The Maibock is lovely this time of year.
Not to quibble, Madam President, but I'm having issues with "Rathskellar."
Is it OK to have two in one Ward? Regardless, I think High Germans spell
it "Ratskeller," which means "cellar of a town hall." I like the idea of
having a brewery for a town hall and everything, but Summit's taproom is
not underground, is it? It's more of a "Bluffsch�nke," really.
Can we bring anything?
Oh, Chief Harrington is going to be the Keystone Speaker, isn't he? I'll
have to tell him about my two recent police stories (and the First
Gentleman's dash last night - ha ha! He needs a cape and leotards!).
Well, I might as well tell you here. One's funny and one's scary.
1) While we were in Bushland, spring sprung up here and kids spilled out
of the houses like taconite tailings out of Reserve Mining. All the
neighbors' patience is being tested daily. Seeing trashed street-sweeping
signs in the boulevards and garbage everywhere, and hearing the filth
pouring out of their mouths, is really disheartening. We took a cab home
from MSP (Wilt-Chamberlain Field) to see a cop with no fewer than ten
teenage boys captured and lined up hip-to-hip on the curb, their bikes
strewn about around them. I have no idea what they had done, but it was a
Kodak moment! Unfortunately, I had a digital camera and discharged
batteries.
I want to commend that officer. I'd like everyone on our block to
get to know him better, because it's looking like it's going to be a very
busy summer at StuporAmerica. Ever since we woke up from the Garafalo
Nightmare we haven't known any local officers, and you know how they seem
to get transferred at the most inopportune times. It used to be that the
cops who busted my parties sorta knew me! Ah, those were the days, my
friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a
day...
2) Every day, nearly, I take the Randolph Garbageway to the Great River
Road and go DOWNstream to work. When turning left onto shep, I used to
turn into the near (left/fast) lane as I was taught and then blink my way
over to the right as soon as possible. Well, that wasn't always possible
when someone decides they are going to get around me at any speed and on
any side so whizzes around my right. So I started turning left into the
right/slow lane, provided there isn't anyone exiting Xcel Energy (whose
crap sign* has got to go!) Yesterday I did that and was cruising along at
or just below the speed limit. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a
shimmering light - it was a stopped PU (pick-up) truck in the right lane,
right under the High Bridge. I put my indicator on, looked in the left
lane, let it blink a few times, and moved left. A car was bearing down on
me a bit, and when it got quite close, the driver decided to pass me on the
right and acclerate. By now we were getting close to the stopped truck and
could see that it had been pulled over by a motocop. The driver of the
passing car seemed to still not have looked ahead, "Aimed High In
Steering," "Got The Big Picture," "Left Herself An Out," or any of that.
The cop was walking around the truck and was right by the hitch when he and
I both thought he was about to get severed at the knees. Finally the
inattentive twat hit her brakes and the officer lived to write the ticket.
The moral of that story is, other than addressing the BDS (Bad Driver
Syndrome - don't get me started! "Driving is a privilege, not a right"),
is that I am happy as can be that the cops ticket on Shepard Road, but
they really need to be more careful about it before someone gets
dismembered. Maybe a sign that says "Speed Trap Ahead" or something...
AMH
Armstrong Av
Andrew M. Hine
Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
3M Center 201-1W-28
St. Paul MN
55144-1000
USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel: (651) 733-1070
Fax: (651) 737-5335
Lab 201-W110
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
m
Sent by: To
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [email protected]
forum.org cc
Subject
04/08/2005 08:54 [StPaul] AN: West 7th/Fort Road
AM Federation Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the West 7th/Fort Road Federation will be held this
coming Monday, April 11, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. at the Summit Brewery
Rathskellar. If you live in District Planning council District 9, make
your way over to the Crosby Industrial Park and join us! Updates on our
various projects, board and officer elections, special visitors, and of
course great beer and root beer.
Diane Gerth
(Soon-to-be-ex) President,
West 7th/Fort Road Federation
-------------------------------------------------
JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY:
http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/
-------------------------------------------------
POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected]
To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit:
http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul
Archive Address:
http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
-------------------------------------------------
JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY:
http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/
-------------------------------------------------
POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected]
To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit:
http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul
Archive Address:
http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
