[DL] FW: [DL-OT] Vacation Anecdote #1 [John Goff read this]

["Leybourne, Brian" <Brian.Leybourne@airnz.co.nz>]

This was so classic I just had to forward it to the regular list... It's
from Kimmet.

Enjoy.

Brian.

> From: RYAN.KIMMET@DFAS.MIL
> 
> I've been meaning to share this since I got back:
> 
> We're (we = me, my current DL Marshal who I'll simply call 
> 'Dude,' and our wives) driving through the Mojave desert from 
> L.A. to the Grand Canyon. Not used to driving through such 
> vast stretches of *nothingness,* we forget to top off the gas 
> tank before we leave civilization.
> 
> So we're cruising along, it's getting dark, and Dude says, 
> "we're low on gas." We press on, a little uncomfortable that 
> we don't know when we'll come across some fuel. But being a 
> true frontier explorer, I've got my cell phone and AAA card, 
> so I'm not too worried about buzzards feasting on our 
> carcasses just yet.
> 
> Somewhere around 1/8 of a tank, we see a brightly-lit gas 
> station up ahead. "Huzzah!" we cry, and pull off onto the 
> exit road leading to this overpriced oasis in the night. 
> 
> Dude and I both catch the name of the road at the same time: 
> "Goffs Road." 
> 
> He points at the sign, and I say, "huh." Our wives give us 
> funny looks, but we're used to that.
> 
> We all get out to stretch our legs, and I start filling up 
> the car. Dude's wife looks around, points into the darkness, 
> and says, "look--something's moving out there." Sure enough, 
> it looks like something long and dark is rolling slowly past 
> the gas station about 50 yards away from us.
> 
> My wife stares at it in the moonlight and says "Oh. It's a train."
> 
> A night train. By Goffs Road.
> 
> Dude and I just turn and look at each other.
> 
> We paid for the gas and got the hell out of there.
> ___________________________________________
> Ryan "life is stranger than fiction" Kimmet
> RKimmet@DFAS.MIL

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Brian Leybourne
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