Thursday, November 16, 2006

The Mayor Goes Gambling

Sunday morning, after Milo and I took our walk, I loaded up the car with the comforter from our bed and headed down to the Laundromat.  My favorite place to be on a Sunday morning. (yea...right!)  Donna was working.  She is a beautiful, mature woman in her 70's with well kept gray hair.  She takes in laundry, cleans up the messes and keeps us all in conversation.  There is always room for a laugh at the Laundromat.

As our conversation moved from topic to topic, she asked where I lived.  I told her "up in Sunshine".  Somehow I knew the next question was coming. 

"I know someone up there, do you know Chris?" 

I replied, "Of course I know Chris, he's our Mayor"!  We both laughed because there is no real mayor, we just call him that. 

Donna continued "Well I saw him up at Central City in one of the casinos.  He came over and sat down next to me.  He told me he knew the secret of winning on the slot machines". 

She smiled and continued," He took me over to a different machine and put in one quarter and pushed the button.....a loser.  He did the same thing two more times.  Then (her voice when up a notch in both volume and pitch) he said 'here's the secret'.....He put in 9 quarters and hit the button.....He WON!!!!!! Not only did he win but he won $75!"

Donna and I had a big laugh over that.  I would only happen to Chris.

 

This morning, Milo and I took our walk at the normal time (7AM).  We passed by the old, burnt out firehouse.  They are starting to rebuild.  As we reached the fork, we heard the sound of Chris's white Ford mustang coming down the road.  Chris stopped in the middle of the road and handed Milo a treat.  I asked him about Donna's story.  Typical Chris, he looked at me with a very serious look and denied that he gambled.  He started to chuckle.  "Do you believe in luck?"  He started to laugh, and said "I sure do, because it was pure luck that I hit on that machine"!   He drove off toward Boulder, still laughing. 

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great story, thanks for sharing

Anonymous said...

LOL have a good friday:)

Deb

Anonymous said...

good story lol Vicky :)

Anonymous said...

A great story David. You are surrounded by great characters. I have a question for you. The BBC are airing Steven Spielbergs television production at the moment. It is six episodes all about the settlement of the west of America by white people. The main family they feature are Wheelers. Have you seen the series? If so, are you by any chance a descendent of the intrepid pioneers featured in the show? Well that's 2 questions, but I know you won't mind,
Kate.
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Anonymous said...

Cute story... I suppose its like the old Vegas saying "what happens is Vegas , stays in Vegas" !!!!
Have a great weekend
Ellen

Anonymous said...

Mr. Mayor sounds like a really funny character. I love people that can always make me laugh.  Reminds me of a story when I was a young girl growing up in Las Vegas....  I will have to post it one time...

Kara

Anonymous said...

Sounds like you have a close knit community in Sunshine David!!!! http://journals.aol.com/shayshaydc/Golfaholic
Sharon:)

Anonymous said...

Chris sounds like a real fun guy to know!!!

be well,
Dawn

Anonymous said...

I love that, pure luck~
I used to spend a lot (a lot) of time in Colorado. I loved running up to Central City and the other one.......ummm, Blackhawk? Or something like that. You know, the people at my laudromat won't even look at a person, much less talk. I need to head to a new place the next time my king sized comforter needs a washin.......
Rebecca

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing the characters in your community with us. Take care.
Sylvia

Anonymous said...

Great story.  He's a character!
Lori
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Anonymous said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, David!  Chris is quite the character.  (My DSL problems have been solved...finally.  No more disconnections since it was hooked up at 9:45 am last Sat.)  Chris

Anonymous said...

TY for coming by.
Have a wonderful day!
Happy Thanksgiving.
Sugar
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Anonymous said...

Dave,

It's so much fun to read your blog -- it is like we are visiting in the kitchen over cookies in Cheyenne again.  I hope this holiday season is a happy one for you and your family.  Much love from Arizona -- Your sis, Marilyn