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ME AND MY BRIGHT BLUE PICKUP TRUCK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

by Kidd Wadsworth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d been invited to a posh dinner to honor director Martin Scorsese. I decided to drive to \u2018The City.\u2019 My friend recommended that I take the Lincoln Tunnel. Twilight found me approaching the entrance; I glanced at my gas gauge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was young and naive, but I wasn\u2019t worried. \u201cThose New Yorkers are smart,\u201d I said to myself. \u201cI bet they\u2019ve built a gas station right at the entrance of the tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope, no gas station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I wasn\u2019t worried. \u201cThose New Yorkers are smart,\u201d I said to myself, \u201cI bet that tunnel is wide with room on both sides to pull over if you run out of gas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope, earthworms build wider tunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I may have prayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made it through, wheels still turning, spark plugs still firing. \u201cNo need to worry,\u201d I thought. \u201cWith all these cars there must be tons of gas stations on the isle of Manhattan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I looked and looked all the way to the hotel where the dinner was being held. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the valets. I knew they could help me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHi, do you happen to know where I can find a gas station?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The valet rubbed his chin. He looked at the ceiling. Then he yelled over to his bud. \u201cHey, Rodrigo you know where this lady can find some gas?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDude, I ain\u2019t got no car.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The valet promised he\u2019d have an address for me when I came back for my truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event was fantastic, lots of stories, great food. As my first introduction to The City, I was impressed. When the dinner ended, I thanked my host and took the elevator to P1, the parking garage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, my wonderful valet had an address. I drove through dark streets\u2014one eye on the gas gauge\u2014until I found a line of cars waiting to fill-up at the world\u2019s smallest gas station. I had to do a seventeen point turn to get my truck next to the pump. I breathed a sigh of relief. Never have I been so glad to see my gas gauge read FULL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked the attendant. \u201cHow do get back to the Lincoln Tunnel?\u201d Half a page of directions later\u2014remember this was before GPS\u2014I headed across The City. It was 2 AM and I was a bit confused. Wasn\u2019t this the city that never slept? And here I was on a very famous street, Broadway, and everything was so quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I came to this place as bright as day. I\u2019ve never seen so many lights\u2014and people, and noise, and guys working on the sewer system in the middle of the night\u2014and I wasn\u2019t moving, not an inch. You see, it was me, in my bright, blue pickup truck and 10,000 yellow cabbies! Those cabbies weren\u2019t giving me any room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to be polite. Eventually, I realized I was southern in name only. If truth be told very few battles of the Civil War were fought in Texas. Texans aren\u2019t really southern, we\u2019re Texan, and that\u2019s a whole different breed. For example, southerners pride themselves on being polite. Texans respect gall. I looked at those pathetically small cabbies. Then I looked at my BIG, bright, blue pickup truck. The Texan in me figured I had the right of way. I took my foot off the brake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you know? Those New Yorkers are mighty smart. Why they let me pass. Such nice folks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left the lights behind still looking for the tunnel. Once more, and only once more, I gave those New Yorkers the benefit of the doubt. \u201cI bet they have a great big sign pointing to the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel.\u201d (Just so you know, in Texas the signs are HUGE.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope, they had this little sign two feet off the ground with one bulb illuminating painfully small letters:  Lincoln Tunnel –><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Really?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I made it home, but I realized something. When I go to a foreign country, I\u2019ve gotta know the rules. I can\u2019t assume stuff like\u2014where there are cars, there are gas stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I asked myself, what would I tell a New Yorker going to Texas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the things you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Some of Kidd’s stories are in the following anthologies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    I was young and naive, but I wasn\u2019t worried. \u201cThose New Yorkers are smart,\u201d I said to myself. \u201cI bet they\u2019ve built a gas station right at the entrance of the tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":491,"featured_media":30253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2594],"tags":[4150,4149,2159],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=2048%2C2560&ssl=1",2048,2560,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1",70,70,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=240%2C300&ssl=1",240,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=768%2C960&ssl=1",768,960,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=819%2C1024&ssl=1",819,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1229%2C1536&ssl=1",1229,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1638%2C2048&ssl=1",1638,2048,true],"mbt_book_image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C800&ssl=1",640,800,true],"mbt_endorsement_image":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=320%2C400&ssl=1",320,400,true],"theme-large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1170%2C1463&ssl=1",1170,1463,true],"theme-half":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=571%2C714&ssl=1",571,714,true],"theme-third":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=371%2C464&ssl=1",371,464,true],"theme-fourth":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=271%2C339&ssl=1",271,339,true],"theme-thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.asliceoforange.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/misael-nevarez-Dra4_RTC5cQ-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1",200,200,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

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