tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post114025331503309568..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Mission AccomplishedBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-1140330244171030202006-02-18T23:24:00.000-07:002006-02-18T23:24:00.000-07:00I call it pop, too, Laurie. By rights, seeing as ...I call it pop, too, Laurie. By rights, seeing as how I was born in Georgia, I should call it "coke." My grandmother, God Rest, used to say to me "Bucky, you all want a co-cola?" Didn't matter if it was root beer, 7-Up or Coca-Cola, it was ALL "coke." Or, as she said: "co-cola." <BR/><BR/>And...as long as we're talking about pop... Years ago I did a biz trip to NJ by way of NYC. I had a rental car with NY plates and stopped in Jersey to fill it before going back to the airport. I get out of the car and begin gassing the thing up, only to be accosted by some air-headed teen-aged girl who demanded "Just what the Hell do you think you're doing?" "Uh, filling my car?" sez I. She points to a sign indicating there's a NJ law that prohibits self-serve gas dispensing and yanks the pump handle out of my hand. She's the attendant, obviously. So, suitably chastised, I walk towards the station and call out to her "Hey, where's your pop machine?" She answers: "You New Yawk perverts may sell dope out of machines, but WE don't!" It took a minute for that to compute, but after regaining my composure, I rephrased the question to "soda."<BR/><BR/>True story.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-1140288136374334992006-02-18T11:42:00.000-07:002006-02-18T11:42:00.000-07:00Not a bad post for being intoxicated. Nothing emb...Not a bad post for being intoxicated. Nothing embarrassing told, and no typos. I'd hunt with you after a beer at lunch ;) The water thing... not good. You might consider filling a few empty pop bottles with water and have it stored somewhere so you can at least make coffee and brush teeth with in an emergency. I'm told the material the pop bottles are made of don't deteriorate like milk jugs so they are better for storing water. (Yes, I'm from Western NY and I call it pop, not soda)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com