Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:12:37 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Vandals last night ... can the Huns be far behind
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dear fellow westies
This morning as i traveled to my first coffee i noticed something unusual
about what i was seeing infront of me...
the radio *aerial* seemed to be across the window ...
first i couldn't understand what was out of order ... i could only
comprehend that something was not right...
i pulled over and sat looking out my window ...
the aerial was askew ...
at first i wondered how come ... was this supposed to be one of the ways the
aerial moved...
i concluded ...no... i got out and looked at the aerial .... clearly it was
bent...
i reached for it ... i tried the vanity of vanities ... i attempted to
straiten it...
my disappointment was confirmed as i felt the last bit of worried metal
complete the fatigue ...
there i was on the street with my aerial in my hand ...
instead of anger... i felt a great sadness... what else had they hurt on our
van i asked myself
... i could see no other evidence of violence ...
but i felt sad ... for our van ... for the vandal(s) and for the vandalism i
had participated in as a youth...
my own acts of thoughtless violence that i thought funny for that moment...
sigh ...
karma ... universal amends ... a reckoning ...
hey it is just an aerial ... i mean really...
but sometimes it is so much more than just an aerial ...
sometimes it is a small window into the person i have been and have become
...
sooo.. this morning i am wondering if anyone has an aerial for sale ...
ours is a 1989 Vanagon California ... the aerial is the one with the black
tip
yours
--
roger w
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Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
servant who becomes king ...
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