He wants to fix me up with an accountant who works at one of the companies he calls on. He tells me he was at this office equipment show in Boston over the weekend where he met this very attractive model who was working hospitality. As I recall, I was sitting at the bar sipping on a cold brew when this guy sits down next to me. Women - not just attractive women - were as scarce as hen's teeth. That fall night I was at a place called "Lucifer's." Monday nights are usually slow and this one was no exception. I was looking for attractive single women. As a way of unwinding, I would go to singles bars two or three nights a week. At the time, I'm single and living in an apartment near Boston University and I'm teaching history at East Boston High School. As he continues, my mind begins to wander back forty years to the Kenmore Square section of Boston. But that's it."Ībout this time, the Texan starts selling me on the idea of us double-dating with a couple showgirls he's met. Oh, I must have repressed it we danced, close - at a company Christmas party. We chatted several times and we had lunch together once, but that was as far as it went. One of the women in the sales department looked like Marilyn Monroe. Oh, there was another time I was working at a Boston radio station. But I left the sewing machine in the hall and walked out. ![]() You've caught me in a compromising position." Well, for a moment, a fleeting moment, I was tempted. I rang her doorbell (her husband was at work) and, seconds later, a voice calls out, "Come in." The next thing I hear was "I've just stepped out of the shower. Well, this woman was very attractive and had a dynamite figure. Once, my wife was out shopping when she asked me to return a portable sewing machine she had borrowed from a neighbor. He says, "Walt, haven't you ever been tempted?" I mean are you some kind of eunuch?" I said, "Frankly, I have been tempted a few times. Well, after the Texan takes a few sips of beer, our conversation continues. You screw around with one of your wife's friends your wife has fun with her husband." "Can't say I've done that," I said. "I know you Bostonians are prim and proper, but haven't you ever cheated on your wife" Hey, ya know, 'played switchies'. I'm not interested in adulterous relationships." "Come on, son," the Texan said. "Walt," he continued, "How'd y'all like to meet some beautiful women?" I said, "I've been married over 35 years. He introduced himself, Hey, I'm Dick and your name is." "Walt," I said. Seconds later, The Texan from "Big D" changed gears. "You've musta heard of Haliburton well, we're in the same business." "Yeah, I said," Don't they make mattresses?" (I was just kidding) "No son," he said. You've heard for Schlumbarger," he continued. The Texan then continued, "I work for Schlumbarger I'm here for an oil drillin' show over at the Convention Center. Get it, take a leak." "Yeah, I get it," I said. "It's been so dry the trees are bribin' the dogs. "Big 'D'," that's Dallas," he continued (another "dahh"). "I'm from Texas (as if I didn't know)," he said. We became the Lone Star Republic."Īt that moment I thought he was going to let out with a hoop and a holler, but he didn't. The only part I didn't like was when Santie Annie and the Mexicans defeated us at The Alamo. I said, "I'm a recently retired high school history teacher." "History," he said, "that was my favorite subject. ![]() The man with the cowboy hat - oh I'd put him in his 50s - began to engage me in conversation. Well, the man in the cowboy had who had just jolted me out of state of bliss asked, Mind if I join you?" "Be my guest," I said. It was if someone had verbally taken a bucket of Gatorade - ice cubes and all - and unceremoniously tossed the chilled contents onto my back. Then, "Hi Pardner," the voice rocked me out of my state of tranquility. I was sitting at Fitzgerald's second-floor bar. The world, or at least the crowd at "The Fitz" in Vegas was passing me by. I had just downed a cold, crisp and refreshing beer.
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