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24 years ago this month, just weeks before the Cubs clinched the 1984 NL East Division Title, Mom and Dad traded in their ("my") 1976 Monte Carlo:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/DSC07708r8_jpg.html
Red, a tall, foreboding guy (well, at least to this at the time 10-year-old kid) was the salesman at the local dealership who promised this kid "his" car would be taken care of.
"Fast forward" to earlier this week, September 2008, Dad saw Red and told me about him and gave me his card. Red, no longer a car salesman, is now an entrepreneur with a business taking care of wheel covers and other misc auto parts.
Friday, September 19, I took the day off work...and decided to drive my older 4 MCs to celebrate my birthday. I got out to Phil's, where they are stored, and ended up chatting with Phil a bit longer than I had hoped.... But, I was "on the road" by about 11:25a...thinking that "everything happens for a reason" ... and just happy to have a gorgeous, sunny day for the festivities.
I decided to get gas in all of my MCs. During one such stop, I noticed this white van pull into the gas station...only because of the name of the company on the side of the van. I thought it sounded much like the card Dad had given me of Red's. I didn't think much of it, though, as I continued to put gas in my car. Next thing I heard was:
"Nice car, kid!"
i turned around, smiled, and said thank you. The gentleman then asked me my name. Generally, I don't like to yell that across the parking lot, but since I already had a hunch who it was...I said it. The man nodded and said, "You know who I am already, don't you?"
I grinned, and said, "Of course! Hi, Red!"
We then chatted a bit.... Which MC was I gassing up at the time? Fittingly, of course, my '76 Monte Carlo:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1976/76monte.html
Who'd a thunk 24 years ago that I'd be driving my own '76 Monte Carlo...and meet up with the guy that took "my" (Mom and Dad's) '76 Monte Carlo in on trade. AND...if I hadn't have talked to Phil as long as I did that Friday morning...I may not have even met up with Red "by chance".
This reminded me, once again, of my favorite road trip story:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/DSC07591r8_jpg.html
So...how about you? Have any of those "wow" moments where if one or more things had gone just a little bit differently, a chance meeting wouldn't have happened?
Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"If I only knew then what I know now" ... Lee Greenwood ... 'Fool's Gold'
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/collection/DSC07708r8_jpg.html
Red, a tall, foreboding guy (well, at least to this at the time 10-year-old kid) was the salesman at the local dealership who promised this kid "his" car would be taken care of.
"Fast forward" to earlier this week, September 2008, Dad saw Red and told me about him and gave me his card. Red, no longer a car salesman, is now an entrepreneur with a business taking care of wheel covers and other misc auto parts.
Friday, September 19, I took the day off work...and decided to drive my older 4 MCs to celebrate my birthday. I got out to Phil's, where they are stored, and ended up chatting with Phil a bit longer than I had hoped.... But, I was "on the road" by about 11:25a...thinking that "everything happens for a reason" ... and just happy to have a gorgeous, sunny day for the festivities.
I decided to get gas in all of my MCs. During one such stop, I noticed this white van pull into the gas station...only because of the name of the company on the side of the van. I thought it sounded much like the card Dad had given me of Red's. I didn't think much of it, though, as I continued to put gas in my car. Next thing I heard was:
"Nice car, kid!"
i turned around, smiled, and said thank you. The gentleman then asked me my name. Generally, I don't like to yell that across the parking lot, but since I already had a hunch who it was...I said it. The man nodded and said, "You know who I am already, don't you?"
I grinned, and said, "Of course! Hi, Red!"
We then chatted a bit.... Which MC was I gassing up at the time? Fittingly, of course, my '76 Monte Carlo:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/mc1976/76monte.html
Who'd a thunk 24 years ago that I'd be driving my own '76 Monte Carlo...and meet up with the guy that took "my" (Mom and Dad's) '76 Monte Carlo in on trade. AND...if I hadn't have talked to Phil as long as I did that Friday morning...I may not have even met up with Red "by chance".
This reminded me, once again, of my favorite road trip story:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/1106/DSC07591r8_jpg.html
So...how about you? Have any of those "wow" moments where if one or more things had gone just a little bit differently, a chance meeting wouldn't have happened?
Cort | 35swm | "Mr Monte Carlo"."Mr Road Trip" | pig valve.pacemaker
WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort
"If I only knew then what I know now" ... Lee Greenwood ... 'Fool's Gold'
