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Not really a rant. People are only trying to be polite by offering me a ride, I'm sure, but...
What is it about a middle-aged guy--smile on his face--sporting a nifty straw fedora (if I do say so myself), carrying a laptop bag and a large water bottle, on a beautiful spring morning that would make someone suspect he's not walking on purpose? It happens quite often (by people I know, just to be clear!). And I've been walking to and from work (weather permitting) for quite a few years! The worst is trying to get them to refrain from speaking until I can get the noise-cancelling earbuds whoahed! Petty, I know, but there it is. Last edited by DiapDealer; 05-23-2023 at 11:37 AM. |
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Ear infection.
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In my long-ago past, twice, here in good old Scottsdale AZ, I had a car break down on me or give up or whatever--twice. In the SUMMER, when it was like 115-117F outside. I ended up having to walk to a phone (yes, yes, this was pre-cellphone days!). I would have been pathetically grateful if someone had offered me a ride! Hitch |
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Hitch, WERE there any people around to offer a ride, or just empty stretches of desert highway with only the occasional roadrunner and rocket-booted coyote passing by?
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Just dust, tumbleweeds and shimmering asphalt.
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...the skeletons of those who'd suffered breakdowns.
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Whom, to my wondering eyes should drive by, and NOT SEE ME? Yes. My husband. Hitch |
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Oh, yes, lads.
I was a raving LOON when I got home; hot, sweaty, stinking, sweated through a bespoke (!!!) (and, yes, custom-made--they're not the same) silk blouse...yeah, I was not a happy camper. I couldn't believe he'd done it. I know he's focused when he drives, but not to SEE ME, especially when I used my last remaining shreds of get-up-and-go and jumped up and down, trying to make him see me? God, I was....livid. And yes, he lives. I mean, a crap-ton of discomfort is not worthy of a lifetime prison sentence. :-) Hitch |
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Perhaps he's so well trained to not look at attractive young ladies as he drives/walks around that you were simply a blur in his periphery!
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Why didn't you pull out your phone and call him? That's what I would have done if it was my wife.
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It was indeed and he did. Quote:
I had the original 'brick' because my business bought one for me, and that was...hell, quite a few years later. Hitch |
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After a 14 year relationship I'd see it as a win if she drove by me without attempting to run me over.
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