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OK true story. Halloween 2016. I was working for Hillary in Elizabeth City, NC. Everyone went to OBX to go out but I was tired and had to be at work super early
I tried to order food around 11 but it was too late. Someone sent me to the only bar in town, only place still open
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I tried to order food around 11 but it was too late. Someone sent me to the only bar in town, only place still open
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So Halloween, or Saturday before. Everyone was in costume. Small town hookup scene, they all knew each other and everyone ignored me, which was fine.
I sat at the bar by an older gentleman dressed as Santa Clause. Not exactly, though, like Santa in street clothes- see above.
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I sat at the bar by an older gentleman dressed as Santa Clause. Not exactly, though, like Santa in street clothes- see above.
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Turns out it was not a costume, that was his every day look. So we started talking. He says drives a shuttle van to take drunk people home at the end of the night.
Quite a racket, too. Cabs are illegal after midnight, bars close at 1, when this guy is the only game in town.
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Quite a racket, too. Cabs are illegal after midnight, bars close at 1, when this guy is the only game in town.
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So I had him write down his number. His name is Oday. Oday Betts. He& #39;s obviously a local celebrity bc everybody knows his name
He doesn& #39;t drink, says he did plenty of partying in the 70& #39;s when he drove the tour bus for his cousin& #39;s band
STOP ME IF YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING
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He doesn& #39;t drink, says he did plenty of partying in the 70& #39;s when he drove the tour bus for his cousin& #39;s band
STOP ME IF YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING
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Seriously, no one? Ok lemme spoon feed you.
So he told me about the band. When he was a kid his cousin came to visit one summer. Oday introduced him to his best friends, two brothers, and the three of them started a band. (Oday wasn& #39;t musical, see aforementioned tour bus.)
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So he told me about the band. When he was a kid his cousin came to visit one summer. Oday introduced him to his best friends, two brothers, and the three of them started a band. (Oday wasn& #39;t musical, see aforementioned tour bus.)
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So yeah, that was his cousin Dickey and his buddies Gregg and Duane. He is responsible for getting the Allman Brothers together.
So every night after that I would get him to drive me home (being responsiblehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍻" title="Clinking beer mugs" aria-label="Emoji: Clinking beer mugs">) and I would just ride around with him asking questions.
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So every night after that I would get him to drive me home (being responsible
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I couldn& #39;t get him to volunteer for Hillary but he let me put a placard in his back window and he let me look up everybody& #39;s polling location as we were driving around.
It& #39;s hard to stay in touch, he doesn& #39;t have email, but I& #39;m gonna text him this picture tomorrow and say hi
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It& #39;s hard to stay in touch, he doesn& #39;t have email, but I& #39;m gonna text him this picture tomorrow and say hi
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Some of the best things in my life have happened because I talk to strangers. https://twitter.com/KullVeda/status/1244844029843562498">https://twitter.com/KullVeda/...
This is a great story too!!
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