random thoughts – Day 2,177 (Tuesday) – window watching

The forecast for today called for snow and just before noon the stuff began to appear. By 12:45 it was sticking to the road and the driveways. 

The cable bucket truck appeared on the street around the same time as the snow. A couple weeks ago, a similar (or the same) truck was in the neighborhood. Previously, the bucket was lowered during travel, but today, as the snow fell steady and heavy, the bucket remained in the full upright position as the truck rolled slowly down the street with a worker standing in the bucket.

Hanging wiring on a snowy day.

The guy in the bucket would give a quick yell and the truck would pause for a second as bucket guy attached clasps to an existing wire and pulled a new one below it and then it would roll forward some more. Pause, clip, roll forward. The driver had the window open (presumably to facilitate being yelled at). He had a cigarette in one hand and drove with the other. It’s the only service truck in the neighborhood that doesn’t violate the 15-mph speed limit, so kudos for that. 

Five hours later, the snow was still falling, the light was fading, and the truck was still making rounds in the neighborhood. 

While the wire hanging activity took place outside, I was inside playing the role of nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz (Bewitched). I recently read something that claimed “the older one gets, the more one looks out the window.” This seems to be true, at least for me. It’s hard not to look outside with the living room in the front of the house and a bay window facing the street, and especially when a truck is outside with multiple sets of lights flashing and a guy in a hardhat is floating down the street in mid-air. And I need to be ready in case a call for emergency services is needed. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.