LHSfaninVA, you're right, next week the Wolves are at South Point. Time gets away from me once in awhile, like everyday.
NOW, where you are ? Looking at the map, the only place I could come up with from the clue you left is Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, (Lakes Superior and Huron), but then, I sat there and gave myself a headache trying to figure out what kind of work you're in. Still think it is connected to the US government, you living in northern Virginia... Sault Ste. Marie, I would think the biggest industry would be shipping and rail services, but what about all the other locations, I thought. That's why I still keep coming back to governmental services...I'm going to figure it out, one of these days.
Oh, about my tales, they're on the verge of banning me for life. They say I'm limited to one story per week. Some of the other posters have complained of chronic boredom after reading them, so for the sake of their mental health they've limited me.
Actually though, I do have a story about Canada, and it's the only one I told, this week, I think... This would have been in the 1970's, I had a week off from work. As you know, a lot of us guys, here, haven't been around much, and for me, until then, I'd never been north of Boone, or Winston-Salem, so I began to drive north, and would end up crossing the Canadian border. This was not on a main road, but a customs officer who looked to be as old as me (now) came to my window and asked if I hadf any alcoholic beverages with me. I thought, maybe he'd just had a nasty day and wanted a drink, that's how naive I was/am. Told him if he would tell me where to find it, I'd go get him something and a chaser, too. Fortunately, he had a sense of humor and explained if someone crosses the border that customs wanted to know if they were carrying, cigarettes, alcohol or a firearm (sounds like a typical bar customer from the side of the county that I won't name but rhymes with
Best Lincolnnnn if you get my drift).
After driving into Canada, I stopped at a store for a soda. A police officer was there and I was looking at his uniform, which looked like any other but on his hat I noticed the metal lettering was OPP. My first thought was "Opie", what the hell does that mean. I finally realized it is Ontario Provincial Police. When leaving, I asked him about the speed limit signs with 100, on them. That's right, the sign just read 100, nothing else. His response was "Don't even think about it", and said speed here is measured in kilometers which is about 60 MPH. Something else I noticed, the sides of the roadways were very clean, no litter.
I would end up in the Quebec Province, where they speak french, Hey, that was a different ballpark. It was like being in the Twilight Zone. A KFC (They spelled it out then) sign read something like La Frit Poulet A La Kentucky, recall thinking, "I'll not forget that one." Frankly, I thought Canada was pretty impressive. The people were tolerant and it seemed like it wouldn't be a bad place to live. Got a feeling, though, when winter rolled in, my thin NC blood would probably send my assets back down the road...faninVA, for whatever reason you are up there, hope they don't make you stay until winter. I looked at a weather chart and Sault Ste. Marie, has over 300 inches of snow per year. That would be like living in Russia. But, being a Lincolnton person, you'll manage to handle it.
BFR, got a bad feeling that North Lincoln might be Lincoln County's best team, this year. With your connection to them you might want to come down and see them play.
G-G &G It's good to hear from you, Hope we're strong enough to fit in. We have to play all the other Lincoln County teams and I know it won't be easy.
