Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:37:17 -0500
From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] On the road


It is amazing at how poorly people give directions!  I go every year
to State Farm to say hi and get a new free atlas, but this year they
went cheapo and had this thing that looked like a comic book.  I will
have to invest in a nice laminated one this year.  I too love maps.  I
had my first coffee accident while driving this weekend.  I am getting
too old for multi tasking while driving.  A nice half cup of hot java
in my lap will teach me next time.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Hobey Ford <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
> So Tom-Tom ,  I thought you had moved to FL.  My daughter lives in
> Harlem now and we will have to get together next trip.  Must be nice
> to have Elise along with you.  I find bringing family always makes me
> run a bit late.   But Sue who has a Middle School Marimba band and I
> did a gig together at the national Orrf conference and it was fun but
> exhausting.  I thought my loadin was difficult.  She drives a small
> school bus packked to the gills with instruments.  The kids usually do
> the loading and set-up but this time we had to.  Yow!  Makes me
> appreciate my relatively small amount of gear.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 8:41 AM,  <BNathanson-AT-aol.com> wrote:
>> Hobey, you got lost off the Long Island Expressway in Queens???   Elise and I
>> live in Queens, at least part of the year.   You were probably 5 minutes from
>> our apartment!!!   If you had only called, I could have been your private
>> Tom-Tom.   Wait a second.   That doesn't sound right.   I have a 3-year old Dodge
>> Grand Caravan with 129,000 miles (averaging 43,000 miles per year).   When I
>> first started on the road, I used to unload everything into the motel.   As
>> the years passed, and my bones ached more, I now leave my wood frame stage and
>> 75 pound fibre case in the van (which has tinted windows because of the Florida
>> sinshine).   I bring in my Passpot sound system, small trunk which has the
>> puppets and blue tote bag, which has lights and wires and cables.   I figure if
>> anyone is willing to schlep my fibre case and stage away from my van in the
>> middle of the night, they are welcome to what remains of my career.
>>     Now that Elise is no longer working, she tours with me a lot, which
>> makes the trips so much less lonely.   We try to sightsee whenever we can, but
>> there never seems to be enough time.
>>     I listen to NPR wherever I can get it, and have tons of CD's in the car.
>>  Believe it or not, I have never used books on tape, although I always meant
>> to.
>>     As far as dining, I find that challenging, and we usually do fast food
>> salads for lunch, and try to find local restaurants for dinner that aren't
>> expensive.
>>     I agree with your truck driver analogy.   I always considered myself a
>> trucker/moving man/puppeteer.
>>     When I was young and had hair, I used to love to get out on the road.
>> Now, I do it only because of necessity.
>>     Bob N.
>>
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