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Hope not bringing anyone down, that is just my way, I tell stories, usually based on mi vida loca (my crazy life).
Here's another one:
When I was a kid, I never had any close friends, acquantices.
Then I discovered Rock!!!
I found my calling then, went to every concert I could. Got a job as a teenager just to buy music and go to concerts. Driving a Piece of Dirt just to go to concerts, well, I was obsessed.
Backstory to the main story.
September 5th 1992 (STILL REMEMBER THE DATES) my friend John and I drove to Houston, Tx. to see Guns 'N' Roses & Metallica at the Houston Astrodome. Metallica was awesome, GnR not so much. Acctually left during another boring 10 minute piano recital by that windbag Axl Rose. Great Day at a Great Concert!!
That's not all, the very next day, Sept. 6th, 1992 was Lollapalooza. Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Sound Garden, Porno for Pyros, The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, etc.......AMAZING. All day in the sun with ROCK!!!
Fantastic weekend.
Fast forward to 10:30, my friend: "Hey, my Girlfriend is sick, I need to drive back tonight." He was driving so what choice did I have. We stopped at a Burger King on IH-10 to scarf a burger before the drive back. We ate in the Parking lot. I was EXHAUSTED from the previous two days of music, sun, & fun so I decided to sleep on the way home.
Up until this time in my life I NEVER WORE A SEAT BELT, even defying my Mom and NEVER WEARING MY SEAT BELT. I leaned the seat back a little to relax and catch some zzzzzz's. A little voice: "put your seatbelt on........."
What??? OK, imagining things because so tired. Still I put the seatbelt on
WOKE UP TO BRIGHT LIGHTS....EXPLOSIONS....EVERYTHING IS MOVING AROUND VIOLENTLY.......WHAT'S GOING ON??????!!!!!!
Look up as my friend opens his car door, completely disoriented....my friend John looks at me quickly "Are you OK?" Heck if I know, I was ASLEEP and am now completely disoriented.
He jumps out of the car, my eyes follow him, my ARM.......HOLY MOLY.....MY ARM IS BROKEN.....BADLY....IT IS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND THE BONE IS STICKING OUT....NOW WHAT....I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.....YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OR YOU WILL DIE OF BLOOD LOSS....GRAB YOUR HAND...PULL GEEEENNNNTTLY ....TWIST JUST SO.....LET GO....TIE A TOURNIQUET....WOW THAT SUCKED!!! Now what, wait. John finally comes back after hearing a Blood Curdling Scream, funny, I did not even notice that I was screaming, looked at my arm "Holy Moly your arm is MESSED UP"
"NO POOP JOHN!!"
I had set the bone, tied a tourniquet and had it resting on the center arm rest. I sat there for THREE HOURS not knowing what was going on. I had pushed my shoulder which was disolcated back into the socket and was waiting patiently for some help which seemed to take FOREVER. Apparently, we had hit a car that was parked in the center of IH-10 6 inches into the fast lane. A jerk was peeing. He left his ten yr old daughter in the backseat and his pregnant wife in the front passenger seat. The little girl was thrown from the car but only suffered some contusions, the same with the pregnant lady, just some bruises.
The paramedics went to them first and put them into the back of the ambulance. They finally got to me and asked "Are you allright?" "No, I have a broken arm, compound fracture." "How do you know this Sir?" "BECAUSE I SET THE BONE MYSELF, NOW COULD I HAVE SOME HELP???!!!" "No, the Ambulance is full" "WELL, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE HOURS WAITING FOR HELP!!"
The Paramedic handed me two pieces of cardboard and some tape. I had to put my arm in the cardboard and tape it up and I WALKED TO THE AMBULANCE. We ended up in Weimer Tx. where I was screaming for some pain killer. I got two aspirins. (found out later they charged $800.00 to USAA Insurance for those 2 aspirin.) I wanted to tell my parents that I had been in a carwreck and was going to Victoria for a Orthopedic Surgeon to fix me. I called their house, they were gone fishing, my Aunt Lora was houssitting. Now my tongue had swollen and my mouth was full of blood because I had bit the tip off when my teeth had slammed together so when they called and put me on the phone to my Aunt it came out "BLEAHH MUMPH CAYRI WERODKN" Whereupon she said "YOU PERVERT!!" and hung up on me. Took three phone calls to explain that I was in a carwreck getting ready to go to Victoria for surgery, would you mind calling my parents.
The Pregnant woman did not lose the baby, just a few bruises, the same with the little girl, just a few bruises.
I ended up having multiple surgeries, still have a lb of titanium in my left arm.
