{"id":4321,"date":"2011-07-28T22:39:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T21:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=4321"},"modified":"2012-12-06T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T15:09:28","slug":"who-is-that-fool-on-the-road-oh-me-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2011\/07\/who-is-that-fool-on-the-road-oh-me-apparently\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is that fool on the road? Oh me apparently."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Could be worse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Parking my car in a too small space.<\/p>\n

Well the long suffering husbands car to be honest.<\/p>\n

We have one car between us and I walk everywhere so I confess my parking maybe a little rusty.<\/p>\n

Happily though he has parking sensors which beep beep beep if you are in danger of hitting anything.<\/p>\n

So there I was reversing and going forward inching back and fore for ages. The sensor was beeping and I was looking at the reflection of the car in the window of Martin Wisharts restaurant in Leith which had a gleaming clean window so i knew it was tight.<\/p>\n

I knew I was nudging the car behind as the beeper was on one continuous tone. But as it whined on\u00a0 I stopped and had a chat with my passenger, pal Fi,\u00a0 as she read me a text and we discussed it, there was a knock on the passenger window. I put it down and saw this mans face. I smiled and said Hello! And he simply asked<\/p>\n

\u2018How do you normally stop when I\u2019m not parked behind you?\u2019<\/p>\n

Oops. He was sitting in his car as I pushed my way into the space in front of him.<\/p>\n

Oh God I\u2019m sorry I said.<\/p>\n

\u2018And you\u2019ve got a parking sensor\u2019 he said hearing the loud continuous whine incredulous yet grinning \u2013 thank God!<\/p>\n

\u2018God I am so sorry. It was just a gentle nudge, or two, I am sure there is no damage it was just\u2026\u2026\u2019. \u00a0What? I am an idiot. A fool. A bad parker. A woman. I just smiled.<\/p>\n

He smiled back.<\/p>\n

Knight of the road.<\/p>\n

We retired to Mimi\u2019s Bakehouse for a scone and coffee. We needed sustenance. Not him \u2013 us. Though Fi did think he looked like a Scottish Charles Dance. Ah well\u2026..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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