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To: smokingfrog

I once turned in front of a bus that was driving down the middle of the street in the “trolleys only” lane. It was my fault, though - - I really should have looked before turning. The bus crashed my truck’s front quarter-panel and spun me around like a cinder block hitting an egg. I was jarred but uninjured.

Anyway, it was 5:00 rush hour on a dreary March day in a real depths-of-despair part of Philly. (Germantown Ave. and Erie Ave., for those who know Philly). I was the only white person in that universe. The people all got off the bus and evil-eyed the crap out of me because of the inconvenience I had caused. I surreptitiously retrieved my handgun from the truck and dropped it in my pocket.

I chatted with the bus driver for a couple of minutes and apologized. Then we waited. A cop soon showed up, and then a tow truck (from a body shop where they monitor the police band to get business), and I was able to get out of there in one piece. This was back in the ‘90s before I ever owned a “mobile phone”.

Anyway, several weeks later I got a notice in the mail that one person on that bus was suing me - - the freaking bus driver. I dished it off to the insurance company and never heard another word about it. Took a month to get my truck fixed and back.


11 posted on 12/13/2012 2:21:21 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Wow, thanks for that story.


12 posted on 12/13/2012 2:29:27 AM PST by gettinolder (Pursue the enemy relentlessly to the limit of every man's endurance.)
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