Ohio Players, Coolant and a Devil's Revenge
This past Saturday the wife and I went with some friends to Magic Mountain. Only 30-40 minutes north of Pasadena, it’s a short drive from our home – and with “free” tickets from our friends, Jenny wanted to go. I, on the other hand, did not. In the middle of writing 4 different 10-page papers for my Fall classes, wasting a Saturday waiting in lines for the chance to ride a half a dozen roller-coasters wasn’t something I was looking forward to. But since the wife was excited to go and it was “free” – we went.
It was pretty fun. We did have a good time overall (although the girls, Jenny and Jaye, both got sick and skipped out on most of the second half of the day)… but the ride home turned out to be the biggest “adventure” of the trip. Jenny’s Mazda broke down in the middle of nowhere on the 210 Highway back to Pasadena. No cell coverage, our car overheating, the coolant boiling dry… we were in dire straights. It took me 15 minutes to get someone to pull over (the lady who finally did was on her way home from visiting her husband in the hospital, who had just had surgery on his legs after being hit on his motorcycle), then 2 minutes after a cop showed up and helped us call a tow-truck. Cutting to the chase…
2 hours later, our car is at our mechanic, and we are home licking our wounds (and feeding Nate Newton, who was confused why it took us so long to get home). Yesterday, I picked up the car from the mechanic (a die-hard ManU fan, who has FSC and Setana on while he works) who threatened to double my bill after I admitted I followed Liverpool. Only after citing that one of my closest friends “Jimbo” was a Devils fan did he calm down. Good guy, that Avo… just don’t hate on his Devils. In the end, nothing in life is "free."
It was pretty fun. We did have a good time overall (although the girls, Jenny and Jaye, both got sick and skipped out on most of the second half of the day)… but the ride home turned out to be the biggest “adventure” of the trip. Jenny’s Mazda broke down in the middle of nowhere on the 210 Highway back to Pasadena. No cell coverage, our car overheating, the coolant boiling dry… we were in dire straights. It took me 15 minutes to get someone to pull over (the lady who finally did was on her way home from visiting her husband in the hospital, who had just had surgery on his legs after being hit on his motorcycle), then 2 minutes after a cop showed up and helped us call a tow-truck. Cutting to the chase…
2 hours later, our car is at our mechanic, and we are home licking our wounds (and feeding Nate Newton, who was confused why it took us so long to get home). Yesterday, I picked up the car from the mechanic (a die-hard ManU fan, who has FSC and Setana on while he works) who threatened to double my bill after I admitted I followed Liverpool. Only after citing that one of my closest friends “Jimbo” was a Devils fan did he calm down. Good guy, that Avo… just don’t hate on his Devils. In the end, nothing in life is "free."
Labels: Liverpool, Magic Mountain, ManU, Mazda
posted by Unknown at 4:19 PM
4 Comments:
The guy had probably just finished watching the match this weekend at Bolton...absolute rubbish...
and serves you right for going with a Mazda...did you get the 'zoom-zoom' song when you opened the hood and saw not coolant?
Well just tonight I met the biggest Porto fan as I was filling my gas tank....and....oh hell, you can do the rest.....
What's funny is that Jenny tells me that when she bought the car from a friend, it had a big "Zoom Zoom" sticker on the front windshield.
And no, it was before this past weekend's embarrassment sans Vidic and Ronaldo. It wasn't that surprising considering those 2 are ManU's best defender and playmaker, respectively.
With Arsenal atop the table, looking at their schedule (besides an easy match vs Boro on Sun 09 Dec) gets much more difficult for the next month. The time is now to pounce.
Does Liverpool know how to pounce?
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