Thursday was the monthly meeting for the Georgia Z Club. I use the club meetings as "Drive Your Z to Work" days, weather permitting (and sometimes even if I know the Z might get rained upon).

The weather was pretty good, considering it's January, so I was in the Z car. I received one thumbs up on the drive in. That always feels good. On the drive home, I heard the driver next to me honk his horn. I turned to look, and he also gave a thumbs up. Then a little while down the road he got behind me, flashed his lights, and briefly turned on his right turn signal. I figured that he wanted to talk or get a better look at my car.

I turned into the next shopping center, and he followed. He started off saying that he used to own 7 Z cars. He was active in the local Z scene 20 years ago, but as life changes happened, his Z collection went away. He told me that when he saw mine, he had to get a closer look. We chatted for a while, and I gave him a card for the club.

I told my wife about the incident when I got home. She was surprised that I pulled over. I guess I lead a charmed life that I was confident about the other guy's intentions.

Last summer I flew 1000 miles to a town I had never visited before to spend a long weekend with a number of Z car people I had never met. Heck... I even jumped blindly into cars with some of them and their wives!  

20 minutes ago, Captain Obvious said:

Last summer I flew 1000 miles to a town I had never visited before to spend a long weekend with a number of Z car people I had never met. Heck... I even jumped blindly into cars with some of them and their wives!  

The surprising part is that they let you into their cars.

By the way, now that I'm working less I may actually remember to send you the light sockets you've been wanting.

52 minutes ago, Captain Obvious said:

Last summer I flew 1000 miles to a town I had never visited before to spend a long weekend with a number of Z car people I had never met. Heck... I even jumped blindly into cars with some of them and their wives!  

And lived to tell about it! 

2 hours ago, siteunseen said:

And lived to tell about it! 

He jumped in with me and we did a quick pub crawl. Great time! Our map was on a napkin, IIRC.

11 hours ago, SteveJ said:

The surprising part is that they let you into their cars.

Haha!! No kidding!! I'm not sure I would!
No hurry on the sockets my friend. I'm off the road until next spring.

8 hours ago, siteunseen said:

He jumped in with me and we did a quick pub crawl. Great time! Our map was on a napkin, IIRC.

And we all lived to tell the stories. Not only was the map on a napkin, but it was scribbled down AFTER the crawl started!
Now THERE'S a recipe for success!