TRUE ???? # 50

5-12-12

TRUE ???? # 50

Most of you probably know that Ashley sprained all her toes on her left foot, as well as the arch of the foot, the ankle, and the shin bone half way up to her knee. Freak accident. Curtis bet her that she could not ski from the peak to the bottom of Rabbit Ear Pass. She wasn't paying a great deal of attention at the time, but took the bet, not knowing that Curtis meant for her to ski down the mountain some time after next Christmas. Never one to forego a challenge, Ash hitchhiked to Colorado the other day taking her skis, poles, backpack, jerky, and Mountain Dew. Her ride let her out at the top of Rabbit Ear Pass, looking at Steamboat Springs at the bottom. Not one to be flim-flammed, she immediately realized that if she skied down to Steamboat Springs, then couldn't catch a ride, she would have to walk all the way back up. She then turned and presented her backside to Steamboat Springs, which had her pointed toward Rendon, then pushed off. She skied pavement, dirt, rocks, grass and something that looked a great deal like pine cones. She flawlessly executed Christy after Christy traversing between pavement and all that other stuff, and when the steepness of the terrain warranted, she shussed a bunch, exceeding 90 miles per hour on some of the well worn pavement. She passed several cars and trucks, and by the time she reached the bottom of Rabbit Ear, she had accumulated quite a convoy behind her, horns blaring, hands waving, and cheers echoing off the trees. She had managed to get up enough speed close to the bottom to slide out into the flats about three hundred yards. She brought her now smoking skis to a gliding halt, and bowed to the crowd that was gathering, kicking off her skis and waving to the crowd. At this point, Ashley saw this dipstick on a dirt-bike, chasing a wolf. As the wolf passed her and the dirt bike neared, she gathered her muscles and launched herself full force into the dirt bike rider, knocking him ass over teakettle while his bike continued for a few hundred yards and got back onto the highway, where an 18 wheeler made scrap iron out of it. Ash got her leg banged up a little, but tackling a 60mph motorcycle will do that.

Several people have asked me why the chalkboard is put up at an angle. I would have thought it would be obvious, especially to the regulars, but obviously a lot of folks don't know, so here's the straight scoop.

Anybody who comes to the Rendon Cafe very much, would agree that political discussion can get really heated, which is why one rarely hears political argument there. That's not to say that politics is not discussed, but very few argumants take place. Carol, as everyone knows, is not a big fan of the Prez. But of course if you listen awhile, you'll find very FEW folks that are fans of the Prez. Sometimes, when everybody finishes what they were saying at the same time, there may be a slight lull in which the O name is mentioned, then that person immediately shuts up, like he doesn't want anybody not at his table to hear what is being said. I believe, as does Carol, that the clientelle at Rendon Cafe is basically and largely from the right side of the aisle. To make sure that her cafe can not be branded a "vast right wing conspiracy", she decided that there should be something in there to reflect the "other side". What could be better or more fair than a blackboard with all the side dishes listed on it that "leans to the left". Fair because knowing as we do that the left looks at everything "slightly askew", the blackboard is slightly askew to make up for their left-leaning tendency, so what they are now seeing is the straight scoop.

Lacy and Ashley were discussing the glitter on Ashleys face. I commented that she might want to wear some Christmas lights. Ashley made no comment, but Lacy said she could put Christmas lights around her boo?s. They both swear that what they said was boots, but that's not what I heard.

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