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timvp

02-09-2006, 05:49 AM

Today wasn't the funnest day of all-time. That much is clear. It could have been worse, though.

Got my Blazer fixed about ten days ago. It wasn't cheap but hey, it's the price you pay to drive an American car. God Bless Michigan.

Anyways, I'm driving down the road and the check engine light comes on. I look at my gauges and they look decent. I drive another mile and look down to see that my engine is overheating. I make it another mile and by this time smoke is coming out of the hood.

I have two choices; risk the car catching on fire and blowing up or pull to the side of the road and check to see if I can figure out what is wrong. I keep driving.

I'm in the left lane on Bandera getting ready to turn onto Guilbeau when the Blazer dies. With smoke billowing out of the hood and the car gliding on its final breath of momentum, I do the most logical thing and cut across three lanes of traffic into the parking lot of a Kentucky Fried Chicken.

As the honks of horns died down, I managed to land in a parking space. (Nice going by me, if I may say so myself.) I try to turn the car back on. Nothing. I wait about ten minutes for the engine to cool off while I ponder the irony of me breaking down in front of a Fried Chicken joint. Try the ignition again. Nope.

It's the middle of the afternoon and Bandera is packed like usual. Should I call AAA to tow the Blazer now? I decide against it because the parking lot is narrow and I wouldn't want to block faithful patrons from their beloved KFC drive-thru.

At this point I could've called a friend or a cab to come pick me up, but that'd be pretty lame for a two mile walk back home. Luckily I had wind pants and a t-shirt on so I decide to get some exercise while I'm at it. I take off jogging down the sidewalk. Four miles later and I'm about a mile from home. That damn road was longer than I thought.

Fast forward to 2:30AM tonight. I call AAA to tow the Blazer and they say that the tow truck will be there in under 30 minutes. Again, I could get a ride but I'll take the exercise. I'm running down the sidewalk and I'm about halfway there when I get pulled over.

Apparently it's illegal to run at night. The cop asks me a good amount of questions and I explain to him my situation. He's not really buying it and points to a car in the distance and asks if I'm running to that car. I re-explain my story and tell the cop I have no clue why that car is stopped in the middle of the road.

After a couple more questions, including asking exactly where I live and what the address is, he offers me a ride to the KFC. He tells me to hop in the back. Not bad, it's not everyday I get to ride in the back of a cop car.

He asks some more questions as if he was going to uncover a terra plot or something, but I stick to my story. I recall the Snoop Dogg quote citing the statistic that one in five of us will be detained or deceased by the age of 25.

Luckily, we got to the KFC shortly with the AAA tow truck already there and waiting (they break land speed records the one time they could have taken their time ... nice). By that time the cop was being nice and telling me how much it sucked to have broken down there. I tell him that I agree and shake his hand as I thank him for the lift.

The Blazer gets hooked up and we're rollin' back to the house. I thought my day was over, but of course the tow truck stalls. WTF? I make a joke about calling AAA and asking for another tow truck to come help us. The driver didn't think it was funny but he was able to get us going again. We were only going about 10 miles per hour because the truck was stuck in first gear, but by this time I ain't complaining.

Home sweet home, finally. And a couple months shy of my 25th birthday, timvp lived another day without becoming a statistic.

Close call.

Time to sleep and start a new, and hopefully better, day.

Goodnight.

MannyIsGod

02-09-2006, 06:28 AM

No no, its only illegal to run at night if you're BROWN. :lol

Brutalis

02-09-2006, 06:34 AM

Why were you out so late? Bar hopping? You must have good hours at work or something!

When I was 17, I was bored and at a small neighborhood park behind my house when low and behold 5 cops pull up suddenly, draw their guns and yell at me to get on the ground! WTF I was just sitting on a swing, listening to a cd player!

I obeyed. They cuffed me, wouldn't tell me what's up til after sitting in the cop car for 20 minutes after they deliberated. They came back asking me what I'm doing and I kept telling them while pointing at my house! They DROVE me 100 feet to my freaking house. Woke up my mom, told her I broke curfew and that it's a warning this time. WOW. Suprised I didn't make America's Most Wanted!!

Shelly

02-09-2006, 08:22 AM

Ha! My husband walks at night and he got stopped on Guilbeau once also! I wonder if it was the same cop?

And no, he isn't brown...

CharlieMac

02-09-2006, 08:49 AM

That was a good AAA joke by the way.

ObiwanGinobili

02-09-2006, 09:14 AM

SpursWoman

02-09-2006, 09:16 AM

Awesome. :tu

TDMVPDPOY

02-09-2006, 10:13 AM

illegal to run at nite, ROFLMAO!!!!!

sa_butta

02-09-2006, 10:15 AM

Great story, but didnt you say you just got the blazer fixed? Anyways it may be time for a new vehicle.

angel_luv

02-09-2006, 10:47 AM

You're a great story teller L.J. Thanks for the laugh. I needed it. :D

KEDA

02-09-2006, 11:05 AM

today was a good day, and L J didnt have to use is A K

tlongII

02-09-2006, 11:14 AM

timvp has a Blazer! YES!!!

mookie2001

02-09-2006, 11:49 AM

narc

sa_butta

02-09-2006, 12:03 PM

today was a good day, and L J didnt have to use is A KHe even saw the lights of the goodyear blimp and it read LJ is a pimp.

spurster

02-09-2006, 12:08 PM

Apparently it's illegal to run at night.
Hmmm. Does that include before sunrise? Because that is when I jog. Maybe that's why I don't see too many other joggers in the pre-dawn.

