Can you hear me now?
29 January 2006
Question: why do my eyes move from side to side when I’m concentrating on the stereo effects of a song on my iPod? Just because I’ve got Moni Drasch yodelling in my right ear doesn’t mean I’ll see her when I look over to my right.
The sun was shining again today and, according to my weather widget, it was about 7ºC, so I decided to go for a short walk. I left Mum and Dad scraping the woodchip from the walls of the landing and set off. The temperature may have risen from what it’s been recently, but no-one had told the wind and its icy breath whistled through the fibres of my fleece. Out in the field beyond the railway bridge, it was ever so exposed and my fingers got so cold that they nearly dropped off, such was my suffering. Someone was enjoying the wind though, paragliding up and down a few fields away. I pulled my sleeves down over my hands and watched for a moment through my binoculars, but as the paraglider kept disappearing out of sight, I soon returned my hands to my pockets and continued walking.
Suzy rang this evening. A lot. She seemed to be having issues with her mobile and each time she rang, all I could hear was motorway noise and the occasional very quiet sound of her voice. I didn’t know if maybe her phone was unlocked and she didn’t know she’d rung me (or maybe I’m the only one who does that) , so I made sure to shout down the phone at her, “SUZY … SUZY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? … SUZY! … SUZANNE!” I couldn’t quite make up my mind whether all the noise meant she was driving back home down the motorway, or she was tied up in the boot of a car on the motorway, but concluded that she would probably keep trying either way and I needn’t alert the royal marines just yet. Eventually, on the sixth attempt, (by which time, I must admit, I was having fun with all the shouting) Suzy made things work enough to barely hear my shouting and told me that the phone was acting up and she’d ring later. I hope I get to shout again, it was fun.
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30th January 2006 @ 1:49 am
Even if you can hear her perfectly next time, yelling is still called for after a run like that. She’ll be confused and will finally ask, “Can’t you hear me, you silly git?” to which you’ll reply, “of course, but I much prefer the bellowing! Why?”
Ah, good times.
31st January 2006 @ 2:24 am
Beautiful pics!