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Stay in your lane

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I was roller skating on my local rail trail recently and coming up to an intersection, so I was slaloming slightly (barely more than C-cuts) to slow down. Someone on a bike came up behind me and said, "On your left!" Alerting people that you're passing is customary and courteous, though I don't know if there are signs suggesting we do that on this trail, like there are on the trails where I skate in Florida. There are also no alligators or exotic birds on my local trail. I was startled and swerved back towards the far right. "Thank you," I answered with a little wave. As the guy passed, he tossed over his shoulder, "Stay in your lane!" My initial reaction was WTF, dude!? You @$$ 4073! However, I said nothing. First of all, are there lanes on the trail? No. The picture above is the actual trail, and that person on the bike is the actual guy. Is he in a lane? No, he's right in the middle of the trail. ( Hypocrite! ) Furthermore, a g...
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The luxury of time

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“I’m in no rush,” the woman at the end of the supermarket aisle said to me.  We had almost crashed our carts: the aisles are narrow, and one of us was making a wide right turn, and the other of us might have been speeding a bit towards the intersection. We both stopped and smiled, and paused before she offered to let me go ahead. I made my tight right turn down the bread aisle. It was Saturday morning. I had come from a “lite” gym session, which was more about being social than working out since I was saving my legs for my hockey game that night. I just wanted to pick up a few food prep items. “Thank you,” I smiled. “See you at the end of the next aisle!” I’m in no rush, either, I thought to myself, breathing in deeply. What is the hurry? I had four unstructured hours before I had to leave for my game, and it was a long weekend. I exhaled slowly, shifting into not-hurry mode. How often do I find myself • Rushing to the gym? • Squeezing in one more errand? • Running late to ro...
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