[Public-List] Canaries, Part2

[Gordon Laco]

Thanks - and those are only the stories for public telling....


> Gord,
> 
> Dude you should write a book.
> 
> J
> 
> On Nov 24, 2007 1:09 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
>> There are humorous stories from trip too...
>> 
>> We were stuck in a little marina in White Plains NY just below the Tappan
>> Zee Bridge for several days getting the engine repaired.  A waitress at
>> the
>> marina bar took us on as a cause and was driving us all over getting parts
>> etc.  We decided to thank her by having her aboard one night for a dinner.
>> I distinctly remember what I was doing when she uttered what I am about to
>> relate... I was just raising a spoonful of peas to my mouth when she said
>> 'I
>> have been celibate for nearly six months and I think that is about long
>> enough'.  All three of us froze in the act of eating.  I saw each of
>> shooting glances around trying to figure who she was talking to.
>> 
>> It was the owner.  Conversation resumed like nothing had happened. At her
>> suggestion we went to pub with live music after we ate.  Once there my
>> buddy
>> and I were left at the bar drinking beer while our benefactor and the
>> owner
>> danced.  The girl behind the bar said to us 'looks like you guys are
>> walking
>> home tonight'.  Things indeed seem to be moving along.  But, the owner,
>> who
>> was married, managed to turn her offer down in such a skilled manner that
>> she was still willing to drive us around for the remaining time we were
>> stuck there.  I thought he had done the honourable thing; my buddy thought
>> the owner behaved himself only because he knew we'd squeal on him when we
>> got home.
>> 
>> Another adventure.
>> 
>> We were told that if we went for a walk we should head south from the
>> marina
>> gate but never walk north, because that was the direction of the bad part
>> of
>> town.  Naturally being innocent Canadians we went north.
>> 
>> We found a pub full of people of all ages dancing and laughing; as soon as
>> we went in people recognized us as the 'unfortunate Canadians with the
>> bust
>> engine'.  We were the only white guys in the place.  Nobody would let us
>> spend any money and we had a terrific time.  When it was time to leave two
>> guys our age volunteered to walk back to the marina with us.  We talked
>> and
>> laughed all the way back. At the gate they said 'we can't go in.   We hope
>> to see you some time but please don't walk up that way alone ever again.
>> 
>> Yikes, another close call??
>> 
>> G
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> What a waste I would have been so gracious just to have made the trip
>> that I
>>> would have been your apprentice for at least the rest of my life. Some
>> times
>>> we need to endure things such as you did to keep our moral compass in
>> tune. My
>>> hat is off to you.
>>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>> 
>> 
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