Yesterday morning our ship docked at the Los Angeles World Cruise Port in San Pedro, CA. As we left the building the area out front was much like an airport arrivals area.
Directly in front of the large building was the pick up and drop off lane for individuals. Several hundred feet to the right and over one lane was the "shuttle" pick up area.
Upon leaving the building I noticed the Entperprise Car Rental shuttle we needed to catch off to the left stopped in the area not for shuttles. Before I could get there it was filled up and left. I stopped and pulled out my wallet to get the Enterprise phone number to call for clarificatoin on where to wait for it when it returned.
Conventiently on the curb was a long string of steel / metal poles painted yellow about four feet high. I laid my wallet and paper on one of them while I unlocked my Blackberry to make the call.
We were told to wait in the shuttle area so hauled all of our luggage the two hundred feet or so on down and across one lane. After waiting there about ten minutes I happened to reach back to check on my wallet and it was not in my pocket.
My heart skipped a beat as it had what little cash we had left but most importantly my credit cards I needed for the car rental and my drivers license. I knew it had been in the safe in the ship cabin until that morning when I had put it in my back pocekt. I quickly worked through my movement in my mind and realized I must have left it on top of that yellow pole by the sidewalk several hundred feet away among the milling 1500-2000 people.
I set out at a dead run ( a funny sight I am sure) with my heard in my throat as I could not imagine that it would still be there with as many people around as there was.
However apparently it is true that God looks out for babies and idiots as I got closer and saw it still resting on top of that pole!!!! I consider that pretty much a miracle considering how many cruise customers, porters, etc were milling about.
I am convinced that you need a chaperone when you go on vacation ROFL
I once made chicken pot pie for a crowd of about 15 of us for the holidays. But I forgot to put any chicken in it. Does that count? My niece even wrote a song to commemorate it.
I made a banana pudding and forgot to put bananas in it...
My husband and I worked for the same business, 2nd shift, he was still going to ABI in the mornings and we rode together to work. We had been married about 6 mos and one night he was going to work much longer. He didn't want me to have to wait around so suggested I drive home alone and he could find a ride. The apt was about 7 miles away and we had a "59 olds? ( it was a huge car with fins, what can I say!) and I didn't have a drivers license. It was winter and there was a light snow but I managed to get to the apt. It helped that it was late (11:30pm) and everyone in bed.
I got to the complex and parked but since it was a large car I thought it was taking 2 spaces so I backed up---crunch--- hit a moving car.
Since I didn't have a lic and therefore no ins we agreed to paying for the damage. The estimate was about $300 which at the time was lots of money!
The driver was visting friends at the complex and spoke poor english. It was more adventure than I needed.
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(Common sense is not so common.)
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James
My husband and I worked for the same business, 2nd shift, he was still going to ABI in the mornings and we rode together to work. We had been married about 6 mos and one night he was going to work much longer. He didn't want me to have to wait around so suggested I drive home alone and he could find a ride. The apt was about 7 miles away and we had a "59 olds? ( it was a huge car with fins, what can I say!) and I didn't have a drivers license. It was winter and there was a light snow but I managed to get to the apt. It helped that it was late (11:30pm) and everyone in bed.
I got to the complex and parked but since it was a large car I thought it was taking 2 spaces so I backed up---crunch--- hit a moving car.
Since I didn't have a lic and therefore no ins we agreed to paying for the damage. The estimate was about $300 which at the time was lots of money!
The driver was visting friends at the complex and spoke poor english. It was more adventure than I needed.
yup! Yer an idioT!
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Don't attack me personally! Blame it on the beans! (espresso)
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
I needed a little energy so I made myself one of those great emergenC vitamin drinks.... I got to work... I started putting away clothes and other things. I picked up my broom and started sweeping and I was working hard... I stopped for a minute to rest and thought, "Man I love those energy drinks...they work fast".... Then I looked over to the counter only to see the energy drink still sitting on the counter, untouched! Hmm! Oh well! LOL I had a good laugh at myself....again!
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I never met a chocolate I didn't like!
*sigh* I did nothing yesterday.... I wasn't finished so I did nothing again today!
I needed a little energy so I made myself one of those great emergenC vitamin drinks.... I got to work... I started putting away clothes and other things. I picked up my broom and started sweeping and I was working hard... I stopped for a minute to rest and thought, "Man I love those energy drinks...they work fast".... Then I looked over to the counter only to see the energy drink still sitting on the counter, untouched! Hmm! Oh well! LOL I had a good laugh at myself....again!
Aha!! I always suspected those things worked by placebo effect! LOL!
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