6 thoughts on “ZZ Top and Me

  1. Cool!

    A woman I used to fence with and I were packing up after a session. At some point we noticed that both of us were figure-eighting* the floor cords. “Hey,” she said, “someone else who knows how to pack cables. Where’d you learn?” “Ag field lab,” I told her. “You?” “Eighteen months on Pink’s road crew.” Which is enormously cooler than an ag field lab.

    * It only works with cords of the right weight and flexibility, but if done properly you can pick up the figure-eight bundle, grab the loose end, and throw the rest 50 or 60 feet with it unwrapping smoothly as it goes.Report

  2. I loved every decision you made in this story up until the point you declined to join the road crew. But I understand, and would probably have done the same when put on the spot like that.Report

  3. I lean towards a bullet dodged rather than an oppty missed… one day an adventure makes. A year?

    My little brother had adventures like that… just seemed to have things happen to him. He’d come home and tell us that he went with his girlfriend to a black tie event, but didn’t know it was black tie so just wore his t-shirt and jeans… the t-shirt that the Bull’s players signed because it was that kind of event, and they thought it was cool that this dumb kid was wearing a t-shirt and jeans. Pippen and Horace Grant were nice to hang with.Report

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