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Re: Spridgets, Bruce, and Midnight Rides [Way Long]

To: "Ron Soave" <soavero@yahoo.com>, "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>,
Subject: Re: Spridgets, Bruce, and Midnight Rides [Way Long]
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 00:35:40 -0400
Don't you dare post that "Golden Retreiver" comment tho.
Oops Guess I just did - thats why I bought a Springsteen hat!!

Larry

>>>>On 8/8/99 9:37 PM so and so (Ron Soave) said. (And I quote:)

>Yes, it was quite the memorable day.   Had a great
>time with Larry and Frank, and appreciated the tour of
>Frank's Sprite heaven, along with a drive in Franks
>yellow buzz bomb w/ 5 speed.  He had to keep telling
>me "you got 5th, Ron."  I could get used to that. I've
>seen Bruce 15 times or so since 1980, and this was
>among the best, well worth the trek from the south
>side of the Cheddar Curtain. My cousin generously gave
>me 2 extra tix, and Larry and Frank were both 1st time
>converts.  My cuz now wants an A40.
>
>I took some pictures of them driving up the parkway in
>the Sprite that will get posted somewhere soon. All in
>all a great day, and hope we can all meet again soon. 
>Gotta get me some of them Macy bellbottoms.
>
>
>--- Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> wrote:
>> Well my day started about 12 Midnight on Fri AM. Got
>> an email imploring 
>> me to take off from a Ride and Drive (where I was
>> earning cash) to 
>> venture 3+ hours to see some old geezers play
>> guitars and a sax. 
>> Well I said I'll see what I can do. Then proceeded
>> to snooze till about 
>> 4:30 AM when a car alarm on a Monte Carlo SS in the
>> parking lot decided 
>> to start screaming. With so much going through my
>> head I couldn't get 
>> back to sleep. 
>> 
>> So I woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across
>> my head (and for 
>> those that know me know this is likely to be
>> impossible). Well any way 
>> took a shower. Got up read some mail, surfed a
>> little then got dressed in 
>> khaki pants and white sneakers (on a Sat fer chis'
>> sakes). Took the bent 
>> Midget down to Villanova to participate in a Ride
>> and Drive. Got to drive 
>> a new Ford Focus around following a bunch of
>> millionaires. Our own Allen 
>> Heffner was there as well. And he actually saved my
>> bacon. Thank you SO 
>> VERY MUCH Allen!!
>> 
>> Any way about 2 PM I went to the boss and told him I
>> had an opportunity 
>> to see Bruce Springsteen but I needed to leave now.
>> I had coverage for my 
>> slot (Allen). His reaction "Why are you still here?"
>> 
>> Jumped in the Midget and did a fast cruise down
>> I-276 to Jersey, Up I-95 
>> for a short piece and in about 1hr forty min found
>> myself at Frank 
>> Clarici's front door. With him nowhere in site. Last
>> time I drove there 
>> it took a little over 2 hrs. One stretch of road was
>> pretty cool 571 S in 
>> central Jersey. Winds through trees and little
>> towns. Have to take the 
>> opportunity to pass when you get it, and quickly.
>> 
>> Well I stood talking w/ Franks wife and Ron Soave's
>> cousin for about 20 
>> min waiting on Frank and Ron to get back from a
>> drive in Frank's Sprite. 
>> Anyway changed into the ubiquitous bell bottoms,
>> grabbed a quick 
>> beverage, and off we went, Frank and I in the
>> Sprite, Ron and cousin in 
>> some behemoth of an SUV (actually a nice new Grand
>> Cherokee). 
>> 
>> I don't think Frank knows what brakes are for. Slows
>> by downshifting and 
>> chirping the rear tires. (Just kidding Frank). Well
>> up the Jersey Parkway 
>> to the Jersey Turnpike to the wilds of the NYC
>> environs called the 
>> Meadowlands. Playing cat and mouse with every lesser
>> driver we could 
>> find. Pulling into a very long and slow toll line
>> Frank announces "yes, 
>> we have no gas". Toll booth operator tells us to go
>> wrong way from the 
>> Meadowlands to get to a petrol replenishment outlet.
>> Fortunately Ron's 
>> cousin knows the area like the back of her hand, Cuz
>> by the time we made 
>> 15 turns and about 2 miles to make a simple U-Turn I
>> was lost.
>> 
>> Pull into Giants Stadium parking lot, on the wrong
>> side of a highway 
>> between us and the Continental Airlines Arena (don't
>> you love these new 
>> fangled sponsor names on sports venues). There on
>> the the side of the 
>> building in 10 foot high letters: Bruce Springsteen
>> and the E Street Band 
>> - 15 Shows - Sold Out. Well we crossed a pedestrian
>> bridge and entered 
>> the arena.
>> 
>> 2 and 1/2 hours later ears ringing we try to get
>> back to parking lot. 
>> Ever see 50,000 people trying to cross one bridge
>> over a highway to a 
>> parking lot? Not a pretty site. Heard "Buses - No
>> Waiting" Head for 
>> buses. Well after waiting about 20 min crushed in a
>> wad of dazed and 
>> confused fans, The Jersey Native gets ahead of us
>> and climbs onto a bus 
>> that breaks down. Another pulls up and off we go,
>> following Franks 
>> repaired bus. Get to parking lot and get back to the
>> Sprite and Jeep - no 
>> Frank. He shows a few later and we wait while the
>> nuts clear the lot. Go 
>> for a late dinner - about 12:30 AM Sun. Then Ron and
>> cousin go their way 
>> and Frank and I head for the Parkway. 
>> 
>> After a 90 min cruise on a fairly empty parkway we
>> arrive back at Franks. 
>> in a light rain the last 20 min or so. My new wipers
>> are in a box - in my 
>> house. Pull out the trusty Rain-X do the windscreen
>> and I'm off for home 
>> about 3 AM. Every try to get petrol in Tom's River
>> NJ at 3 AM? 
>> 
>> Off and running back up 571 at about 3:40 AM.
>> Remember the Midget is 
>> bent, well it is cross-eyed too. I can see all the
>> way around a right 
>> hander but not so good straight ahead. I mean it is
>> drivable but I put 
>> Halogens in so I can see a loooong way.  Beautiful
>> night for a cruise. 
>> Empty roads, warm, but humid morning. No rain. Get
>> back into PA about 
>> 4AM. Down an empty 276 and home at 4:40AM Sun, sky
>> starting to get light. 
>> Remember I said I started on Sat AM about 4:30. 
>> 
>> All in all - a great day spent with great Spridget
>> buddies!!
>> 
>> Larry
>> 
>> PS Bruce was FANTASTIC!!! Puts a lot of intensity
>> into his show. Sorry 
>> you all couldn't be there. Hope all is well in LBC
>> land and hope you are 
>> all jealous!!! 
>> 
>> PPS Told you this was Way Long
>> 
>> Larry Macy
>> 78 Midget
>> 
>> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>> 
>> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>> System Manager/Administrator
>> Neuropsychiatry Section
>> Department of Psychiatry
>> University of Pennsylvania
>> 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
>> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>> 
>> In a world without walls or fences, what use do we
>> have for windows or 
>> gates?
>> 
>> 
>
>Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com


Larry Macy
78 Midget

Keep your top down and your chin up.

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104

In a world without walls or fences, what use do we have for windows or 
gates?


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