To Boot

While taking my morning walks, I noticed several months ago a car with one of those wheel lock devices, a boot I think is the slang, on it, one which the authorities apply for things such as unpaid parking tickets. Uh, oh, someone's in trouble, I thought.

That device appeared to stay on for a long time. I guess maybe they don't need their car.

Then I noticed the car had been moved, quite a few times in fact. Finally one morning I saw the owner come out of his house, a tool of some kind in hand, and proceeded to walk to the car, removed the device, get in and drive off. A-ha. I don't know where he got it, but it wasn't about unpaid tickets at all. It was about a guy securing his vehicle. Not a terrible idea when you think about it.