Well, Tony, My son said you were the one who made my 55th high school reunion trip (the one and only one I've ever gone to) an unbelievable event.
I get to Laguardia, feeling just a little insecure, and before I can get my bags off the carousal a black guy that looks like the lead from ""Driving Mrs. Daisy"" steps into my vision and takes over....WOW!
To say the least I was impressed with the timing, the look of the guy and the way he put us at ease. He was good.
Then he gets us situated outside on the walkway and goes to get the car....So I'm checking out all the black Town cars, a zillion of them, looking for my guy and from across the street here comes walking to get us... Wellllll... we walk behind him past this mile long, white limo, that I'm thinking is there for some rock star, and we go by it to the rear and he opens the door for my wife...CHEEEEEEEZE!
So we get in and all I can think of is, I hope some of those people, that I haven't seen for 55 years, are out in front of the hotel when we pull up. Of course they weren't. After all it's 11:00 p.m. and their all about 72, taken their teeth out and gone to bed.......There were 6 drunk young guys out there, but they were too far gone for me to impress them with the car ...Shite!
To say the least the car and the guy were one of the highlights that I'll remember for a long time..... And I'll embellish the story every time I tell it.
Thanks again for this fantastic memory, Jerry and Sherrie Ervin
Ps, The guy made the trip back to the airport just as great by taking us through Manhattan, in that giant car, absolutely the greatest.
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