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| Starter Up by � coondogk9 He cruised around just killing time, doin nothing really. He passed his favorite club and saw all the other vehicles parked around it but just cruised on by. Went by the old neighborhood and had recollections of old man Travis. Travis used to sit on the steps of the courthouse with that pipe in his mouth just rattling away at some tale he�d heard or one he made up. Things were quiet today. Not much going on. Like most times during the week people off to work and kids at camp for the summer. That was part of his job. Keeping the kids at summer camp happy. HEY!!! WATCH IT!!!. Dang kids and their hotrods. Almost took of one of my fender fins. Ok, so I�m driving a junker, so what. I like it. They don�t build em like this anymore. Ole betsey here gets me where I want to go, that�s all that matters and even tho she�s a bit slow I�m in no rush. I used to zip here and zip there and found later in life I zipped past so much I stop and enjoy now. (taps a gauge on the dash panel, ahhh. Now it�s workin). Lemme see now. third one on the left. Hmm. Yep, sure enough it�s kaput. (gets into his work suit and gathers some tools) dangit. Always one gotta be hard. Ungghh. Ahh. That got it. Creakkkkk (as the panel opens). Ouch, wished they�d make more room in these durn things. Click, all right!!. Got that one goin. 4 more and I�m through for the day unless another one messes up. Ya know when I first took this job I wasn�t too happy, but as time went on I realized how important it was. To see the smiles on those kids faces made my day. They�re not used as much nowdays as much as they used to be. Now is all modern technology and this and that. But I�ll bet these will never be just nostalgia like a lot of things that disappeared. It was my job to keep that from happening. Guess you might say I kept a piece of history alive. Lovers still sit as well as some that just want to be alone or get lost in the glow. A "Star Lighter�s" job is never done. Yep, that�s me. I go around changin the bulbs and fixen shorts in the stars so them kids and lovers have somethin to gaze at every night. Well, I got 4 more to do before dark. Have a nice day. The Masked Writer <o.o> <o.-> � 2002 T Lovett |