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Originally from Dublin, Ireland. Moved to London and then Leeds, England, I now live in Toronto, Canada. Oh and now back again. Anyway, you can take the woman out of Ireland but, you know the rest. Basically the stuff on here will be the same no matter where I am. Ramblings and rantings about stuff, some from Canada.Some of them really do say 'eh' ~~~~~ "ascertaining the comprehension, continued interest, agreement, etc., of the person or persons addressed"

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Highway to

The following story is true in all details, only the names have been changed, not to protect the innocent but to have cooler names.
Picture the scene.....
It was a dark and stormy night. Um, not that late really, more like late afternoon and it wasn't really stormy just a bit overcast. But, it had been snowing the day before.
I'm not doing such a good job of building the tension here.
Interior of car, driving along, listening to the radio.

Zephyr is driving, Zola in the passenger seat, Zoltan the dog in the back.
Just ahead in the other lane is are two oversize load trucks, with their accompanying convoy vehicles. All are travelling much faster than the posted speed limit.

Up ahead a road sign.....




The song playing on the radio is (seriously) Highway to the Danger Zone

listen to it here

You know the one, from the Top Gun film, includes the lyrics

Revvin' up your engine

Listen to her howlin'roar

Metal under tension

Highway to the Danger Zone

Ride into the Danger Zone

Anyway, back to the car. The trucks are speeding along, snow is blowing and swirling, the bridge is getting nearer....
Zola tenses in the passenger seat, her mind flashes back to several years previous, another snowy day and a head-on collision. The injuries that time were minor -just bruises and a chipped ankle bone.
Zephyr speeds up slightly....
And safely passes the trucks.

3 Comments:

At Fri Feb 15, 06:04:00 p.m., Blogger Ashwin Alexander said...

7. Bridget Jones Diary

Plus I guess one of the others will be that George Clooney - Catherine Zeta Jones movie.

 
At Fri Feb 15, 06:13:00 p.m., Blogger Ashwin Alexander said...

Oops. right answer, wrong post.

Nice story by the way. Sometimes stories without plots work.

 
At Thu Mar 13, 05:41:00 p.m., Blogger Amanda said...

right on both counts cristin!

 

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