What made me happy today?
- Thread starter big soft moose
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You just haven't learned how to serve man.
After four months of chasing the owners of the forum I'm a mod on, they've finally fixed captcha issues that have been preventing new signups.
Today, I was going for a neighborhood stroll. I do a 4-mile loop. It takes a while. On mile three, while I was walking down the big road adjoining my neighborhood, this pudgy white-haired dude on a Rascal drives by me. He's not on the sidewalk. He's taking the right hand lane of traffic. This is something a bicycle might do, but he tops out at about 6 mph, so it's questionable if he should really be there. I'm sure there's some sort of bylaw that says it's okay. I don't really know.
Anyway, he stops in the middle of traffic, pulls out a bottle of water and slams it down. He tosses it aside—the litterbug!—and it lands pretty close to me. I see that it's not water at all. He's drinking and driving, haha. That shouldn't be funny, but I can tell this is the kind of guy who just doesn't care. He fires up his Rascal and toodles away at top speed. An XPO freight truck has to swerve around him. He rounds the curve and he's lost from sight. See you, Space Cowboy . . .
Why didn't I take a picture of this? I wish I would have. It almost seemed to be a skit of some sort.
Anyway, he stops in the middle of traffic, pulls out a bottle of water and slams it down. He tosses it aside—the litterbug!—and it lands pretty close to me. I see that it's not water at all. He's drinking and driving, haha. That shouldn't be funny, but I can tell this is the kind of guy who just doesn't care. He fires up his Rascal and toodles away at top speed. An XPO freight truck has to swerve around him. He rounds the curve and he's lost from sight. See you, Space Cowboy . . .
Why didn't I take a picture of this? I wish I would have. It almost seemed to be a skit of some sort.
My happy news came yesterday evening when my daughter announced the expected arrival of a new grandchild sometimes next spring.
I saw the irascible guy again today. I waved at him. He nodded back, knowingly. He was terrorizing the neighborhood up on the east side. Teenagers peek out of their windows. They're scared because he owns these streets.
