Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gary McGath Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: A happy-ending Buffalo police story Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 06:09:26 -0400 Organization: Mad Scientists' Union Lines: 13 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:09:27 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3731ac2a6c9a221530c49792fff70a82"; logging-data="1226284"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+N9nuNNHqxCVeEux/uljSFj3QSAj7b5f8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:zQ/NxIHAmY7RS8QEAC8HeBYGJdQ= Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1544 Driving home from NASFiC, I must have been tired, because I turned the wrong way onto a one-way street in Buffalo. I instantly realized my error, and the only thing I could do was climb the sidewalk and wait for the oncoming traffic to clear so I could make a U-turn. This took a while, and then I saw a police car turn on its flashing lights. I figured I was getting a ticket for sure. But instead the cop stopped the oncoming traffic so I could make my U-turn and did nothing else to me. Three cheers for the Buffalo Police! -- Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com