Ran into Darren M.

Darren M. has a kid my kids age and he goes to coffee every Sat. morning with said kid, as do I.
I learned he also lives on my same street, just down a block or two so I never noticed him.

So we were talking and he complained about how they re-paved our street. He said he likes to walk around bare foot and the new gravel on the street is too sharp. I just said, "well... uh.. you know... okay.... right... I guess so... you're right..." I didn't really have an opinion on it.

A few days later I forgot something in my truck late at night and I had to go get it. It was probably a book. Or maybe a cd, I don't know, but something. So I just ran out there with no shoes, and sure enough, that gravel was -no shit- sharp as razors. It was like walking on broken glass.