Re: Whew! More Pleasant Story

[ABLE1 <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/5/2020 1:45 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
> On Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 9:46:25 PM UTC-4, ABLE1 wrote:
>
>>
>> Now the rest of the story as they say.  If you notice I did not place
>> a name of the drivers that picked me up and moved me across the country.
>> I knew them by first name then.  Today, I couldn't even venture a guess.
>> Not that it was not important but it was like two ships passing in the
>> night.  I know I will never meet them again.  I doubt they will remember
>> my name but I hope that they remember that once upon a time they picked
>> up a sailor on a road and took him part way across the country to his
>> home in Pennsylvania.
>>
>> Thinking about it, what would really be cool would be for one of those
>> drivers be reading this story and make contact with me.
>>
>> Naaaaa what are the odds....................................
>>
>> End of story!!
>> Sorry for any typo's!!
>>
>> Les
>
> I've thought more than a few times that maybe I should have stayed in Florida. But the urge to "go home" was to great.
>
> OH! and I just remembered ------ talk about missed opportunities ----- on the way home on the plane, I sat next to a good looking blond, couple years older than me. We got talking (what else could I do :-) I told her I was just getting out of the Navy and that I worked in communications. She said that she was going to Newark NJ to work on starting up a new broadcast station and that if I was interested in interviewing for a job she would recommend me. I took her phone number and her personal phone number too and thought I'd give it a try.
>
> Of course, as soon as I got home, seeing all my friends and old girlfriends became important and next thing I knew I'd run out of money and had to get a job pretty quick. I forgot all about the girl I met on the plane or at least put it off and once I got a local job I forgot about it completely. A few years later, I made the connection that what she was talking about is what was the beginning of what is now the PBS networks when they started broadcasting out of Newark NJ. Who knows, maybe I could have gotten in on the ground floor. Not only with the girl but the job too >:->
>
> HeY "I cudda been a contenda" (Marlin Brando)
>


Those are the unknown stories or events that we will never know.
It is nice to ponder about 'the could have ben's...........'

Maybe it could be a good book.

Just have to start typing:

Chapter One: Once upon a time, in a land far far away.......


Les