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January 27, 2005
The day my cell phone saved me, or at least saved my car
I had to leave Bob's Hogs yesterday for an offsite sale. An offsite sale involves loading up my car with books, taking them, um, offsite, and selling them. It's a nice way to spend time out of the store.
Being the safe driver that I am, when I merged onto the freeway I noticed that there was a fire engine with light blazing just a few hundred yards behind me. I couldn't pull over to the right, as no one else was stopping and the right lane was an "exit only" lane. I decided to take the next exit, then get back on the freeway immediately, allowing the fire engine to pull ahead of me.
Red light at the cross street intersection.
As I waited to travel from the exit ramp to the on-ramp, I fiddled with my cell phone. I had good news about Frinklin's new job and needed to tell someone.
Mom's phone...no answer.
Sister's phone...no answer.
Dad's phone...doh! The light has been green all this time!
I barely touched my toes to the gas pedal when, from the left, a small greenish sedan ran the red light crossing the intersection. The driver slammed on his brakes after realizing what he had done. I took a moment more to recover, sitting through another round of yellow-red-green before feeling comfortable enough to continue on. All I could think was, my cell phone just saved me!
Posted by Ensie at January 27, 2005 06:38 PM
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You know what that means...
now you have to name your first-born "Nokia" out of gratitude.
Posted by: Richard at January 27, 2005 08:32 PM
When I use my cell phone, I'm usually the little green sedan mindlessly blowing reds. Lucky you! Why are you keeping Frinklin's good news from us??
Posted by: Violet at January 28, 2005 11:08 AM
freaky tiki!!!
Posted by: Dawn (webmiztris) at January 28, 2005 12:11 PM
Well Violet, since there is the whole moving-not-moving thing going on, it didn't seem like that big of a deal.
And no, Richard- we are NOT naming our first kid Nokia. Though she keeps shooting for "Ophelia" as a girls name. Suicidal Danish girl anyone?
Posted by: frinklin at January 28, 2005 06:53 PM
Oooh! I like Ophelia with a "ph"!
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