Went to a totally different Outback Steak house. With close to the same results as my last story but this time I didn’t do anything. I can’t wait to tell so here goes.<P>The same buddy and I are planning on going out to see a movie Friday night. So we get on the road and are going to drive by the movie house and get tickets for The Mummy Returns, then go to dinner at Outback. Well the line was huge, sold out, and raining like the story you’ve heard about a Cow and a flat rock. So, I drop my buddy of at the front door of Outback so he can go in and get us on the waiting list, and only I would have to run through the torrential rain. I get inside and he already has us seats. Somehow there was no waiting, people everywhere and we get a seat.. (Go figure) So We are sitting there maybe 5 minutes, order a couple of beers, and the guy and gal behind Skip (my buddy) get up to leave. The girl looks right at me, takes a step close to out table, drums her finger nails on the table, looks at me and says “Hi, how are you doing tonight”. Looking right at me.. I said Excellent, Please try to stay dry.. She says I’ll try. Smiles and leaves. And leaves with the guy. I look over at Skip and he says, “Dude, She didn’t even know I was here. You’re an AssW$%le, You’re a dog, Tex,you are going to Hell.” I said “ I didn’t do anything to go after that. Did I, DID I”. He said “Nope, that's why you’re an ASW#$le” and started laughing. We had a good dinner and went back to his place to watch cable and let the rain pass us by.<P>Then on Saturday morning I need a hair cut. My ritual is to go to Starbucks for a Vente Mocka and head to Supercuts, read the paper, drinking coffee, and waiting on the list. My turn comes and I get this older lady, as I’m telling her how I want it done and a cutter from across the isle said “How was your coffee” and starts making small talk. I remember the last time I did this (about a month ago) that time it was a terrible cup and asked that she throw it away. Well, she invited herself for me to buy her a cup sometime. Sure I said, I think we can arrange that sometime. As I was checking out I saw she had a wedding ring on. I damned near fell out. I looked her in the eye, said thanks, and left. Nope. Ain’t gonna be me that breaks something up. Nope, Notta, No how.<P>So later in the day I get to the gym to play some racquetball w/ another buddy who is 21Yo with the reflexes of a cat. I get my bu#$ whooped pretty good, but that's OK. He says he was going out that night to a Cinco De Mayo festival to have a few beers. I said Cool call me if you decide to go, maybe we could go shoot some pool later on. Well he never called.. I get a phone call Sunday night another buddy had just gotten off the phone w/ my racquetball buddy’s mother. It appears he did in fact go out and while he was on his way home during in the rain somebody broke down in the middle of the expressway. He rear-ended it, totaling his truck and the word is he lost a finger. <P>The point to all of this is “The Good Lord works in mysterious ways”<P>Ya'all Be good Now. YeHaaa<BR>Tex.!!<BR>

Hey Tex,<P>Enjoyed the story. Don't think I've heard the expression about a cow ****ing on a flat rock this side of the Missisippi in years. I thought that was Wyoming line.<P>Bumper

Sounds like women in Dallas are pretty forthcoming. I used to be a woman from Dallas but now am in Atlanta. Not familiar with the cow/rock phrase, sorry. <P>

It was raining like a Cow p!@#ing on a flat rock!!. <BR>If you've ever seen it you would know what I mean..<P>;-)<P>Tex.<BR>

Tex,<P>Your stories are always so entertaining <BR>Please keep them coming!!!

Tex,<P>Sometimes I think moments like that lady coming to your table, are just what we need to get a tiny boost of encouragement. <P>I had a terrible week last week. Saturday, stayed in bed until 2 pm! Pulled myself together, and took my 3 kids to the grocery store. Now my hair and make up were on, but to look at me, you could tell I cried for 3 days. Out of the blue, this guy comes up and just smiles at me and disappears. I'll admit, I looked for him and couldn't find him, just because I wondered what that was about. I went to another store for the rest of my sales and someone else, looked right at me , smiled and said hi.<P>All I was thinking is, I have no wedding ring, 3 kids, and look like a mess but those two incidents were just what I needed to get thru the rest of the day.<P>I think there are times like this when God might send us an angel to get us thru that day. Especially when I take a second look and can't find the person!<P>As for the car accident, I'm sorry to hear about your friend, and hope he will be ok.<P>Dana<BR>

Must be something about those steaks that brings out the aggressive women,huh?<P>Is this your favorite restaurant of all time now?<P> <P>Lisa<P>------------------<BR>I am woman...hear me roar...okay - meow...okay - purr? Hey, I'm working on it.

Hi DanaB<P>I absolutly agree. I think they are angels. That's one of the reasons I now give to the people that walk up to my window and ask for money or something. I had a guy come up to me while I was in my truck, I said no. I started to feel guilty and said to myself "That my have been an angel" and started digging in my pockets for some change. When I turned around the guy was gone. Out in the middle of an open parking lot. Gone. No way. I even went crusing around to find him. Gone. I now believe he was heaven sent.<P>I didn't get to see my buddy last night but my understanding is that he lost his ring finger on the left hand. A bunch of my other buddies were over to see him and they were messing with his head while he was on some big time pain relievers. HEHeHe. The big dummy. They said the hospital let him go a couple of hours after the accident. The only thing that went throught my head after hearing htat was they must have just slapped hotmetal to it, like it was some kind of Clint Eastwood western movie or something. <P>Tex.<P>Tex.

Tex.<P>Not sure if you used to watch Seinfeld or not, but there was one episode where Kramer was diagnosed as having the "Korvorka" (sp?). They called it "the scent of the beast" that attracted all women <P>It was a pretty funny episode and your stories kind of reminded me of it.<P>BTW: The only way Kramer could get rid of it was by soaking for hours in a tub of water and garlic!!! Just in case....

Interesting. I'm sorry, if that's what I got first of I wouldn't know it. I think I would stay away from the garlic for at least the next couple of years. I think it a problem I may won't to explore for awhile. HeHeHe ;-) <P>I don't know what is happening. I don't go after these women. They just walk up and say Hi! I have to say it feels great. It never happened to me before or during my marriage. I've been told I look like Lee Majors (6M$ man fame) I heard a pair of ladies talking the other day and I overheard one of them say Bruce Willis. Personally I think it more like Kramer. HeHeHe. I have no way of getting contructive feedback on my looks. So I think it more an impression. I have no idea.. <P>I'm kind of afraid to talk about it for the jinks factor.<P>Tex. <BR>