Cruising Stratford Road in 1982!

Cruising Stratford Road in 1982!

QIC: Goofy

Date: 03/18/2023

PAX: Green acres (WD), Singing Cowboy, Starfish, D-day (WB), Bam, Goofy (Q)

Six pax went all the way back to the summer of 1982 with YHC at Purgatory.

Just like high school, we were hanging out in the parking lot just chilling listening to early 1980’s tunes on my 8 track player.  All of a sudden, we realized we were late to pick up our buddy.  All six of us immediately crammed into @Greenacres station wagon, leaving the Dodge Charger behind so we could all ride together.  We stopped along the way for a few quick warm up exercises until we reached our buddy’s home in the back of the school.  We each picked up a buddy (aka a rock) and headed to Putt Putt on Stratford at the side of the school.

The games at Putt Putt were not nearly as fun as anyone remembered.  They went something like this.

• 8 lunges
• 16 merkins
• 24 squat jumps
• 32 curls
• 40 SSH
• 48 LBC
• 56 air claps
• You and your buddy cruise from Putt Putt to Mayberrys at the next intersection and back.

Being teenagers and lacking good judgement, we repeated the games/cruising combo 8 times. It had to be 8 to please the math gods (including @Burlap even though he was only present in spirit).

@Starfish was getting after it.  @BAM told us he had to leave early due to a curfew at home.  The rumor he actually left because he couldnt handle the workout with the extra weight from his vest are totally untrue.  @Singing cowboy and I were at a similar pace, and got to cruise together often.  As per usual, he was full of bits of insightful comments on life and willing to share a smile.  @D-day and I tried to high 5 while cruising but carrying a buddy made it look kinda stupid.  @Greenacres just always gets it done – zero complaints.    

Eventually, the rest of us started to make our way back and dropped off our buddies.  Along the way, we got bored and still lacking good judgement, decided to drag race (aka sprint) between the street lights in the parking lot.  No one was pulled for speeding by the cops.  Anyone fast enough to actually be pulled by the cops, probably wisely avoided a @Goofy Q.

Finally we hung out back in the parking lot, did some Mary exercises, then just chilled again, made some announcements and talked about some prayer concerns, including that life is just really really hard sometime.  Before we all headed out, we circled up in a ball of man and prayed for @starfish, @frostbite and family.  A few of us not being ready to go home, decided we would go hang out at a local fast food joint.

Great to be with each of you.  Thanks again for the keys @Undertow.  I even put in an Asia song in the playlist just for you.

Playlist is here https://spotify.link/q3cgoCiGgyb