Jammy Deal (with apologies to Kim)

[milltech]

Yesterday I had an Internet order for a Nasa masthead unit for a gentleman in France. I didn't have one so I removed the display head from a Target 2 box and sent it off intending to order one in from Nasa to make a complete one again.

Then last thing last night I got a telephone call from Ireland. "How much would it cost to upgrade his Target 1 to Target 2 and could I sell him just the display head?"

Could I just!!! Great deal for him, very neat for me.

What are the chances of a coindcidence like that? It ranks with two visits I made to Mallorca in 1969 and 1972 when, coming out of the airport, I got the same taxi driver each time. I didn't remember him but he remembered me. Cabby talent or am just memorable, (answers not required).

 

[Vara]

Nice one.

If a cabby remembers you over such a long time you either drastically over or under tipped him on the first journey!

 

[marina95]

John - You're very memorable!! (remember me? probably not! NASA instrument pods, a common friend "Stanners")

 

[FullCircle]

So what does this cabbie want with a Target Masthead unit then? Or have I missed the point. And how did he get his cab back from Mallorca to Ireland. Aren't they in different countries? I wouldn't carry Frenchmen in the back of a cab either for that matter.
A Twilight Zone special.
I once boarded a train in Southern Spain 3rd Class and was confronted by the Works idiot and his idiotic family from Ashford. Took me all week to shake him/them off again. The foods so greasy here, and the heat, another pinto of Watneys Redo Barrelo ....... Last time I went anywhere by train for years.

 

[milltech]

I am a name not a number! (Patrick McGoogle or was it McLycos). How I am supposed to remember someone called gk29? Please.

I am famously good on voices, on names and faces I'm total crap. Such is life.

 

[milltech]

Well yes it wasn't quite that simple. On the first visit I had gone to Sta. Something to meet a pension owner and take pictures of his gaff for the tour company I worked for then. I kept the taxi driver for an hour or so while I did this and then heading back to the airport with time to kill I invited him to join me for lunch.

Perhaps it was not so amazing he remembered me, but still pretty amazing to get the same guy on successive occasions three years apart.

 

[Gunfleet]

Not really. There's only two cabs in that aeroport.