Old crocks

One of the great things about not being great is that you don’t leave much of a footprint anywhere. At 65 years of age, self-reflection leads to an almost ‘inert’ current status. In fact, over those entire six and a half decades the dashboard controls have probably been fixed on the same settings. The journey has featured minor meanderings, a couple of unscheduled turns that were fairly quickly accommodated and a general movement in the direction of the grand arrow. And that’s about it. As the abyss begins to take on a recognisable form, predictability and familiarity have, so far, been key factors in the process. In keeping with all this ordinariness, my profile includes-       having a ‘role model’-free physique. Nothing in my social, physical and emotional domains lends itself for copying or emulation by others.           a benign attitude towards other punters. I figure that most citizens are just like me and should be painted with the same brush…at least in theory.