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9/12/18: Predators and Scammers (Part thirty four, Omaha Motivations #1 version #2)
Omaha Motivations #1 In January of 1978, the minimum wage was raised from $2.30 to $2.65 per hour all over the country. By the second Saturday of that September… after a little over two weeks [...]
9/11/18: Predators and Scammers (Part thirty three, Norfolk Maneuvers version #2)
Norfolk Maneuvers Yes, I wanted to believe him. I wanted to believe the promise that I would get to go on the road with cool Fred Berdine's cool band and start living the rock and [...]
9/10/18: Predators and Scammers (Part thirty two, A Special Kind of Liar version #2)
Chapter Three Same old Same old... A Special Kind of Liar There's no way Fred was expecting me. He had every reason to think he’d never see me again. More than a week had passed [...]
9/9/18: Predators and Scammers (Part thirty one, The Equalizer version #2)
The Equalizer And then it got weird. The weird thing that happened on this new road (Kansas state highway 160) was that I got a ride like… Like, right away. I mean… I didn’t even [...]
9/8/18: Predators and Scammers (Part thirty, The First Ride version #2)
The First Ride I throw my battered old suitcase into the back of the pickup truck and move to the side of the cab. A man on the passenger side has stepped out and holds [...]
9/7/18: Predators and Scammers (Part twenty nine, A Moment Like No Other version #2)
Chapter Two Freedom and Lies Along the Road A Moment Like No Other Walking. And then… Sitting, watching, waiting. Not waiting. Taking in, all that is on this road. And beyond. And then… Walking [...]