after today's uproarious display of bumpkin-ness, i think i have finally solved my personal dilemma of whether i am a city mouse or a country mouse.
after 2 days in dc, i have finally realized that baltimore is a lot of wonderful things, but it is not a city.
i just walked 3 miles to get groceries with one of those city-people grocery carts. these carts are not all made alike. do not buy the first one you see from a cheap chinese import store. i fell on my laden cart in the middle of the street at least 3 times, spilling all of my groceries. this never would have happened in baltimore because i had a car and the grocery stores had parking lots. cities do not have grocery stores with parking lots. cities barely even have grocery stores period.
this is a great time for such as important revelation given that i am about to embark on a career that will have me living in every capitol city in the world. crap. i am a country mouse with no hope of living in the country for the forseeable future. awesome.
and don't buy the above grocery cart. it sucks (that or i don't know how to drive it. probably the latter.)
5 comments:
Those type of carts have a max speed. I have always seen them used at ultra low speed by their users, and they seem fine. They go between the corner shop and the living home. Some users get those electric scooters to venture farther - you've seen the commercial. The can help almost anyone get a scooter for next to nothing.
If you try your shopping trek again slow down your walk down to the more suitable speed for like users.
ps our demographic uses peapod, amazon, or the automobile. Some people use a bicycle or scooter.
:)
sometimes the big things overshadow the little things: We all know that this is the time of year the world celebrates something that happened in late 76.. but I was also JUST informed that at this same time of year christians are celebrating the birth of one of their folk heroes.
And this is the time of year you get to watch 'its a wonderful life'
Coincidence?
After doing some research on this "Christmas" thing, I am beginning to think there is some correlation.
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Oh yeah, as for the cart: Once you are assigned you will have a servant to get your groceries. Do not spoil them with a cart, cause next thing you know they will want a friggin car, and then their own private servant. Vicious cycle.
AKA South Baltimore Station Wagon
Jeff C
i know this is late and no one but me goes back and reads my own old blog posts, but the comment about not having to use them in the foreign service is true. someone gets my groceries for me. in a taxi.
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