My Luck

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Four old friends were strolling down the street when they turned a corner and spotted a sign that read: "Old Timers Bar - ALL drinks 10 cents."

They exchanged surprised looks, hardly believing their eyes, and decided to check it out.

As they entered the bar, the bartender greeted them with a booming voice that carried across the room, “Come on in, gentlemen! Let me pour you a drink. What’ll it be?”

The bar was fully stocked, so each of the men ordered a martini.

In no time, the bartender presented them with four perfectly chilled martinis—shaken, not stirred—and said, “That’s 10 cents each, please.”

The men stared at the bartender in disbelief, then glanced at each other, grinning like kids on Christmas morning. They eagerly handed over 40 cents and sipped their martinis, marveling at their good fortune.

Unable to resist, they ordered another round. Once again, the bartender served up four flawless martinis and repeated, “That’s 40 cents, please.”

By now, they’d each had two martinis and hadn’t even spent a dollar. Their curiosity got the better of them.

One of the men finally spoke up. “How on earth can you afford to serve drinks this good for just 10 cents apiece?”

The bartender leaned against the bar with a smile. “Well, I’m a retired tailor from Phoenix. I always dreamed of owning a bar. Last year, I hit the lottery jackpot—$125 million! So I opened this place where every drink is 10 cents. Wine, liquor, beer—you name it, it’s all the same price.”

“Wow, that’s an incredible story!” one of the men said, raising his glass in admiration.

As they continued sipping their drinks, they noticed a group of seven people sitting quietly at the far end of the bar. None of them had drinks in front of them, and they hadn’t ordered anything the entire time.

One of the men gestured toward them and asked the bartender, “What’s the deal with those folks?”

The bartender chuckled. “Oh, them? They’re retirees from Florida. They’re waiting for Happy Hour, when drinks are half price.”
 
Demonracer said:
Don't laugh too hard, I've seen situations like this. Luckily the ones I've seen didn't involve someone dying because of their own stupidity.
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When I was in Jr. High (aka, Middle School), a High School kid, driving his parent's car, lost control of the car somehow, went into a ditch, hit a driveway embankment, and took-out a power pole...about 15 feet up. The kid died, and I remember seeing the car (or what was left of it) at the towing yard for the next few weeks, as we drove past there almost daily.
 
ProjectBazza said:
When I was in Jr. High (aka, Middle School), a High School kid, driving his parent's car, lost control of the car somehow, went into a ditch, hit a driveway embankment, and took-out a power pole...about 15 feet up. The kid died, and I remember seeing the car (or what was left of it) at the towing yard for the next few weeks, as we drove past there almost daily.
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Everyone has a story about an inexperienced driver that met a tragic end from their youth.
I remember one that involved 4 or 5 teens in a full size Oldsmobile, a very large oak tree, and excessive speed that ended the lives of all but one of the occupants.

Another incident involved a guy that I knew who decapitated himself trying to outrun the cops on his motorcycle. He never had a driver's license and he was frequently stoned.
 
trees/telephone poles are car magnets. there were three incidents during high school years. one, cut the pole and then imbedded the base of the pole thru the passenger seat...and passenger. two, hit a pole and had brains scrapped off it and three, a little twig of a tree caught an Olds 442 and did a number on the glass hood and nose.
 
Unconventional said:
:lol:We had a similar incident just up the street years ago. They left a 4' long section of the broken pole attached to one of the lines.......:realcrazy:
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Joint use pole. Power company is responsible for placing the new pole and getting their lines transferred. In most cases, contractually they are not allowed to transfer CATV and phone. They can make it safe, but that's about it. More often than not, the local phone company has the final transfer and removal responsibility, unless there is no phone there and only CATV remains.
 
The greater majority of the CATV companies/contractors are the worst about doing pole transfers. I've worked for and with the larger CATV providers and their contractors, their attitude is, "we'll get to it when we have some slack time". This slack time never happens! On the other hand, when the citizens start complaining to city officials something gets done. It's sad that there are people out that just don't give a "S**T!
 
ragtopfury said:
Joint use pole. Power company is responsible for placing the new pole and getting their lines transferred. In most cases, contractually they are not allowed to transfer CATV and phone. They can make it safe, but that's about it. More often than not, the local phone company has the final transfer and removal responsibility, unless there is no phone there and only CATV remains.
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So that's why I see two poles located right next to each other every so often.....

Thanks!
 
When I was in school, The state was repairing the highway. A guy was trying to out run the cops at night. He hit center of the blade of a D-8 bulldozer. He died and never nocked the mud off the tracks.
 
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