Thursday, February 13, 2020

A slow dance

Through a looking glass rear vision mirror

Was driving down the road this morning having just gone through a roundabout.
Looked in the rear vision mirror to be greeted by a Mitsubishi Pajero come around behind me in the right hand lane, to then appear to start and hold a left hand turn, into the left hand lane, off the road and tipping up on it's side.  Was all a bit disturbing to witness really.

People were instantly on the scene trying to work out what had happened and the first responders were not far away.

What is the narrative here?

Given these brief facts one is left wondering what really happened.
  • Some kind of medical incident—once the turn was initiated it appeared to be constant.
  • Cell phone or other distractions?  Wouldn't have thought so as there appeared to be no attempt at corrective action.
  • Mechanical failure—again it was decidedly smooth, a bit like watching a graceful turn on ice.
I'm still thinking about this several hours later.  I hope things worked out OK for the driver and any passengers.  A sobering and thought provoking start to the day. 

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Kaisa in Christchurch


Was great to catch up with Kaisa at the Canterbury Museum 4/1/11. The exhibition was well worth it. The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton & Antarctic Photography

Thomson and sons



Had a quick coffee with Malcolm, Ben and Alex this morning in Lincoln with our girls.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Life and hospital

Nice that my 90 yr old Grandma has survived operation #3. Wish that the misadventure hadn't necessitated operations 2 and 3. Going to be an interesting six months I can tell now.