There was a delivery call from the radio room to my courier receiver and I was to deliver a bed base to a rough neighbourhood near the city. After I picked it up, I drove the van to the address. I noticed an old Harley Davidson shovelhead bike manual lying on the front seat of a utility parked in the front driveway of the house where the delivery was to be made. There were welding tools through the open doors of the garage.
I was always more interested in the bikes than their riders, but being a biker my-self, there was always something to talk to other owners about. Harley Davidsons and other copycat cruisers were not my type of motorbike. I thought they were a great choice if you have a need to ride slowly and to park your bike conspicuously where it could be admired for its styling. I always preferred bikes with a bit more versatility like road trail bikes with a very soft spot in my heart for go fast bikes. The smaller, the faster, the better I liked them.
I rattled the knocker on the front door of the house. The door was opened by an attractive woman aged in her late 30s.
'Yes?'
'Hi I'm Harvey and I've got a bed base to deliver.'
'Good. I'm Anne. Come in and I'll show where to put it.'
She was gorgeous and had a great body and wore a checked blue and green loose top that hid the shape of her round breasts. She wore tight jeans and had bare feet.
'Come in'.
She showed me where the base was to be assembled.
'Do you want me to remove the old one and replace it for you or would your partner prefer to do all that?'
'He would prefer to but it won't happen today. He will be here in about half an hour with his mates and then we're going back out to a hotel somewhere'.
'Would he object if it was already done?'
'He might not even notice. Can you assemble it while I freshen up a bit?
I removed the mattress from the old bed and dismantled the base and put all the parts with a small box of hexagon drive bolts and eight brackets out in the back yard.
I brought in the new one and began to assemble it while Anne went to the en-suite bathroom and showered.
After a few minutes, I had assembled all the brackets to the upright legs, attached the castor wheels and moved it into position where the old bed had been. I began to move the heavy mattress into position. As I took its weight to lower it to the bed base, my leg was in an awkward position and I twisted my ankle.