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It could well be illegal to work hard on The Island.

Which is why I’m doing a lot more cruising than carving on my 42” longboard as the designated First Aid Officer for the tatertots, who are wobbling their treadlies down the shared walk/run/cycle/rollerblade/hovercraft/pet-menagerie connector to the beach.

Apparently clear instructions from adult First Aid Officers like “push back on the pedals to stop” are somehow lost in translation on the way to a tiny mind. Said instruction apparently means “take both feet off the pedals, splay legs at right angles to the bike, and wobble directly at the frail old lady with the walking frame”. Mind you, I can’t really blame the little spuds. Not sure that I’d pay all that much credence to a fat guy in a Ramones t-shirt on a board that is the width of a Twinkie.

But credit must be given to the hard workers.

And one of those is coming the in the other direction.

Downunder we have Jim’s Mowing. It’s a venerable franchise involving people towing trailers full of mowers, grass cuttings and the paraphernalia that is required to tidy a lawn or garden.

So now picture all of those tools and that machinery … on a bicycle. We’re talking a most impressive balance of a mower, grass catcher, leaf blower, box of assorted hand tools (and gloves) and a rake. On a bike. Feller pedaling along as if it is perfectly normal.

Now before y’all start to espouse about the size of a Aussie backyard versus one on the Island, let’s just agree that Fu’s Feng Shui Garden Services are saving a lot of money and getting quite a few more carbon credits than Jim is.