to enthrall. Even if not much use to light the road, they can
still light up some kids day.
Yesterday I went to help a mate with a job he couldn't do alone. On
the way I passed a property where they have recently installed an
in ground swimming pool. They have pilled the dirt from the
excavation in a 4 FT high privacy/planting mound along behind their
front fence, & are planting shrubs, & trees on it.
As I approached the place I saw a bunch of 6 kids, all under
about 8 playing on the mound, & waving to the passing cars.
Quick as a flash, [for an old bloke] I flicked my lights on & off
[up, & down], a couple of times. This realy turned the kids on, &
they started jumping up & down, & shouting, as well as waving.
20 minutes later, when I was on my way back, the kids recognised the
car some distance off & started jumping again. This time, when I
flicked the lights on & off, I caught them out some how. They
started going up, & down, alternately, [one going up, as the other
went down].
This realy made the kids day, & they jumped & shouted twice as much.
I hope its made their fathers day as well. Perhaps he wanted his
nicely profiled planting mound spread all over his front yard.
Still, as an X girlfriend used to tell me, "Its OK, you can't be
good at every thing", & the kids loved it.
I wonder what their mothers thought when the kids told them that a
car had winked at them?
Hasbeen
