On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:36:47 -0700 (PDT), aem >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

>On Jun 8, 8:22*am, Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:21:07 -0700 (PDT), aem >
>> fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>>
>> >Simply not a believable story. * *-aem
>>
>> I've been posting here for 15 + years. I have no need to make up a
>> story. [snip]
>
>I didn't mean you made up the story. I don't doubt that you panicked
>and sat in Quiznos for an hour, missing your meeting. Sorry if I gave
>that impression. What is not understandable is why you did what you
>did. The L.A. Mall is adjacent to City Hall and City Hall East. The
>farthest away you can park is one block. You said you had walked
>nearly a block when you heard this guy, which means you were within
>easy reach of the doors to one of those buildings, where security is
>obviously present. Why didn't you just keep going to your meeting?
>That's what I don't understand. -aem

I left the underground parking garage without knowing which direction
was Main St. I walked nearly a block when I realized the sidewalk dead
ended and I was headed in entirely the wrong direction. It was at this
point that I made a quick U-turn, nearly running into the guy, who
also made a quick U-turn, and a few steps later, he's talking on a
cell phone describing me. There was no one else ahead of or behind us
who fit the description. By the time I believed he was up to no good,
I was back at the steps leading back up to the LA Mall, cut through a
small plaza that was loaded down with homeless people, trotted down
more steps into the underground shopping area, and dove into the first
shop I spotted, which was Quiznos.

Admittedly, I have a left-hander's reverse compass in my head, which
is why a dance instructor once chalked an "R" and "L" on my practice
slippers. My sense of direction is backwards. Never did make it to
City Hall.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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