I went to my local pharmacy yesterday to get my prescription without which I would probably be pushing up daisies within the following week. I gave the lady my name, and she came back with my prepared prescription. Between us was a large sheet of perspex to stop us exchanging viral particles. I saw her lips move but I couldn't hear a word she said. I said: "I do apologize - can you shout up - I am a little deaf." Her lips then indicated that she was trying but it was to no avail. A gentleman sitting six feet behind me said: "She wants your address." I gave her my address, and we just smiled at each other; there was no point in pursuing a conversation. I may need to take up lip-reading.
I then walked out. I say walked but my left knee was letting me know in no uncertain terms that it would rather have not left home that morning. My right knee is OK but it is showing signs of getting a bit fed up with my left knee not pulling its weight. I got back to the car and put on my driving glasses. I didn't need them once but nowadays traffic without them is a blur. My left knee then told me that my next car will have to be an automatic.
I am going to take up Tai Chi with a view to decreasing my blood pressure to avoid my prescription being elevated and look forward to practising in my local park on a sunny afternoon. I am expecting a book from Amazon today. However, my local police are a funny lot and I can imagine being arrested for disturbing the peace. I will, of course, give them a hard time unless they can assure me that decaffeinated coffee is available to their prisoners.
I am going to leave my body to medical science but I can imagine a conversation like: "His brain is in good shape but as for the rest of him I think the furnace beckons, don't you?". His colleague may remark: "I am inclined to agree - let's have his brain out".
Oh, dear.
