Life from a different angle
I saw some serious oddness this morning. I was on my way to work and driving through a busy intersection. I only got a quick glance at the oddness, but it was long enough for me to think, "hmmm ok, you don't see that every day". By the time I got to work, I'd forgotten about it.
After work, I drove through that intersection and was almost at the next intersection (obviously travelling in the opposite direction to what I was in the morning). Lo and behold, the oddness was there again.
It was a guy going along in a wheelchair. He had a broken left arm and left leg. His clothes were fairly non-descript; blue jeans, t-shirt, black boots and a cap. Apart from scruffy hair, he looked relatively respectable. So what was so odd?
He was pushing himself along the footpath with his one good leg........backwards.....uphill.
I gave him kudos for navigating the crossing and traffic island in the morning, but pushing himself uphill, backwards in the afternoon was impressive.
And I thought......wouldn't ya just get a taxi?
After work, I drove through that intersection and was almost at the next intersection (obviously travelling in the opposite direction to what I was in the morning). Lo and behold, the oddness was there again.
It was a guy going along in a wheelchair. He had a broken left arm and left leg. His clothes were fairly non-descript; blue jeans, t-shirt, black boots and a cap. Apart from scruffy hair, he looked relatively respectable. So what was so odd?
He was pushing himself along the footpath with his one good leg........backwards.....uphill.
I gave him kudos for navigating the crossing and traffic island in the morning, but pushing himself uphill, backwards in the afternoon was impressive.
And I thought......wouldn't ya just get a taxi?
posted by E in Oz at 10:05 pm
these thoughts escaped my brain at 10:05 pm
3 Comments:
Gah, stupid blogger! I hope this doesn't show twice...
That is strange, but very innovative of him. I'm not sure I would have figured out the bit about turning around backwards to push myself up. I'd probably spend 5 hours laboring along trying to pull myself up with one leg, heh.
That reminds me of the time I was driving to work and passed a man in a motorized wheel chair driving along... in the road... like a car. Ummm, okay?
People do the strangest things!
I wonder if he goes downhill backwards too.
Sounds like me... skiing.... don't ask.
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