I crept my way into Umatilla Oregon after a long 91 miles in the high desert heat. I got a hotel room and shower and went to a local pizza joint down the street. it was just me the owner and the cook. the owner had a tough Harley guy image. once we started talking about old cars he warmed up and turned out to be one of the nicest guys I’ve met. after I was half done with the most delicious pizza that I’ve ever had another guy walked in. he also looked like he’d been rode hard and put away wet. the owner asked him what he was doing out of jail. he responded by saying he got out on early release as long as he took anger management classes. he didn’t seem too angry to me, but he told us the story about how he landed in jail. turns out his girlfriend kept turning up the thermostat in the trailer last winter and wasting heat. one night after coming home to a warm trailer and a few too many beers he commenced to hook a chain around the furnace and then around his pickup truck axle. he didn’t have to tell me the end of that story. we all laughed until were tears in our eyes. Later he said he was thinking about going to AA, and then ordered another shot and a beer. Maybe he should go on the road to comedy clubs and tell that story.

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