Goose It
Chris’s nickname is Goose; it has been for years. From now on the blog will refer to him as Goose thereby eliminating any need to differentiate between the two Chris’s.
Goose comes by once a week to help me work on my yard – trim bushes, that sort of thing. Someday soon he’ll help me replace rotten deck boards, maybe even re-roof the garage.
Monday after we’d finished scalping the bush that separates our yard from our new neighbors in the red house, I asked for a ride to Idylwide to buy chicken and corn for dinner. Goose drives an Accura Legend, a low slung sporty car with a sun roof. He never uses the A/C, but instead swaps fresh air for whatever music is blaring on his car stereo. As we were returning – base pounding, wind whipping, old man in passenger seat feeling young again – I pointed to the black Pontiac Firebird in front of us.
“That’s the car you should have. Think of the comments you’d get.â€
“I get enough comments driving this car.â€
“Oh.â€
“And it’s fast.†Goose accelerated to prove his point. “I can get to forty in first gear in no time.â€
“ You know what. There is a perfect place on Central St. to see how fast your car can go. Start right before the cemetery and end at my house.â€
“Wait a minute. You said right before the cemetery?”
“Yeah.â€
“There’s always a cop hiding in that cemetery.â€
“There is?â€
What year is the legend? First generation tends to max out around 132 on flat land. Never had the courage to find out about second generation, but it’s definately more than that. Remarkable acceleration upward of 75 mph.
The cop in the cemetary is seldom paying attention, more a visual deterent.
Comment by RiceRocket — August 13, 2005 @ 1:47 pm
its an 89 ledgend and oh it goes
Comment by goose — August 14, 2005 @ 7:55 pm
Nice try, MIke. I suspect you’d’ve been more disappointed had he fallen for it …
What you REALLY need is a downhill leading into a flat where there’s almost nowhere for the gendarmerie to conceal theyselves — such as the stretch between the Sudbury dump and Rusell’s (not that I’d know whether I could get my R100GS to 100 in that stretch or not … ).
Comment by Austrian rocket — August 15, 2005 @ 8:13 am
Does Goose do backyard chores in very south souhern Acton? We are in desparate need of a two-handed expert with weed whackers and hedge trimmers. By the time rakkity gets his left hand back, the backyard jungle may have swallowed up our house. Maybe Goose can put his pedal to the metal and speed on down to Bowie, MD. Should only take an hour or so to get here.
Comment by rakkity — August 15, 2005 @ 2:14 pm