Lori Borgman: Umarell Alert – pay attention!

I came home the other day and my husband was not at home. His car was here, so I thought he went for a walk.

He didn't come home and didn't come home, so I was worried that he had collapsed somewhere on a sidewalk.

He has never collapsed on a sidewalk, but if you achieve a certain age and have an active imagination, the possibilities are endless.

I called his cell. He replied. “Where are you?” I asked.

“I went for a walk.”

“You have been gone for a long time. I was worried. “

“Did you see this large, dilapidated tree when you came home?”

“You mean the huge maple that fell from the front garden of the corner house and covered its entire courtyard and most of the street? Yes, I saw it. “

“I'm there now.”

“Why?”

“I watch what will happen. Six Department of Public Works Trucks have hit. Six trucks and at least eight workers! Can you believe that so many trucks and workers would clear the street? “

“Call Elon Musk,” I say.

The husband doesn't hear me because he focuses on excessive workers and still tells events.

I put on. A minute worries sick, not interested in the next. Oh, the moody human heart.

He wrote to me a few pictures, our adult children and their spouses, the breaked tree from different perspectives and other people who stood around the scene.

It is sometimes difficult to recognize that things that can be interested in us are not of interest to others.

Later that night our son sent a link to the Italian word “Umarell”.

Umarell: Men in retirement age who spend their time to observe construction sites, especially road work, stereotypical stereotypical with hands behind their back and workers offer unwanted advice.

My husband qualifies. He can be a Umarell -sustainable. It is not just a building base, it is often a umarell for my garden projects. And painting projects. Many evenings are a umarell in the kitchen.

Our daughter -in -law says that her father is also a umarell. When the district installed new throughlets in its rural area, he went to the construction site with his dog every day and said he would give instructions to the crew. He was soon the first name with them.

A few years ago, San Lazzaro di Savena in northern Italy, a city in which many older men apparently liked to observe construction projects, began an annual “Umarell Prize”.

I want to know where to send my nominations.

Lori Borgman is a columnist, author and speaker. Send comments to [email protected].