Subj : Re: Cars
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Apr 24 2019 21:22:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-22-19  07:18 <=-

 JM> didn't, or get very far going the wrong way on a one lane one way
 JM> street. (The lane nearest the buildings was unloading only and a solid
 JM> line of cars). I had cones and barrels set up, along with a Do Not
 JM> Enter sign blocking one half of the street so one lane out.  There was
 JM> also a stop light at that corner.
 JM> I would keep an eye on cars at the light and know when someone was
 JM> going to try and drive the wrong way and shoo them off.

Pretty obvious setup...  ;)

 JM> One time this parent drove through the intersection and tried to go
 JM> the wrong way.  I stopped him in a hurry.
 JM> I asked if he saw the barrels, cones and Do Not Enter sign.  He
 JM> replied yes.  I asked what he thought that meant.  He said he didn't
 JM> know, he wasn't from around here.  

In other words, he saw it but didn't want it to apply to him... ;)

 JM> I gave him a stern look and said barrels, cones and do not enter
 JM> signs are pretty universal "from Antarctica to Zanzibar".  He hung his
 JM> head in shame, his wife said "I told you so" and hit his right arm and
 JM> started laughing.  I did as well and gave him directions. 
 JM> They had to pass by me on the way out and I gave him a "some
 JM> people!" look and then smiled, hanging my head, shaking it and gave a
 JM> sigh. We both laughed over it.  

There you go.... ;)  No, sir, you are NOT a special case.... <G>  He
should have just listened to his wife to begin with.... ;)

ttyl       neb

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