Re: Whew! More Pleasant Story

[Jim Davis <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 7:12:11 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 10/1/2020 3:41 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> > On 9/30/2020 5:18 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 1:37:48 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wro=
te:
> >>> Many years ago I was in the Mesa/Tempe area watching a concert and
> >>> firewoks show with a date.=C2=A0 On the way back over the Salt River =
my car
> >>> died on the bridge.=C2=A0 I told my date to get behind the wheel and =
I would
> >>> push.=C2=A0 It was stop and go traffic.=C2=A0 Mostly stop.=C2=A0 As I=
 got out of the
> >>> car several guys boiled out of a pickup truck behind us and told me t=
o
> >>> get back in the car.=C2=A0 They pushed us up the bridge, down the oth=
er side
> >>> and a little way into an open parking lot.=C2=A0 Probably a couple mi=
les.
> >>>
> >>> They asked if we needed a ride, but I called a cab and we spent the
> >>> night on a the couch of a friend who lived nearby.=C2=A0 The next mor=
ning I
> >>> got a ride back over to my car to find one of the businesses in that
> >>> little strip mall was an auto parts store.
> >>>
> >>> I fixed it on the spot with tools I always kept in the car.
> >>
> >> Hnnn
> >> Seems I don't remember the nice stories anymore ---only the ones that=
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> >> agitate me.
> >>
> >> May be, that it's due to the diminished level of tolerance I have left=
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> >> :-)
> >>
> >=20
> > Awh.=C2=A0 My comment about Low-T didn't go through earlier.
> >=20
> > Ok, here is another one.=C2=A0 Also involving a woman.=C2=A0 (different=
 one) She=20
> > lived over in East Mesa and I was working in Dateland 150ish miles away=
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> >  =C2=A0She called to see if I was coming up for the weekend.=C2=A0 When=
 I told her=20
> > I didn't have enough gas money for my truck (11mpg), and my bike=20
> > (45-55mpg) had a bad battery she said, "Come on up.=C2=A0 If we have to=
 we=20
> > can push start your bike."=C2=A0 She push started my motorcycle everywh=
ere we=20
> > went all weekend long and we ran all over Mesa and Tempe having fun and=
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> > carrying on.
> >=20
> > Outside one bar after she push started my bike, and before I could=20
> > circle back to pick her up some guy decided to hit on her.=C2=A0 She wa=
s=20
> > enjoying her self way to much when I pulled up and she hopped on back.=
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> > The guy looked totally dazed and confused when he saw me pull up.
> >=20
> > When I got home I still had a couple dollars in my pocket.=C2=A0 Not en=
ough=20
> > for a new battery for my bike, but enough to get me by until payday...=
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> > which thankfully was Tuesday.
> >=20
> > Hey... another bit of good news.=C2=A0 I just saw the other day that di=
esel=20
> > is less than gas again.=C2=A0 Atleast around here.=C2=A0 Since my gasse=
r Jeep and=20
> > my turbo diesel 4x4 truck both get about the same MPG I've been driving=
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> > my truck more.=C2=A0 I like driving my truck.=C2=A0 I just might have t=
o go out=20
> > and get it stuck in the desert just for fun.
> >=20
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> All right.  Last woman story, but this one is a little different.  Of=20
> course it starts with an appropriate amount of bragging and chest beating=
.
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> I had a buddy in college.  We met in an archery class of all things.  We=
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> were two of the best three shooters in the class.  We were both also=20
> computer nerds.  As a pair of self proclaimed brainiacs we had a similar=
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> interest in women, but every time I saw him talking with one she would=20
> greet me by name or worse he would mention one and I would pull out my=20
> little grey book and ask him if he wanted her phone number.  Most of the=
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> time I did have her number, but once or twice I reached for my little=20
> grey book just get under his skin.
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> One day he asked me what my secret was.  I told him it was simple.  You=
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> need to show interest, but make sure you haven't invested to much of=20
> yourself into fear and fantasy before asking.  If you are interested=20
> just ask.  Ask them to go do something you would find fun to do with=20
> somebody else, and no I don't mean sex.  Don't make up contrived=20
> romantic bullshit like a hot air balloon ride over Paris.  If you like=20
> comic books invite her to a comic book convention.  If a friend is=20
> playing guitar down at the coffee house then that.  Demolition derby,=20
> fishing, whatever.  Just make sure its something you would enjoy with=20
> them or anybody else.  Not just something to impress.
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> My buddy wasn't convinced so I said, "I'll tell you what. Invite ten=20
> women out.  Any ten women.  You have to invite them to do something like=
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> I mentioned.  They can be beautiful.  They can be ugly.  They can be=20
> smart.  They can be a ditz.  It can be the first time you met them.  It=
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> doesn't matter.  Just ask.  There are only a few restrictions.  They=20
> can't be anybody you ever asked out before.  They can't be married.=20
> They can't have a boyfriend.  If you do that I will bet you $100 that=20
> atleast five of them will go out with you, and atleast one them will try=
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> to sleep with you without you trying to sleep with them.  You can't=20
> lose.  Worse thing that happens you got a hundred bucks and you can go=20
> cruise Santa Monica Blvd next time you are in LA."
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> He took my challenge.  The first five women he asked all went out with=20
> him, and three of them tried to sleep with him, so did number six. When=
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> he was taking my challenge every woman he asked went out with him.  He=20
> never made it to ten.  He married number seven.

Great story,

I was kind of laid back with (I'll have to say "girls" because I was only 1=
7) until I started wearing the US Navy uniform. It was like a magnet. It wo=
rked well while I was in the Navy but it only worked once after I got out. =
I met my wife within a couple of weeks after I got out and we were married =
a year later. And still are.=20

I think the Blues were more impressive than the whites. But you put on thos=
e Blues with bell bottoms, 13 button flap, the neckerchief and cocked white=
 hat, and it teaches you all that you said above about the male/female psyc=
he.=20

At least back then it did. I kind of have my doubts about how it would go o=
ver today. Now I think all it takes is a sock hat, a man bun or baseball ha=
t on backwards, a T-shirt with some trashy slogan, a pair of crew shorts ha=
nging down so your skivvies show and a pair of untied rip off Adidas.