...barefoot, (or in very thin socks), you get immediate, unfiltered feedback from the accelerator pedal:
•How much it's depressed (throttle input precision).
•Vibrations from the engine or road.
• The exact point where the pedal transitions from light to heavier resistance.
Do you know..
Your feet are packed with sensory receptors (mechanoreceptors in the skin, especially on the soles). They detect pressure, texture, vibration, position, and subtle changes in force incredibly well-far more directly than through most shoes. When you drive bare...
Today in history
24/03/1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England died after 44 years on the throne. Her successor, James VI of Scotland, was proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, uniting the English and Scottish crowns (the Union of the Crowns)
For the first time in 2 years, our compound gate man travelled.
Just two days.
And everywhere has scattered.
Normally the man does everything.
Open gate.
Pump water.
Fuel the generator.
Wash cars.
We didn’t even realize how much work he was doing until he left.
Yesterday morning, water finished from the tank.
Everybody came outside looking confused.
Nobody even knew where the water switch is.
Later we contributed money to buy fuel for the generator.
Then someone asked,
“Who will go and buy the fuel?”
Silence.
Nobody moved.
Last night I came back home without my key.
I knocked and banged the gate for almost 45 minutes.
Nobody opened.
This morning I even had to wash my own car.
First time in years.
Then the waste disposal people came.
Nobody attended to them.
They just dropped the waste and left.
Omo…
Only two days without our gate man and this compound has completely lost direction.
It’s going to be a very long week for all of us.
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