Pondering

​Points to Ponder
 
I spend a lot of time on a bicycle.  Over the last twenty plus years I have logged over 100,000 miles and upwards of 3 million feet of climbing.  I say this not to brag - I know many people who have done more - but just to suggest the opportunities, when not dodging distracted or irate motorists, to let my mind wander.  When I ride my bike I sometimes ponder the great questions of human existence and try to make sense of what it all means.  You know the kind of questions.  Things such as:
 

• Why are strawberries sold by the pound and blueberries by the pint?
• If you are what you eat why is it healthier to eat a little scrawny chicken than a big strong beef cow?
• If you are blue it means you are sad so where did the bluebird of happiness come from?
• If women are from Venus and men are from Mars does that mean the puppies are from Pluto?
• When I do something dumb I say I'm having a senior moment so when kids do dumb things are they having a junior moment?
• I rode by the Reformed Church of Schodack and I wondered what are they reformed from.  What ever it was I'm glad they are better now.
• Einstein says that time slows down as speed increases and that at the speed of light time stops.  Does this mean that I will get home earlier than those people whizzing by me in their vehicles?
• Why is it that the more successful people are the more they like to talk about how poor they were when they started out?
• Why are we so eager to repudiate career politicians in favor of inexperienced amateurs?  I don't know anyone who opts for an amateur heart surgeon or any business who wants an inexperienced CEO.
• I use to think that a hammer and a saw were the most important tools, now I believe it is the ruler and the level.
• Why is it that garbage truck drivers usually are more polite and careful than school bus drivers?
• If, as Garrison told us, the children are all above average does that mean that the adults are all below average?  That might explain a lot.
• Why do my fingernails grow twice as fast as my toenails?
• Why is it that I remember that I forgot but not what?
• Why do cities have mayors, towns have supervisors and states have governors?
• Why is it that noon and midnight are the only hours of the day to get names?
• I feel bad for runners, they never look like they are having fun.
• Since time is money I thought when I retired and had more time that I would have more money.
• Maybe love is the answer but, like cell phone service, I'm surprised that something so unreliable is so popular.
• I like those signs that say No Farmers No Food.  Soon I expect to see one that says No Bankers No Money.
• I wonder if one day police officials who recommended people buy guns for safety will be considered as misguided as doctors who once recommended smoking.
• Why is a monthly magazine that wants to simplify your life 240 pages long?
• Why do I feel that I accomplished something when I get rid of things?
• Why after all these miles do I not have my life figured out?