OK, so since the cab stories are kind of captivating, let’s take a look at a couple of my passengers this past weekend. Truthfully, only one was a passenger – but that’s getting ahead of the story.

First up is a guy I nicknamed (privately, in my mind) Pirate Steve. Why did I nickname him that? When he got in, he dropped his cellphone on the floor of the car. He said, and I quote, “Arrr! I dropped me cell phone!”

I wish I could make this stuff up – then I could write best-selling fiction and be rich. I asked him where he needed to go – he said “I be needing to get to the theater (pronounced thee-A-tur) afore the moving picture starts!” When we pulled up in front of the theater, he said “Ay, I be thankin’ ye for a safe journey! Keep the change, ya scurvy landlubber!”

Apparently, pirates tip well. The meter was about $9, and he handed me $15. Decent sort for a pirate.

The second person was a real case. She was standing on the northwest corner of 75th Avenue and Thomas Road. I was sitting in the left turn lane on Thomas to turn north on 75th Avenue, so she was to my left. She looked at her watch and waved at me, so I rolled my window down. She yelled, “Can you take a fare?” and looked at her watch. I said “Sure thing! Jump in!”

She got the walk signal, and started across. She kept looking at her watch, as she continued straight across Thomas and continued walking south. The only thing I can figure is that she was in a hurry – to be late.

Chat ya later…

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You know what to do!

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Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

I was going to do an update today, but then I’ve been involved in the migration of the Black Canyon Railroad Museum site to a WordPress platform, and decided to go ahead and finish up some little projects over there (big thanks to Bushwack over at American And Proud for the moral support in getting a second wordpress blog going!). I was driving a cab yesterday, had a good shift with a minimum of weirdos. I’ve also been thinking of restarting my BTR show, with an emphasis on interesting web sites and cab stories. What do you think?

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I know, I’ve used that title before. But really, I think I am. Let’s take a look at this week already, shall we?

Sunday was church – with all the activity that entails. Consider that I am a Deacon, I sing on the praise team and I help with communion, and you get an idea of how busy I stay just on Sunday. Sunday afternoon was spent trying to get some more configuring done on the new computer. Sunday evening I placed the third week’s worth of stuff on eBay for a friend – he’s selling off his life-long collection of models, collectibles, and excess HO scale railroad stuff. (by the way, the keyboard on this laptop is slightly difficult to get used to – couple that with my occasional bouts of dyslexia and my typing really slows down.) Sunday night, I finally got a chance to sit down and watch “Taking Chance” – which, if you haven’t done yet, you should. It was very well done, and Kevin Bacon really nailed his role.

Monday, besides being laundry and dishes day, I also revamped the railroad’s website – The Black Canyon Model Railroad Museum, Inc. I moved it off the cobbled-together site I had built and onto a WordPress platform. I like how it turned out, why don’t you swing over there and take a look? Let me know what you think.

Today I’ll be going over to my friend’s house to help box up, label, and ship the items that sold from last week. If you are interested in seeing what kind of stuff he collected over the years, take a look here.

Chat ya later…

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Wearin’ red – driving green – and boy, is it hot.

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Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!