The Bicycle Removal Firm ©
By
Michael Casey
Today's blog is inspired by what I saw through the window.
And what did I see? Well you may have all seen The Quiet Man with
John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. In it a spare bike is “carried” by somebody already riding one. It no doubt takes great skill.
It
wasn't that I saw but something much more intriguing, I say a man on a
bike carrying a mirror under his arm. Not the newspaper, but a real
mirror, a 3.5foot one under his right arm. He also had it mirror side
out, so no doubt several car drivers would have been dazzled.
Later
on as I sat here at the computer I saw him again, this time he had an
ironing board under his arm, at least the legs weren't sticking out. He
just pedalled past. I was wondering what would happened next. I was
thinking it was nearly time to collect the girls from school when he
came walking past carrying a heavy bundle on his shoulder.
As
we walked home I told my girls what I'd noticed, I always try and teach
them to be observant, such as seeing the new trendy sign over the help
the aged charity shop today. And as we walked home why the policeman had
got out of the panda car near the bank, to go to the cash point and
then
go to Subway for his sandwich.
I
explained to my girls that the man on the bike must be moving house,
but he didn't have a car so he was DIY moving with the aid of a bike.
My mother once put on all her clothes and then walked home to Cromane
Kerry because she had no suitcase so she wore everything. Her mum had
belted her for her stupidity, this would be in the 1930s. I encouraged
my daughter to use the bike man as a story for her next English lesson,
she said it was not her style. Then as we closed the front door, who
did we see? The man on his bike with a mixing desk under his arm, my
daughter laughed, but her little sister had the last laugh, she'd found
the chocolate biscuits.
So
what can I say, I hope that if ever we move house, if ever I sell my 3
books then I hope we can at least have a van to transport our things. Or
perhaps I could self upgrade from a bicycle removal service to a bus
removal service, I do have a bus pass after all.
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