I have a situation and it's both good and bad but having had several days to think about it now, I've decided it's more bad than good. You see I've had an on-off love affair for the past few years, with an American you could say, or an American product to be more precise. And now it's broken, critically ill actually and it feels like an old friend is passing away. And I think I'm going to miss it.
Now you can put your handkerchiefs away, as I said it isn't a person and it hasn't been an entirely smooth relationship anyway, in fact there have been times when it's brought me close to tears but there have been many more when it's helped take me to heights of pure joy.
What's happened is our Cane-Iac OTK cane has broken. Not the business part of it but the black bound handle, it's fractured inside so when you hold it by the handle the doing part just drops limp, a bit like, well, ahem, you know.
How it happened I don't know, I mean it really has had some use, if it was a car it would have many miles on the odometer but that doesn't explain the problem, which was discovered last Friday when P retrieved it from under the mattress to help me with my weight loss regime (that's another post). He wouldn't use it because he said it wouldn't respond correctly, he couldn't figure why it had broken either, he though it might be the way it was stuffed under the mattress.
Anyway it's had it, kaput. Weep sniffle.
But here's the happy ending, P said he'll order another one from Gerry at cane-iac, so it'll be a bit like getting a new lover, all tingles and anticipation, it'll have different characteristics, I expect I'll be a bit nervous of it at first and when I get to know it I suppose I'll hate it and love it just like the old one. Can't wait.
Ronnie
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