Ah, the days of needing to bum rides! I had my rules for “Kobold”, my 1969 Mercury Montego. If you got too loud and rambunctious and distracted the driver (me), I’d just stop the car and wait. If you brought food, you ALWAYS offered me a bite/piece. And you always cleaned up after yourself.
Things worked out well and I occasionally had enough free bites/pieces to qualify as a meal. 🙂
When I was in high school there was a bomb threat and they ended up sending everyone home early. Problem is, there wasn’t time to get the buses organized, so lots of people gave rides. I fit 10 people in my ugly, ancient Chevy Cavalier. It was great!
Pete… Did you list the rules on the side of the car? laminated on the back of the seats? That would work… I like that you named your car… Like Randie & Ryan with Sister Bernie Hotwheels. Sooooo what color was your Montego?
Chug… 10 people! GAH! That’s crazy! I didn’t have a car in high school… but I had a bug later on. Not too many peoples fit in a bug.
Brig – I don’t know, my dad tells the story of managing 15 in a bug in high school. They got pulled over (this was before seatbelt laws), and the cop ordered them to get out and line up on the side of the road. Then he told them to get back in, so they did. Then he told them to get back OUT again! They were mightily confused. Finally, the cop shrugs and says “Fine, you can go, but I still don’t know how you did it!”
Well, my Montego was a worn out blue, which partly to the name. But our group was big into D&D at the time, so instead of Cobalt, I went with Kobold.
David’s Datsun B-210 was called “The Green Scathe”, and Missy’s Falcon was called Bertha. We rotated on taking “the gang” to Cal State Fullerton where we all attended.
Useless side note: David played the bagpipes at George Takei’s wedding procession a couple years back.
Pete… I like it… Cobalt and Kobold… “Kobold… the Blue!”
Bertha makes me laugh… I dunno why. Whenst living in Barstow, there was a cheap Mexican food place in the mall I would frequent with a pal. You could get a burrito for two dollars in a sit-down restaurant situation. We felt so grown up with our sit down, sub-two dollar lunch. Oh.. and it was called “Bertha’s”… sorry, my tangent…
Ah, the days of needing to bum rides! I had my rules for “Kobold”, my 1969 Mercury Montego. If you got too loud and rambunctious and distracted the driver (me), I’d just stop the car and wait. If you brought food, you ALWAYS offered me a bite/piece. And you always cleaned up after yourself.
Things worked out well and I occasionally had enough free bites/pieces to qualify as a meal. 🙂
When I was in high school there was a bomb threat and they ended up sending everyone home early. Problem is, there wasn’t time to get the buses organized, so lots of people gave rides. I fit 10 people in my ugly, ancient Chevy Cavalier. It was great!
Pete… Did you list the rules on the side of the car? laminated on the back of the seats? That would work… I like that you named your car… Like Randie & Ryan with Sister Bernie Hotwheels. Sooooo what color was your Montego?
Chug… 10 people! GAH! That’s crazy! I didn’t have a car in high school… but I had a bug later on. Not too many peoples fit in a bug.
Brig – I don’t know, my dad tells the story of managing 15 in a bug in high school. They got pulled over (this was before seatbelt laws), and the cop ordered them to get out and line up on the side of the road. Then he told them to get back in, so they did. Then he told them to get back OUT again! They were mightily confused. Finally, the cop shrugs and says “Fine, you can go, but I still don’t know how you did it!”
Just how would you mosh in the backseat of a bug anyway?
Squid guy… It’s tricky…
Chug… No way!!!
Well, my Montego was a worn out blue, which partly to the name. But our group was big into D&D at the time, so instead of Cobalt, I went with Kobold.
David’s Datsun B-210 was called “The Green Scathe”, and Missy’s Falcon was called Bertha. We rotated on taking “the gang” to Cal State Fullerton where we all attended.
Useless side note: David played the bagpipes at George Takei’s wedding procession a couple years back.
Pete… I like it… Cobalt and Kobold… “Kobold… the Blue!”
Bertha makes me laugh… I dunno why. Whenst living in Barstow, there was a cheap Mexican food place in the mall I would frequent with a pal. You could get a burrito for two dollars in a sit-down restaurant situation. We felt so grown up with our sit down, sub-two dollar lunch. Oh.. and it was called “Bertha’s”… sorry, my tangent…
Bagpiping David… hee hee… I like George Takei.