Armybrat
07-16-2015, 01:52 PM
.... here are some anecdotes about him & Barbara living in Houston that were posted by a fellow who ran into them twice:
He's a great guy.
I used to live around the corner from his place in Houston and run into him and Barb all the time. She is a complete hoot.
2 csb's:
CSB #1: One day I was filling up my truck at the diesel pumps at the old filling station at the corner of Sage and Woodway where St. Michaels is. Barb pulled up opposite of me to fill up her Mercedes station wagon. She had no SS protection around her (as far as I could tell). She swiped in her credit card, flung open the fuel door and started to pump in the diesel. She looked over at me and says something to the tune of "I wish George could do something about the damned high diesel prices!" Filled up her ride, got in and tore off. OK, see ya.
CSB #2: On a rainy Sunday, my wife and I went up to the old Blockbuster that used to be at Woodway and Chimney Rock. It was right when the joint opened up so I was the first customer. My wife sat in the truck as I went in to find a movie or two to rent.
I was walking around in the stacks and I saw 3 black Suburbans pull into the lot and back into the spaces right at the front door. Some old guy wearing fishing pants, a wore out Columbia fishing shirt and flip flops gets out of one of the Suburbans, stumbles in, slings his DVD's into the return box and wanders off into the stacks. Following behind him are 3 guys wearing dark sunglasses, ear pieces, slacks and blazers with very large bulges under the breasts of the blazers.
I realize that it's The Prez. GHWB collects a few DVD's and heads to the check out counter right when I was going to it. He was there before I was so I didn't get all up in his grill (hey, he had me outgunned).
He hands over his DVD's to the Asian guy working the counter. Said Asian dude was clueless as to who it was standing in front of him at the counter. GHWB pulls out his Blockbuster card (I guess President's have them, too) and the Asian counter guy runs it through the reader, hits a few buttons and says, "uh, you have about 20 sum odd dollars of late fees. You need to pay the late charges before we can release these DVD's." GHWB re-pulls his wallet and starts thumbing out a $20.
I look over at the manager who rolls his eyes and comes over and says to the Asian guy "we don't need to be charging this guy late fees" and cancels out the late charges. Asian guy never knew the whys or what fors. GHWB says, "hey, thanks," grabs his movies and hits the road with the SS guys in tow.
For the record, GHWB rented Best In Show, Shawshank and some action/adventure movie that looked like one of the Rambo installments.
/csb
He's a great guy.
I used to live around the corner from his place in Houston and run into him and Barb all the time. She is a complete hoot.
2 csb's:
CSB #1: One day I was filling up my truck at the diesel pumps at the old filling station at the corner of Sage and Woodway where St. Michaels is. Barb pulled up opposite of me to fill up her Mercedes station wagon. She had no SS protection around her (as far as I could tell). She swiped in her credit card, flung open the fuel door and started to pump in the diesel. She looked over at me and says something to the tune of "I wish George could do something about the damned high diesel prices!" Filled up her ride, got in and tore off. OK, see ya.
CSB #2: On a rainy Sunday, my wife and I went up to the old Blockbuster that used to be at Woodway and Chimney Rock. It was right when the joint opened up so I was the first customer. My wife sat in the truck as I went in to find a movie or two to rent.
I was walking around in the stacks and I saw 3 black Suburbans pull into the lot and back into the spaces right at the front door. Some old guy wearing fishing pants, a wore out Columbia fishing shirt and flip flops gets out of one of the Suburbans, stumbles in, slings his DVD's into the return box and wanders off into the stacks. Following behind him are 3 guys wearing dark sunglasses, ear pieces, slacks and blazers with very large bulges under the breasts of the blazers.
I realize that it's The Prez. GHWB collects a few DVD's and heads to the check out counter right when I was going to it. He was there before I was so I didn't get all up in his grill (hey, he had me outgunned).
He hands over his DVD's to the Asian guy working the counter. Said Asian dude was clueless as to who it was standing in front of him at the counter. GHWB pulls out his Blockbuster card (I guess President's have them, too) and the Asian counter guy runs it through the reader, hits a few buttons and says, "uh, you have about 20 sum odd dollars of late fees. You need to pay the late charges before we can release these DVD's." GHWB re-pulls his wallet and starts thumbing out a $20.
I look over at the manager who rolls his eyes and comes over and says to the Asian guy "we don't need to be charging this guy late fees" and cancels out the late charges. Asian guy never knew the whys or what fors. GHWB says, "hey, thanks," grabs his movies and hits the road with the SS guys in tow.
For the record, GHWB rented Best In Show, Shawshank and some action/adventure movie that looked like one of the Rambo installments.
/csb