I have a neighbor with a motor-assisted bicycle. I keep wanting to yell and tell him to get a helmet, but I don’t want to distract him and have him fall off. A former co-worker, a very good bicyclist, slipped off a curb at an event involving bicycles, and she sustained some serious injuries. We used to go visit her in the hospital, and then rehab, and then nursing home. Eventually, we went to her funeral. She chose not to wear a helmet that one time so she would look better. She was probably in her early 40s.
I was in Albuquerque, and we took a drive to Santa Fe one day, and that is where I had the green chili stew for the first time. It was also my first time to pretty much see nothing but rocks from one city to another. I guess that is why they are called the Rockies. Lots of rocks. Also, beautiful! I am used to green everywhere and lots of trees. I enjoyed all my trips to the southwest.
Do your local people also keep the TV volume up so loud you can’t hear anything that anyone says? Many people I know living here are practicing inaka manners. I asked my son-in-law if the TV is on all night, too, and he said they turn it off when they go to bed. That poor TV does get a rest after all.
This might have been confusing. I have a disorder in both ears that makes me extremely sensitive to noise – as in turning pages while reading a book hurts my ears – and that noise will cause me enough pain sometimes to cause a full migraine. I wear ear plugs when I go outside. The damage to my ears was caused by extreme noise, but I have been a bit noise sensitive all my life. Just not anywhere near this level.
I don’t even know how I knew about atypical when I saw that doctor – it just popped out of my mouth, so I must have heard about them at some point. The daily headaches I get now appear to be from my ear disorder and I am kind of used to them at this point.
That’s why I want to suggest to my neighbor that he should wear a helmet. It makes me sad to see him and his brain unprotected with his new toy.