A Good Story
11-28-19, 10:42 AM
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A Good Story
A chef, a girl, and a mystery bike. (Twitter thread)
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11-28-19, 12:20 PM
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A good story...
Originally Posted by article
He served Sonny Liston 7 pounds of carp. He talked Richard Nixon into lifting the tequila trade embargo. He smuggled hash out of the Congo in a size-13 cowboy boot box. He stole three taxis in the same night.
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The bike?
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"Want to know how I remember?" he asked.
"How?" I said, absolutely flummoxed.
"She was MY girlfriend," he said. "I sold him the bike and he stole MY girlfriend!"
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11-28-19, 04:16 PM
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Interesting character
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“One morning you wake up, the girl is gone, the bikes are gone, all that's left behind is a pair of old tires and a tube of tubular glue, all squeezed out"
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Yes! Absolutely a cool story. Thanks for sharing it. Characters such as Tom are the true salt of the earth imo.
A quote of his from the article reminded me of another thread going here about the various merits of this forum...
"The secret to learning is being around people you think are smarter than you," he said.
And I think that’s the main reason I’m here. Not only is this forum made of some great personalities, but the shared knowledge & experience factor here is a true gift to recipients like myself.
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BTW, I’m not so sure the lovely green Eisentraut was the bike he owned. Is that a Rainbow? Or an A Frame? Reading through the twitter thread, it appears that this Limited was the fella’s ‘Traut:
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Lastly, thanks for showing me that there is more to Twitter than, well... you know.
A quote of his from the article reminded me of another thread going here about the various merits of this forum...
"The secret to learning is being around people you think are smarter than you," he said.
And I think that’s the main reason I’m here. Not only is this forum made of some great personalities, but the shared knowledge & experience factor here is a true gift to recipients like myself.
— — —
BTW, I’m not so sure the lovely green Eisentraut was the bike he owned. Is that a Rainbow? Or an A Frame? Reading through the twitter thread, it appears that this Limited was the fella’s ‘Traut:
– — —
Lastly, thanks for showing me that there is more to Twitter than, well... you know.
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