Henry Raymond
Fairfax Bloggers => Uncle Mike's Thoughts Of The Day => Topic started by: MikeF9 on February 22, 2010, 11:06:39 PM
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Tuesday February 23, 2010
Picture of the Day
(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/MikeCain-2010-archive1/oldmplst.jpg)
Maple Street. It's either the late 1980s or early 90's. Either way, a lot of those trees are now gone.
SMALL WORLD
DrewCrash started a thread about it being a Small World here on Henry's forum.
http://www.vtgrandpa.com/forum/index.php?topic=8341.0 (http://www.vtgrandpa.com/forum/index.php?topic=8341.0)
Here's my story.
1991 or '92.
The phone rang around suppertime and I answered. Someone looking for Gary.
Nope, no Gary here.
Hung up.
Phone rings again.
Same guy looking for Gary. Nope, wrong number.
What number are you trying to call, I asked.
He gave my MY number.
That's my number, but no Gary.
The guy just flew in from the Middle East and was at the airport in Boston, and didn't have a VT phone book, so I offered to find the guy in mine.
He game my the last name.
Where does he live?
Bakersfield.
I know of a Gary in Bakersfield. He's a forklift mechanic.
Yeah, that's the guy. The guy on the phone is a roommate, and tells me his name-Tom?.
I told him I work in a lumberyard with a guy named Jim. Gary works on our forklifts.
Tom says he knows Jim.
I mention Jim has attended parties at Gary's place.
Tom says he actually owns the place and Gary rents.
I talk about how Jim has mentioned Tom and other people at the parties.
I find Gary's number, and told him to tell Gary I said HI!.
Tom says he will and adds...................
"Vermont is the only state where you can dial long distance, get a wrong number,.....................and still know the person."
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I love that photo, Mike! Thanks for sharing!
Suzy
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all the mailboxes and paperboxes are on the other side of the road now. Great story mike. Whats that other saying. "you can't get there from here" or is it the other way around.