A good view, Andrew. New cars & old Neil Young, a fine combination.....
Doug
On 6-Oct-10, at 3:44 AM, andrew burke wrote:
> Driving in the fast flowing traffic - trucks, utes, semis, motorbikes,
> sedans, hatchbacks, 4 wheel drives packed to the limit with holiday
> gear - I
> slipped into the stream of a ute packed with plumbing gear, and a
> dark brown
> Pointer strapped on a short lead near the cabin. Neil Young was
> plaintively
> singing about *Cinnamon Girl* and *Southern Man*, and my wife beside
> me was
> cursing the compiler of today's Cryptic Crossword. The dog ahead
> became my
> entertaining focus as it stood up to look over the cabin, ears
> pushed back
> by the 125kph wind, stood up there for some minutes then stood down
> and
> faced over the side of the ute. His mouth opened and closed as the
> wind
> flipped his ears about his head, opened and closed vigorously,
> barking into
> the rushing wind a rebellious bark we couldn't hear in our small
> cocoon. I
> rejoiced in his routine, standing up into the wind, then telling the
> world
> his opinion of a day's journey like this. If we'd stuck our heads
> out the
> window, our ears would have been pinned back too. For comfort's
> sake, I
> could've done with a shake of the tail too but the bucket seat and
> seat belt
> kept me safely pinned behind the wheel, steering down the highway,
> in the
> slipstream of the plumber's ute and the spittle of a windblown
> Pointer.
> "What'll we call him?" my wife asked when I drew her attention to him.
> "Neal Cassady," I suggested. "A car thief with the uncanny knack of
> charming
> strangers."
>
> --
> Andrew
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>
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