[TheForge] Pennsic Progress

[Justin Fellenz]

Wow. 

He or she who dies with the most stories wins.

Good one, Phlip.

--- Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:

> 
> I set off for Pennsic, got about 100 miles down the road, and my
> truck died.
> And, FYI, the breakdown involved more excitement than I prefer to
> deal with.
> I was stuck in a traffic jam, and accidently stalled- it wouldn't
> start back
> up. I managed to roll to the side of the road, and thinking that A. I
> might
> have flooded it and B, it didn't sound very powerful, so being night,
> with
> lights on, and stop and go traffic, the battery might not have quite
> enough
> juice, figured I'd wait half an hour, and try it again. No luck. At
> that
> point, I saw a nice young cop go tip toeing by me, flagged him down,
> and
> asked him to call AAA for me, which he did, telling me the truck
> would be
> there in half an hour.
> 
> So, there I am waiting, looking around at all the traffic, and I see
> 1
> bubblegum machine flashing. Then two. Then three on the overpass
> behind me,
> nearly hitting each other- then a couple more come screaming up the
> highway.
> Then there's one behind me a piece- and more and more- musta been 15
> or 20,
> in various positions and directions. Then a BIG bright truck comes up
> behind
> me and stops- can see flashing, but no blue and red. Next thing I
> know,
> there are three of them, guns drawn and pointed at their feet (be
> surprised
> if one of those boys doesn't lose a toe at least) coming up on me.
> 
> Now by this point, I had made sure my doors were locked, although it
> was too
> hot to roll up my window (85 degrees and humid, according to my pouch
> thermometer- at 1:30 AM, fer Chrissake!!!), so I was checking my
> resources
> for defensive weapons, and managed a flashlight, and a cup of
> moderately hot
> coffee, with a sharp piece of steel I'm working on for a smithing
> project
> (that has nothing to do with blades, merely brought to a sharp point
> in
> preparation for the next step in shaping) but rather thought I'd
> leave it in
> grabbing distance, but not obviously, with all the cops running
> around).
> 
> Anyway, cops are coming up on me, I exchange a couple words, and one
> tells
> the others I'm female, so they lose interest, but there's still quite
> a few
> nearby, 9 mms and shotguns in their hands, blocking roads, and
> running
> around in circles. And, about this time, a nice young kid driving the
> AAA
> tow truck pulls up, and comes to my window, and I tell him, "I think
> all I
> need is a jump, but get me the Hel out of here".
> 
> At which point, the cop says to him, "We've had a shooting, and the
> guy with
> the gun is hiding in these woods- get this truck out of here." The
> kid and I
> look at each other, and we conspire to load up the truck as fast as
> possible, and go elsewhere to see if I need a jump.
> 
> Which didn't start the truck, so he towed me the 112 miles home.
> 
> So, here I am, 6 hours on the road to Pennsic, and still at home.
> 
> Why do I think this is going to be an interesting War?
> 
> <Sigh>
> 
> Saint Phlip,
> CoD
> 
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
> 
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not
> a
> cat.
> 
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
> 
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