EPISODE 850 KNEE PAIN…MOBILE SOLUTION…A BIT EMBARRASING
alan skeoch
june 2023’england
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN?
I Would not describe myself as mighty but the general idea fits. I had been too proud to admit my knee gives me
a lot of pain. So bluff. Stagger is a better word.. That ploy did not last long.
“Dad, I have renter a scooter for you all week.”
“No goddam way am I going to use a scooter”
“Delivery coming up lane now.”
“Makes me look like an old fool.”
“True…but sometimes you look that way without the scooter. Get on
it. Easy to use.”
(Too easy … soon everybody wanted my scooter. Then they began regarding
the scooter as a bag truck….piled all the groceries on, even a bag with two watermelons
that rolled away and a little kid helped me catch them. That was a waste of time the watermelons
were past the due date…spongy. Should have given them to my little helper who swiped
a plastic bucket from a stack of them.)
Strange how a big man on a little scooter was totally ignored by the Morris dancers which
allowed me to zip in and out as they jumped about.
Nolan told the horses….
“Grandpa will be buzzing around. Do not get alarmed. Do not laugh at him. He is super sensitive.”
Under all these bags is a scooter and two watermelons. They are rolling out of the scooter. “I will get them” announced a helper with big plastic pail.
Morgan and the dogs liked to zip around…
“Hey, Dad, I am going to buy one of these scooters to get back and forth to the horse stables”
MY EMBARASMENT (sp) WAS SOON FORGOTTEN.
POST SCRIPT
When I began using a cane due to knee pain, I suddenly became aware of
so many other lame people with canes. Some of us nodded to each other.
When I graduated to this scooter the same thing happened….nodding to each other.
‘Birds of a father flock together”, comes to mind although the analogy is
not accurate. Birds fly…we stumble. I have decided to get my knee fixed…surgery.
If all goes well does that mean I can no loner nod at those with canes…no longer
grin a t those with scooters. I fear I will join the arrogant majority once more.