slept like a baby

[miriam_e]

Hmmm that is such a dumb saying. Babies wake up every 4 hours to wail.

Anyway, I slept really well last night. Lately I would wake in the middle of the night with my feet feeling terribly cold. On one night I even resorted to taking a hot water bottle back to bed with me. But last night I put an extra blanket on the bed and slep through in blissful comfort. This morning I feel wonderful, thanks to the uninterrupted slumber.

I know the nighttime temperature here is not really cold. 13°C (16°F) is not cold compared to how cold it gets in Melbourne or many places in the northern hemisphere, but after spending a while in sunny Queensland it sure feels cold. I'm starting to worry a little about how I'll handle the heat of summer. At least in winter you can pile more clothes and blankets on and exercise to warm up. In summer there is a limit to how much you can take off. When you're completely naked and still too hot... oh brother! Some trepidation here.

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[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

It is ages since I had my bike -- way back in the 1970s. It was a lowly Honda 128, but incredibly reliable. I used to do all my own maintenance on it (deriving much mirth from the broken JapanEnglish in the manual), learned a heck of a lot from it, and rode back and forth between Sydney and the Sunshine Coast countless times over many years.

Today, if I do get another bike it will still be a small one, though a little bigger than that... perhaps a 250cc.

There is a lot to be said for motorbikes. The major drawback is the danger that cars pose. Bikes by themselves are very safe, but sharing a road with cars, and worse, four-wheel-drives, becomes quite scary. I well remember times where I was unintentionally run off the road by oblivious car drivers.

I worked as a nurse years ago in a rehabilitation hospital. The part I worked in was for paraplegics and quadriplegics. All but one of the people in there were motorbike accident victims. (The one who wasn't had dived into a shallow pool.) That really scared me.

I've noticed the tide has started to turn for 4WD vehicles. Every day I see more of them with "For Sale" signs on them. They cost their owners far more than is comfortable in fuel. Hopefully the roads will be largely rid of them soon. Smaller cars are still dangerous, but not quite as bad.

[curl-49.livejournal.com]

I had one back in the 70s too.. Honda 100cc... She was a beauty... Yeah, I've nursed para/quad/tetra-plegics as well over the years - I hear what you're saying!