:)

Vashner

02-09-2006, 12:14 PM

Das Texan

02-09-2006, 12:16 PM

i wonder if the cop would stop a white dood running at night.

Shelly

02-09-2006, 12:25 PM

i wonder if the cop would stop a white dood running at night.

They've stopped a white dude walking at night. See my above post.

FromWayDowntown

02-09-2006, 12:43 PM

timvp has a Blazer! YES!!!

And like tlong's Blazers, timvp's is broken. Somehow, I think timvp's Blazer will be fixed before tlong's Blazers.

Glad that timvp's situation worked out, despite the wholly unnecessary static.

But, damn; since when is Bandera and Guilbeau patrolled by cops who are concerned with pedestrian traffic at night? When I was in high school, we used to roll up and down that stretch and never see any cops at all.

That KFC parking lot was the practice field for my first soccer team -- back when it was still a field. There's a tree in the lot that was one of the "posts" for our practice goal. At least they saved that tree. Of course, that was at a time when there was nothing on Bandera between Eckert Road and Guilbeau except the Texas Star Inn, a mechanic's shop, the KKYX radio tower, a two-pump Sigmor station, and Wildwood.

:depressed

ZStomp

02-09-2006, 01:17 PM

it's illegal to run at night??? did the cop show you that in writing??
I just can;t believe there is a law that actually dictates crap like that.
How bout a law that you can only brush your teeth between 7:15 & 7:22 am?

anyway. WTG staying outta jail timvp! :tu
And sorry your Blazer is sucking ass..... I had one one time too, I put more into it than I paid for it - so I'm feelign for you on that point.

You know they were being sarcastic, right??

And I'm sure they didn't ask LJ questions cuz he's brown. How often do you see a person jogging at 2 am down Bandera?? Maybe they had a burglary call nearby or something...I too would have stopped and asked LJ some questions.....and I'm NOT racist.

Shelly

02-09-2006, 01:32 PM

:lol

When my husband got stopped, they asked if the was flagging down cars on Guilbeau because someone reported that there was a person doing so. So the grilled him a little bit until he told him that he's just walking for exercise and that was the end of that.

He wasn't walking at 2 am, though, but he does walk later than most people. I think he's part vampire.

Shelly

02-09-2006, 01:35 PM

That KFC parking lot was the practice field for my first soccer team -- back when it was still a field. There's a tree in the lot that was one of the "posts" for our practice goal. At least they saved that tree. Of course, that was at a time when there was nothing on Bandera between Eckert Road and Guilbeau except the Texas Star Inn, a mechanic's shop, the KKYX radio tower, a two-pump Sigmor station, and Wildwood.

:depressed

Unfortunately, there's too much on Bandera now. And I feel for those people that live in that one development by HEB. Some people will have a lovely view of Office Depot, Petco, and Pei Wei.

Target gets a free pass, though. :tu

ZStomp

02-09-2006, 02:01 PM

PS. LJ, you should have gotten a hold of me- I worked last night and I would have given you a ride. :tu

Mixability

02-09-2006, 02:13 PM

PS. LJ, you should have gotten a hold of me- I worked last night and I would have given you a ride. :tu

I know this might be a stupid question, but you're a cop?

Mind if I ask you a traffic question?

ZStomp

02-09-2006, 02:15 PM

I know this might be a stupid question, but you're a cop?

Mind if I ask you a traffic question?

Check ur PMs

Kori Ellis

02-09-2006, 02:34 PM

It's just suspect. If your running wearing a JOGGING SUIT. He was probably running with a jacket and jeans.

If your an LEO that's gonna look funny. Sounds like it worked out ok. No big deal.

If someone just like mugged you and was running down the street you would want an officer to check them out too.

You can tell who runners are. If a couple was running with a stick and maybe a dog around maybe. But someone in work clothes come on?

LJ was wearing jogging (wind) pants and a sweatshirt.

I think it's cool that the cop stopped him (they are trying to make my neighborhood safe), but just funny that he wouldn't believe him that he wasn't "running to that car" :wtf :lol

supaphly119

02-09-2006, 02:38 PM

i didnt read the story, but i wanted to post.

brilliant.

Ed Helicopter Jones

02-09-2006, 03:22 PM

My best friend when I was a kid got "detained" for trying to break into his own house when he lost his keys one time. He was "detained" another time for walking down the street with a guitar and amplifier (his own :) ) after a guitar lesson. I remember once that him carrying his bicycle down the sidewalk after breaking the chain caused a police officer to be very concerned about his welfare as well.

When you're a black man with dreads there seem to be quite a few police officers out there that want to make sure you're having a nice day.

Shelly

02-09-2006, 04:18 PM

When I lived in Ohio, our house was pretty far back from the road. A cop saw me get off the school bus, walk up my driveway and go in my house through the garage. He rang our bell and asked my mom if I lived there.

If I didn't, would my bus driver be an accomplice?

Kori Ellis

02-09-2006, 04:23 PM

1Parker1

02-09-2006, 05:39 PM

:lol I'm more impressed with the fact that TimVP was sitting in a KFC parking lot, and instead of going in and buying himself a sandwich, fries, and coke...his first thought was that it'd be good exercise for him to jog 2 miles home.

:tu Keep it up Timvp:)