I'm at work today...
I drive for a living, in the mountains of So. Cal. This morning I'm in between a local ski resort called Bear Mountain, and the golf course across the street which is now closed for the season and is serving as the secondary parking lot for the ski resort. Both parking lots were packed, because Bear Mountain (which should be called at this point "Bare Mountain"
opened today and every snowboarder in Southern California who either doesn't have a job, has parents who're willing to pay for the day, or who HAS a job and is brave enough to take the day off was there. They've been making snow for a few days, we had about an inch and a half last Friday, and there's enough snow for snowboarders to board single-file from top to bottom: about a fifty-foot wide strip, three inches deep.
I'm sitting at a dead stop waiting for cars to be let into the golf course parking lot and I spy four kids of about 18-20 getting out of a sparkling white Range Rover with license plate frames that say it was bought in Irvine. These kids are wearing BRAND NEW snowboarding clothes; not a smudge to be found anywhere. BRAND NEW boots; not a scuff. They're carrying BRAND NEW snowboards, not a scratch (and, I might add, not a HINT of wax on the bottom) anywhere. BRAND NEW goggles; not on their foreheads... nope. They're WEARING them as if they're whooshing and shooshing on the slopes. To top it all off, they're ZIPPED up tight as if it's freezing outside. It's fifty degrees, scattered clouds, no breeze.
So here they come, swishing across the street right in front of my truck. What follows is only minimally paraphrased, I promise...
Me: Yo... You guys from the OC?
Snowboarder 1: How'd you know?
Me: Just a hunch. Seriously? You guys are going to go PAY to go up there and board on THAT?
Snowboarder 2: Fuck YOU old man, you wouldn't understand...
I'm not the TOUGHEST guy in the world, but I know I'm at least a head taller and probably 50 lbs heavier than these kids, and just to fuck with them I open the door to my truck a little bit...
Snowboarder 1: HE DIDN'T MEAN THAT
Snowboarder 3: (He grabs 2 by his jacket with both hands) What the FUCK is wrong with you? I should hold you while he kicks your ASS!
After an awkward moment, we were all laughing...
Snowboarder 2: What's he gonna do anyway? He's OLD.
Me: How old do you think I AM? (I'm 52)
Snowboarder 2: I don't know, like 40 or something...?
Me: Nice try... I'm 35.
Snowboarder 2: Well I was close!
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What a great story! Those kids were really foolish...
I hope they didn't wipe out too badly!
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