I should take them in to be re-soled, because every step I take on the mangled pavement whittles away another percentage point of the shoe repair guy's prognosis of its potential to be made anew.
One pavement crack away from a broken ankle, they walk slower than Jesus, always needing a man's hand to get down the stairs or help her up from the curbside onto which she fell.
Let's ignore the fact that as I write this the rain is bouncing off the pavements, washing away the snow from last week's blizzards, and salute the optimism (or should that be bloody-mindedness?) of the brave souls at tourist boards across the nation who have come up with the idea of promoting Britain's great outdoors in a series of spring festivals.
Runoff from parking areas and roads that pick up oil and other wastes from land can be controlled quite effectively through filtration devices such as porous pavements, soak-away pits, and dry wells.
As Mr Reid crawled along the pavement to get away, Bird got out of his car, followed and raised his weapon as if to fire again but was shouted at by another taxi driver, stopped and got back in his vehicle.
Elsewhere, the pavement had crumbled away entirely, leaving behind raw, frozen earth.
In his elation, Mouaziz, the first Moroccan to win the New York City Marathon, fell to his knees, kissed the pavement and staggered away, drained but delighted by his gamble.
We walked down towards the end of the front wall of the embassy where the pavement turned off to the right and away from the main road.
(When I used to drive it, soldiers with AK-47s would step out onto the road to stop the cars, already slowed to a crawl by craters and washed-away pavement, to demand money and cigarettes. It was an all-day, occasionally scary affair).
Get out of the car!" As mechanics huddled in the garage across the street, the black-clad officers yanked the driver out of the van sideways, pinned him to the pavement and hauled him away.
