The grid pattern road system worked well on paper, but when motor vehicles were added to the equation, reality was that the sheer number of intersections meant more traffic lights than city inhabitants and crossing the city became a … The one- way street that would take me south was Barbadous Street and it was really quiet… the odd car passed but other than “M” following slowly behind the streets were deserted. I'd been …. A Weird Day of Extremes, Slithers Past… …

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The Day a Police Car, a Random Act of Kindness and some Wise …