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02-19-2009, 09:52 AM | #1 | ||
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Ok, this was fun.
Yesterday (Wednesday) I had to go to downtown Phx for a meeting. My meeting was at 9 and I left my house at 8. I had to take the 51 freeway down to my meeting and I knew that Obama's motorcade was going down that highway to get from his resort to his town hall in Mesa. I noticed the traffic was heavy and there were cop's (highway patrol) every 100 feet or so, I have never seen so many cops in one place at one time. So, I was about 1/2 way there when BAM, blowout in my right rear tire of my car. I pulled over to the shoulder. I got out of my car and a trooper pulled up behind me (within seconds, he was only about 1/4 mile behind me and probably saw the blow out). He said "Problem?" DUH. I showed him my tire and he said "come with me". He made me sit in the back of his patrol vehicle and told me I could NOT take any cell phone pic's of the motorcade. about 10 min. later the motorcade with all it's glory drove by. I was less than 40 feet from the leader of the free world. WOW, such a photo op but NO, I couldn't take a shot. After he was gone the cop actually helped me change my tire. Darn it all. it was impressive, I've never seen such an event.
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02-19-2009, 11:45 AM | #2 | |||
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You were closer than most at inaguration!!!!!
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02-19-2009, 12:02 PM | #3 | |||
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Very cool post.
Sorry about the tire. |
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02-19-2009, 12:31 PM | #4 | |||
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Good timing for a blowout -- you'd have probably got hung up in traffic anyway. What a nice cop!
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02-19-2009, 02:29 PM | #5 | |||
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COOL!! I can see where pointing a camera at the president could be hazardous to your health..
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02-19-2009, 02:35 PM | #6 | |||
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Was there a rainbow in the sky as the motorcade passed you? Did you see any unicorns?
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