Back in Joisey after a week in sunny Corolla, N.C. Nice to get away, especially with such good weather, plus we took the dog who seems to be back to her old self.
Not much to report from the Tar Heel state — ran a couple of times (four miles each in about 37 minutes); ate some good food; spent time with the family.
Interesting clamor on the way home. We stopped at a 7-Eleven for coffee and some fuel. Annie and her sister were walking the dog off to the side of the store as I was pumping gas when a police cruiser came flying into the parking lot and an officer jumped out, running right past them shouting into his radio “I have a 255 in progress.” A bit disconcerting, to say the least — they were a bit unsure as to whether the officer was about to arrest them for illegal dogwalking, at least until he fled by.
They moved quickly over to the other side of the building when the officer came walking out of the woods with a man in cuffs and several other cruisers pulled up. Best I can figure is that a 255 refers to an escaped prisoner — 14:255 under the North Carolina statutes, according to the Web — so maybe we were lucky things didn’t turn ugly.
In any case, we felt like we were on an episode of “Cops.”
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Other vacation week thoughts:
- Odd how the Mets can’t beat the Braves (they’ve now lost six of nine) but now have a 4 1/2 game lead. Just strange.
And what has happened to the Mets’ outfield?
- Do the Democrats really think that giving President Bush what he wants is what the country elected them to do?
- S.B. Vikings track and lacrosse teams are taking a page from this year’s basketball team. Great job guys.
More tomorrow. I’m tired — nine hours in the car will do that, after all.
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