I am a Christian, and whenever my faith wavers for whatever reason, I remember that little voice "put your seatbelt on....." and I know that there was someone watching over me that night and that somewhere down the road I would do something to repay humanity for my life being spared on September 6th, 1992.
Just another story,
Gotta Run,
crazedchef
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1. I saw Tom Connally (TX) from the US Senate Gallery in 1941.
2 I saw FDR at the corner of 21st and K Sts, Washington DC, in 1942. Visited the White House that year, and attended services at Washington National Cathedral.
3. In 1943 I took an Infantry 2nd Lt. for a boat ride on the Potomac River, but I had to row because he didn't know how.
4. In 1961 I beat a lorry driver at darts in a pub in Cambridge, England.
5. I attended GY2020s Jack Harris 100th anniversary party, pretending to be Jack's "fictional" girl friend, Crystal Brook.
6. Now guess how old I am, and how come I am still hard at work as an editor.
Wow, with only simple math that's gotta be an age that's above the average length. congratulations and those are some impressive things, especially seeing FDR. The only president I saw was Bush Sr. and I also saw the presidential limo of clinton one time while walking through DC.
I ran into Rick Flair in the Atlanta airport. Shook hands and said hello, he looked really tired.
Also ran into the Hedgehog, Ron Jeremy, at Tiffany's on Wurzbach. We had gone for my birthday - so I got to hang out with Ron the rest of the night. Pretty cool birthday.
I've lost track of the people I have cooked for over the years.
Worked in Gentlemen's Clubs for many years: Allstars, Wild Zebra, & Sugars.
These places are magnets for male celebrities.
NBA players seem to be drawn to them also. I have cooked for half the NBA at one point or another.
Got to have a beer with Magic (he watched the game from Allstars because he had a one game suspension for shoving a ref).
Got to park Sean Elliot's Porsche 911 (what a car!!)
Got to see Kenyon Martin be a cheapskate by only tipping a lousy $1 bill.
Did not get to cook for, but saw him hang out: Jim Carrey was dragged into Allstars when he was filming Ace Ventura 2 at a ranch outside of Kerrville.
Big Show walked in Allstars and I swear he took up the WHOLE entrance tunnel.
Papa Roach has eaten my buffet.
Korn came in right before the start of the OZZFEST tour a few years ago and hung out right next to me where I was sitting playing the video game.
I remember when Ron Jeremy was in town that time and did his stand up act at Tiffanies, I met a friend at the Dry Dock Oyster Bar and there he was, sucking down oysters (kinda fits).
The Spurs who NEVER came into one of the clubs I worked at are obvious: I have never seen Tim Duncan or David Robinson, but I have cooked for David Robinson when I was the Kitchen Manager at Leon Springs Cafe (out past the Dominion.)
Speaking of The Leon Springs Cafe the very first day I started cooking, I cooked for a party that came in and one of the guys was an old Cowboy with a Big ol ten gallon hat. He ate TWO of my hamburger platters, the waitress got his autograph, I asked why? "Because that's Bum Phillips who used to coach the Houston Oilers."
The Last day I cooked there a man wearing blue jeans, flannel shirt, and driving an old F-150 came in and ate. This one I recognized: Nolan Ryan.
When I worked at Boccones Italian Restaurant, I served Vinnie Del Negro many times.
One time after a card signing downtown, Bart Starr & Johnny Unites came in for a meal with their families. Boccones had great italian food.
Earl Campbell came into Click's one night when they were selling his hot dogs. They were pretty good. Do not know if he is still in the meat business, that was a long time ago.
I could go on and on, anyone who is in the hospitality industry knows what I am talking about.
Famous people like to have fun, need to eat, and need a place to sleep just like the rest of us.
crazedchef
still in Baghdad
Thankfull for the cease fire.
Hmm, let me see. As far as online chat events I have 'seen' Arkan, the Serb leader of the White Tigers, before he was assassinated, and Warren Adler, author of War of the Roses.
I was the only one that I know of that saw the space shuttle in the sky when it was being ferried once in the early 80s, I was in class and looking out the window and there it was in the sky flying over. It lasted only a few seconds since the sky was not wide open from my vantage with houses and trees across the street and such.
I have had my house driven-by four times back in the early 90s, enough so that I could calmly roll off my bed and tell the other person on the other end of the line to hold on, by that time we did not bother to call the police since they could not do anything anyway. It is surreal to see holes through the cereal box on top the fridge as well as other places. Luckily the house was on a small hill so that two of the drive-by shootings were aimed all wrong and ended up going astray as far as anyone being in the line of fire. I know there was at least one other attempt which this time I actually saw them since I was out front, and later learned from the shooter who I later befriended that the gun had jammed. God is good.
