don't know about copyright but I haven't time to type it out.
I can't do it I must be missing a step
It's on page 3 of 15/2/05 Daily Telegraph under the heading "brakes put on city speed cut "
Are 40 speed zones becoming a little too unpopular with drivers/voters?
It's three santa's helpers now.
A river starts with one drop of rain , there will be 4 drops (or should I say drips )soon..................
Kogarah at 8
This entry was posted on 14 Feb 2005 at 22:58 by hstephens and is filed under All.