My Back Yard Gate is Defective

Posted on January 21st, 2009 mitch  Print No comments

The gate that allows me passage from my driveway into the back yard is defective and needs to be replaced.

It is defective because it's broken.

It is defective because I'm a big guy and once set on a path, am hard to move.

The gate, not understanding these circumstances, remained shut when I approached ( it's not one of those fancy Star Trek automatic doors ).  It continued to remain shut when I lifted the latch almost to the half-way-open position.

But alas, the gate is defective.

It did not sense the overwhelming need to completely open the latch on its own because, by golly, I was walking through the gate.

Now the gate is really defective.

It is only a gate; made of wood, with steel reinforcement in the corners. 

Neither was designed to stop a buffalo from going where a buffalo wants to go and as mentioned before, Uncle Mitch is a big guy and when he starts moving, little things like partially opened gates really don't pose a problem.

Poor little gate.

[ I made this whole thing up Mom, so don't you start worrying about me needing a new gate. ]

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