I know how to be a master!...in order to get to Deer Park Lodge in Hagerstown, MD, go east on US 40, but the exit ends on a road heading west due to the twists & turns of US 40 & I-70...Robin Williams as the guest of 'Inside the Actors' Studio'...watching 'Metropolis' with a soundtrack by Georgio Moroder...'Against All Odds'...Kwasi Boadi...the Thanksgiving meals at Fox ST, and waiting from Jimmy who worked at National Airport...Something to think about: when you move to a new city, no one knows anything about you. So, if you want to try something different, or just be someone different, you can. And who but you will know that this is a 'new' you? You could experiment with clothes, hair, jewelry, attitude & personality..until a new 'you' is discovered which suits your new locale! See...something to think about!
...rock catchers along the side of mountain roads, such as I-287 from NJ to NY...the living room furniture, covered by Naugahyde; then the 5-piece suede cloth sectional chairs...two E-mail friends: Ray in Palm Springs, Cherilyn in OK City...an 'X-Files' episode in which the space shuttle has to land in Kirtland AFB in New Mexico...the glass coffee table which was bombed & broken by a "nip" (tiny bottle of alcohol)...all of Emily Dickenson's poems can be sung to the tune of the 'Yellow Rose of Texas'...going to see a play whose cast included Mike's ex-lover ('California Suite')...Zinc or multiple vitamins should not be taken on an empty stomach...the farther north you go in the state of New Mexico, and the higher you go in altitude, the more expensive items are priced; and there is no bartering with Taos merchants!...taking a 'Black Beauty' in Boston which results in us falling asleep...'Right in the Night'...the cable bill sent to us, but it was in our roommate's name (even after he moved back to PA) until we moved; a refund check was sent to him; sadly he departed several years ago... the couple from Withcita Falls, TX that helped us pass the time waiting for the 'bat flight' from Carlsbad Caverns...'The Big Hurt'...Ernie Hauff...the Wachovia/Sleep Inn hotel charge dispute (we won!)...'Ground Zero' shifting from the 'Trinity' site in NM to Washington, DC and, unfortunately & sadly, to New York City...being informed that New Mexico has similar topography to Afghanistan...being invited to the disbanding dinner of the Lynx...the enigmatic Jim Colby, Bill's friend & cocaine dealer on Capitol Hill...
...Renfield, if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, body temperature!...the death of Superman, followed by the marriage of Clark & Lois...in VA, having the stove overcook food so that one had to determine what lower temperature setting to use or decrease the amount of cooking time; the refrigerator that turned into an entire freezer, encasing milk, bread & other items in blocks of ice...there was a person from Alamogordo, NM on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center; he had recently changed jobs from a policeman to a flight attendant; his wife & children were bringing momentos back to his family when there car was stolen from a motel in Fishkill, NY; they were heading for New Bedford, MA (a 'suburb of Boston', as stated by the anchorperson)...Michael O'Connell, Jim Salmon, Donna Taylor, Adrian Anderson, Jack Blades, Yolanda Ballard & Paul Taibi...
The humor of credit cards: previously we told you about Brad was thought to be 'dead' since he had not used his credit card in years. Other stories: AMEX charging Mike a late fee. The next month the fee and its interest was credited from his account. TRAVELERS enclosed a statement indicating a credit increase. Looking at the bill, the maximum amount had not changed. Called their Customer Service, was told that many cardholders received the 'increase letter' in error. Oh, well! and CRESTAR sent a bill for four cents to cover the insurance protection. I sent them a check for $1.04, they sent me a check for $1.00; Next is FIRST USA, who sent 2 bills to the NM address, had the next 2 statements returned to them with 'unable to locate', followed by a letter received by Mike with the correct address indicating that he owed 2 months' payment; upon calling them on October 22, 2001, he was told that the previous mail had been returned to First USA because it lacked the apartment number', yet the past due notice had no apartment number, and was received; the company will waive the past due notice and payments, then explained how much to pay when the next bill arrives (which has to be paid by November 2, 2001), and if there's not enough time, Mike can call in the payment...I kid you not! On 10/29/01 Mike received 2 faxes of the September & October billings. There were also charges that were not made by us! (One was for Starbucks for over $250!) Another call, another explanation to terminate the cards, reissue new ones, and complete a form saying that these purchases were not made by us. And the monthly payment was made over the phone. This case is (hopefully) closed! Not quite! The first WACHOVIA card, as well as the new Direct Merchants card were involved in a scam done by someone who says they are AOL, provide acess to a very legitimate looking screen, and ask you to update credit card information.So they got a new & existing credit card used to pay the AOL account. Both credit card accounts have been terminated, leaving me without a card that I usually use (this was the case for the WACHOVIA). So I have learned a lesson about on-line fraud, and I hope it never happens again! Three times in one year is too much...
...I do not trust that man. He has a weak chin...the girl standing against the column of the Lincoln, NE Comfort Inn...being participants at a flea market at the Baltimore Eagle... discovering wineries in RI & AR, with a very good assortment of red, whites & champagnes...Debbie & Willie Lee...how often Captain would decide to sleep exactly at the spot where Brad wanted to pack books!...resigning from Trident Int'l, DC, and never hearing a word from our local club brothers since that day...Ernie Linehan & Errick Edwards...Mike's fantasy = literally "screwing" a military officer...the natural fountain in the basement during a very rainy New Year's Eve night...Den Harrow...1979: looking at the head table at a P'town run, everyone influenced by cocktails & "attitude adjustments"; 1980: being part of that aforementioned group...the neverending hotel in Billings, MT...being stranded in Hartsfield Airport by Delta Airlines, with no help provided by their staff...putting Mike's dog of 20+ years, Pal, to sleep; both Brad & Mike bursting into tears when we got to our car...Bonita Allen...Mike being mugged at gunpoint in DC, being robbed of money & his leather jacket; walking back to the Exile, and telling Brad, "Can we go home now? I've just been mugged."...
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