I have been robbed at gunpoint once and had people shove guns in my face a few other times at parties and such. ><
I visited a witch once in the Victoria Courts, when it was still standing, who read my palms and then gave me advice and such, she also told me my personal element was water. I do not know if she was a real witch or a charlatan, since palmistry seems kinda gypsy (no offense to the Rom) to me, but she told me a couple of things that stayed with me for a good while.
I have had a few supernatural experiences happen of different sorts but maybe that is best left for another thread.
Been in a few car accidents but one ended with a telephone pole in the backseat directly behind me, a fraction of a second or so in speed would have meant it would have impacted me. I was not driving that time. God is great
I saw a crowd once while driving through the East Side and stopped to see what was going on. Turns out someone was shot. I saw the victim on the ground and the way they fell to the ground and the position they were in was nothing like the movies. His body was in a very awkward position.
I guess a few dangerous situations in the past but I drive very cautiously now, beg others who drive too fast when I am a passenger to slow the hell down, and realize that street gangs, while a reality in society, are a foolish concept especially when there is no real resources to compete or oppose each other for and they are just risking so much over foolish pride.
We were stationed at Biloxi, and there was an 'adult' type bookstore right outside the base. The type that has viewing booths, etc. Well on certain days of the month, they would have 'visitors' (I'm trying to keep this as clean as possible...) and a friend of ours went in while we were next door at the tat shop. He came back grinning from ear to ear, going on about if you go spend $xx next door, you can go into the viewing room, and there's this hole, etc etc. He was quite upset when he found out that there were no actual women there. I'll leave it at that. We all laughed at his expense, including the folks at the tat shop. Man, we had some good times at Biloxi....and for some reason the AF kept sending me back there for training!
I remember the time Pres. Bill Clinton came to San Antonio and San Pedro was lined with viewers, and about half were holding negative signage. I was one of the viewers. The motorcade traveled to Hill Country Village where a reception was to be held. My friends had their negative signage taken down by security before Clinton passed. These were illegal acts. There were news reports of a neighbor that had negative signage and the SS paid a visit.
Ricardo Chavira -- Seated in front of my from Los Angeles to Houston, some girl in the back came up and got his autograph, but I had no idea who he was. He then followed me to my San Antonio flight. I would never have figured out who he was except that when we go home my Fiance was flipping through a magazine and pointed out how hot he was. She wouldn't believe me that he walked right past her only an hour before when she picked me up at the Airport.
Mary Lou Retton -- Denver to Houston
Ron Jeremy -- Twice Los Angeles to Houston was seated in front of me in the exit row, took his shoes off down to bare feet even before takeoff. Thankfully I was upgraded at the last minute both times...
Gary Bauer -- Houston to San Antonio, as soon as we landed he was on his cell phone talking to someone about the John Roberts nomination.
One night I went with this black guy I worked with to a friends house to hang out. I walked into the house to see a bunch of very big black guys sitting around on the couches. Now at the time I was this little 20 year old white girl. The guy that owned the house asked me if I wanted to do his laundry. Uh, no thanks. What the hell? All his friends thought this pretty funny. We left soon after and I found out he was a Seattle Sonics basketball player that must have thought I would be honored to do his godly laundry. I wish I could remember who it was but I must have blocked it out cuz he was such an ass. I bet my mom would remember.
One of the creepiest things I have encountered was when my husband and I were driving home to our condo many years ago. We had to get home to change for our dinner reservations in Seattle for our wedding anniversary. It was already dark and when we rounded the corner below our condo there were police road blocks. We got out and told them we had to get into our condo but were coming right back out. They told us we could but to do it quickly. Now picture these cops in their black uniforms with bulletprof vest crouching in the bushes with rifles ready. We had to rush by these guys ducking a bit to our 2nd floor condo. We were on a hill and there were cops down in the bushes and along behind the condos down the street. My husband kept telling me to stay away from the windows. We heard the cops yelling on their bull horn but still didn't know exactly what was going on. We got back out and took off. We found out there was a guy in a condo down the hill with a gun threatening to kill his girlfriend. Thankfully he didn't.
At that same condo my husband was out of town and I was laying on the sofa and my front door opens and there is a teenage boy standing there with no shirt or shoes on, staring at me. I screamed at him to get out, he shut the door and ran down towards those same condos below ours. I called the police, he looked like he was on drugs, etc etc. All I can say is he is lucky I didn't have my gun yet.
This an interesting thread, I will have to think of more stuff. Hopefully not all freaky events though.
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