[MR] funny story about pay phones, Pennsic, and Hurricanes

[LWright740 at aol.com]

Long ago, when dirt was young,  I remember how precious my school  break 
vacations were.  I got to leave my beeper, not study, and pretend  that I was in 
another world.  I went to the war.
 
 I had certain responsibilities to cover while at Pennsic and could  not be 
out of touch for a full two weeks.  The first call from the my  mother to let 
her know I was there safe and I called at least once a week  after that.  I 
really should have checked in more but the lines for the pay  phone were long and 
there were so many fun distractions.  I checked in with  work three times 
over the two weeks.  What a change in the world now.
 
One year, when I called home on the trip back from Pennsic, I couldn't get  
my Mom at any of the pay phones I hit.   The next day I got my  Mom on the 
phone and I scolded her for not letting me know before hand where she  was (all 
day and night) while I drove home. 
 
My Mom fussed me right back asking,  "How do you miss  the entire North 
Carolina Coast Evacuating for a hurricane."
 
 I had thought there was a lot of rain when we got to Southern  Virginia, but 
I never tuned into the news.
 
I defended myself with the telling her it never came up in the weather  
reports at the WAR.
 
 "Don't you read the paper", my mother said.
 
I indignantly replied, "Of course I do!  I got the Pennsic Daily  Tiddings 
every day."
 
>From then on I always got the paper on the trip back from the war.
 
In the Dream,
Lady Lora Leigh
 
 



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