odds and ends

This morning the weather is fabulous. Its chilly enough that the horses have their hairs fluffed up, 65 wonderful degrees with a breeze...fall is coming and I have some homemade chili and a cold beer waiting for it! woohoo!

We have had a couple of fun interactions that i keep meaning to blog about but...well you know how it goes, then something more fun happens that I book mark, then more fun and more...etc etc. You'd think we where on vacation or something! grin..

The gas station: I'm inside paying for gas, no pay at the pump for diesel...a whole 'nother story... and a black gentleman walks in the door and then dramatically falls back against it and says loudly looking right at me...
'"uh-oh...I'm in trouble now!"

I'm like "wha?" wishing old Wanda giving me my receipt would hurry the hell up...

"You are a BEEEEAAUUUUTIFUL woman and my wife is real jealous"

So, I'm smiling like you would at any crazy person and trying to see if I can slip past him to the door.
Wanda the slow, behind the counter is chuckling now, so I immediately think there is a plot afoot. and Mr. man is not letting me out. He is holding the door like he will open for me but not opening it....

I notice there is a emergency door behind the coffee and pork rind counter( nothing like pork rinds with your coffee I always say) So I give the guy one of my best smiles and try casually sliding that way....

"I love you and when I leave my wife , she's gonna hunt us down and kill us!"
This is where Wanda chimes in with " uh huh!" likes she knows this as fact.

So I say" You cant love me, I may be the most hateful woman in the world!" sidling toward the door( notice i used the word "hateful" grin, one of my fav southern sayings)

Wanda is actually guffawing at this point " oh Chester," she says between snorts" You really in trouble now!" and she winks at me.

"that's OK," he says to me and opens the door he has been guarding" it would all be worth it! you have a wonderful day now you hear!"

winning smile- winning smile- eye contact- eye contact-sidle- sidle- whew! outside! " why thank you , er, Chester, you have glorious day too!" with that I sprint for my truck, giggling.....nothing like a good old fashioned southern teasing to make your day. I have to learn to relax.......


Tim at the small engine repair with our broken weed whacker:

guy behind the counter "what can we do ya for?"
Tim "what?"
guy " whatcha got there"
Tim"do you fix weed whackers?"
guy "whats this run off of?"
Tim" what?"
guy "this isn't gas..."
Tim "no, no it uses propane"
guy backing away from our weed whacker like its a bomb"PROPANE?"

"naw naw, we only fix gas....wouldn't know where to start with propane!"
another guy from in back" PROPANE?"
Tim" uh, OK, thanks"
another voice from in back" the thing uses propane?"

Tim closing the door behind him, "PROPANE?" we giggle all the way home as Tim recreates with all the appropriate facial and body expressions! We really must learn to keep all our OUTRAGEOUS green contraptions at home! Tim came home ,down loaded a manual off the Internet, took the thing apart and fixed it himself! grin

Ain't the south great? We think so!