I'm back

[1CAVCCO15MED]

Had a wonderful time and have lots to share but before I do I want to tell about sometning that happened before we left.

This story started when I was in high school. I was a Junior and my sister was a Senior. Unlike me she was definitely unnerdlike and was secretary of her Senior Class. One of her duties as Senior Class secretary was to put on the Senior Girls Prom. She worked very hard at this for several weeks and them the night before the prom, her boyfriend split with her. Here she was promoter of the Senior Girls Prom and she didn't have anyone to go with her. Where could she turn? You guessed it, little old nerdy me. I dated my sister and we have a prom picture together. And yes, it was the only prom I went to.

Go forward many years until week before last. I have been going to AA for a while and this is only mentioned because it is central to the story. I knew I would be going in some Irish pubs and went to a meeting to get a little "fortification" for the trip. I got to the meeting here in Johnson City, Tennessee and had not said a word to anyone about why I was there or where I was going, I just showed up. The first guy to speak was of all things an Irishman. He starts off this way: "You know, there is a saying in Ireland that a man who wouldn't drink in an Irish pub would date his sister to the prom." It was downhill from there.

[WateringHole]

When I was going through high school, had a part-time job at a gas station that was owned by two Italian brothers. As everyone is aware, when you 16/17 years old, you have to take a lot of stink from your employers because there isn't too many jobs for someone who's unskilled and so young. There was no breaks, constantly had to stay busy. If you got a coke out the machine, you couldn't let one of those Italians see you drinking it because they would dock you an hour. You had to hide it and take a sip now and then.
Anyway, when I quit, I said "I'd rather take a horse whipping than having to work for an Italian again." When I was going through Light Wheel Mechanical school at Ft Lenord Wood, one of the guys in my barracks said he worked at a mechanic shop that was owned by an Italian. I almost flipped when he said "I'd rather take a horse whipping than having to work for an Italian again."

[Packo]

Can't wait to hear about the trip!

I wondered about those pubs!

What's so odd about Tennesseeians dating their sisters???????

Pack

[DMZ-LT]

Welcome back Fred !

[Keith_Hixson]

I understand that in South Carolina you may be your own Grandpa.

Keith

[Gimpy]

Welcome back!

Did you get to kiss the Blarney Stone?

Gimp