I reckon everyone has at some point owned one of those old 1980s Victa mowers with the dodgy rip cord. The ones where every time you wheel it out of the shed you wonder whether today will be “the day”. The day when you rip and rip on the cord with by full Dennis Denuto accompaniment and still nothing but a splutter.
And then, just as you start to calculate whether there is enough head room on the Visa card to get a newy, bang!, she fires up. Smoke fllods into the atmosphere and re-opens the ozone hole, petrol fumes give you a Perkins Paste high, and the backfiring sends the dog scurrying into witness protection. She’s off and running, and in the end, does a pretty tidy job. And then you turn her off again, and wonder. Will next time be “the time”.
I’ve worked out that I am that old Victa. So here marks the commencement of a new project, “Project Dennis Denuto – It’s about the vibe”.
The goal of the project is the make sure the old Victa doesn’t get put back into the shed and neglected over winter just because there isn’t any grass to mow. Pizza and pancake launch is now complete – here we go.
Sat 12 May: 65k easy in the morning with Mango and Paddy.
Sat 12 May: 7k in the afternoon with Luke at something like 5:20s
Sun 13 May: 12k @ 5:25
Mon 14 May: am Gym
Will try and put some structure in place over the remainder of this week, and try to find a goal with sufficient valence to make the plan happen.
I see the actor that played the brother that loves the Trading Post regularly on The Bay.
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