Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 14:17:23 -0800 (PST)
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From: Matthew Henricks <mjhenks@engr.csulb.edu>
Subject: Re: Hail & Well Met! (/f early)
marlin, i told them to stop by or call when they get down my way.
(huntington beach) i guess i will have to wait a while till they get
here. say hi for me.
take care and God Bless
matt
On Thu, 14 Mar 1996 mbates@s3.sonnet.com wrote:
> I know it is not friday yet but this is not exactly joke material either
> (although it is hopefully humorous).
>
> Background:
>
> About 2 months or so ago when I first joined the list Matt J. and Susie
> (his girlfriend from New Zealand by way of London) sent a message out that
> they would be doing a cross-country trip and could they stop over and meet
> some people along the way. Well, I was new and eager so I gave him my name
> and number and told him to look me up when he got to Stockton, CA. Many
> moons went by and I just kinda forgot about it.....
>
> Present:
>
> Matty called the night before last as I was trying to wrest the steering
> wheel out of Lazarus (who IS appropriately named) and said he was in town.
> He wanted to get together with us and some of the Sacramento folks if he
> could. I said great and we just seemed to hit it off so we talked for
> awhile and chatted and we agreed to get together for lunch the next day.
> So the next day I came home and got my wife (she substitute teaches so is
> on call. thankfully she did not get a call yesterday) and daughter and we
> all went out to lunch.
>
> We met at their hotel and, of course, I checked out their '70 Westy before
> I actually saw them! Fun folks. We all just seemed to hit it right off.
> We managed to get through lunch with a blast and agreed to meet later that
> evening. Perhaps get up to Sacramento.
>
> Welllllll :-) We never quite made it. We spent the whole evening just
> having LOADS of fun. We spent a great deal of time in the bus. This was a
> little weird considering that we had a cozy, warm house not more than 6
> feet away but we all agreed that it just felt right. We ordered Chinese
> food and ate it right there on lawn chairs and by the light of his dome
> light and a candle and chatted for hours.
>
> It started to get cold so we moved it inside and we watched a little bit of
> Ren & Stimpy, we blew Barney to bits on my Mac and continued to drink.
> They found this intriguing little drink called Bullwinkle Soda. It is a
> ELECTRIC BLUE color and is called a "Vitamin Soda Pop". Matt and Suz also
> demonstrated its unique ability as a Vodka mixer. Oh, I think we accepted
> that ability a LITTLE too much. I am *STILL* reeling from that!
>
> So, about 4:45 AM *I* trudged off to bed as I was dying for sleep. A few
> hours later as I was trying to get ready for work. I was oh so painfully
> reminded of the nights activities. Matt and Suz had slept on our sofa bed
> (we really did not want to find our new friends frozen in the morning!
>
> They are out right now getting a boom box for the Bus. I am going to wire
> up a cigareete lighter for them in the Bus so they can run an adaptor to
> power the Boom Box when they are driving. We have both taught each other a
> lot about our Westys and have had a lot of fun.
>
> I guess this is sort of a "See you too can do this" message. If you also
> responded as a person for them to see write back! They are loads of fun
> and a welcome addition to your lives!
>
> -Marlin
>
> P.S. there are lots of little side stories that arose in the last two days
> that I would love to tell but the noise from the keyboard is giving me a
> headache! :-}
>
>
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