Well, let the scooter games begin. We now need perfect weather and courage to get out on the scooter. So I don't know when the world will be just perfect in order to try it out. There are all kinds of problems associated with scooters once you get them home you know. One thing is keeping the dust off them. One must find just the right blanket to keep it from becoming a moving dust ball in the basement. Also one must find just the right wooden boards to place on the step to get it outdoors. Then there is the matter of turning the key off the moment one doesn't use it. So we don't stop and converse at length to a neighbor perhaps without shutting it off.
We must also consider the outdoor temperature since the batteries will wear down much faster the colder the weather is, and that lo and behold might lead to having to charge the battery sooner than later, which we all know costs electricity and a bill. So you see Heinz and Gertrud now have all sorts of problems, and she hasn't even tried it out yet. Now those are just the surface problems.
The real problems come in when one must actually drive it. We need to learn how to cross a road without getting run over. (It is soo much different from actually walking.) Then we need to learn how to get onto the curb, even if it is made for wheelchairs. Well, and then there are the flashers...Does anyone even use them? I truly have never seen anyone use them before. Besides, how can one drive a beautiful new scooter without getting it dirty on perhaps not quite dry sidewalks.
Also the matter of leaving it outdoors when going inside a store comes up. One can't trust leaving it there for it will undoubtably be stolen. Key or no key, it will be stolen for sure. Of course we will leave it within view whenever possible, but all those obstacles to overcome make it almost impossible to even try it out. Well, I guess Gertrud will have to wait until I come over to give her the courage to overcome all her problems once again. Ugh. When will the stars be aligned just right for all this to occur?
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