Speaking of (more or less) resting in peace, as we were the other day…. HOLY mackerel, I just missed the off-ramp to the other world yesterday afternoon.
Went up to the Home Depot north of the Phoenix Mountain Park, in search of a timer for the backyard hose. The old one has conkered out, after years of service. And I really do need a timer on that specific hose, because it’s used to keep the swimming pool filled to the required level.
Driving north on the seven-lane road that leads to the Depot, I approached the east/west main drag that forms a major intersection in front of the store. The light was green in my direction…
And KERZAAAZZZZZZ! Some clown flying low, west-bound, shot through the intersection against the light.
He arrived seconds before I reached the intersection and blasted into two cars that were passing through with the green light. I managed to dodge into a Circle K parking lot, just barely getting out of the way.
Mercifully, I was not called upon to deliver any witness statements — possibly the cops didn’t realize that people in that gas station would have seen the event.
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Nor, we might add, does the Depot have a hose timer of the (apparently outdated) variety I favor. So it was off to the Ace Hardware store, where they also do not burden their shelves with hose timers.
Ohhhh well. Amazon does carry them.
Whew! That does sound like a near catastrophe! So glad you escaped unscathed.
In retrospect: …my luck was INCREDIBLE.
Sometimes, somehow God is on your side.