Directions

The Bronx is up and the Battery's down as per Leonard Bernstein's lyrics. We will be in New York soon after twenty years away and probably will be asking directions from passersby. It is not easy to find a native New Yorker - and one who speaks English. These folks always try to be helpful and even when they don't know the answer they will still give an opinion - and sometimes several will stop and render differing opinions. One time we flew into Philadelphia and picked up a rental car for a trip to South Jersey. I knew the route but the vehicle was equipped with a GPS instrument which my son activated and soon a formal female voice was giving me directions. When I deviated from same there was tension in her voice and I began to argue with this instrument. During the current political season we see potential candidates constantly changing direction - flip flopping, they call it.  It got so bad that one described an opponent as a "lubricated weather vane" - now that's changing direction!
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