I was riding home from work today and had another unbelievable event. This is right up there with getting hit by a tree, only this time it was a "slushie."
My route home from work takes me down a relatively crowded two lane road that is heavily trafficked during rush hour. Almost all of this traffic is Marines, and of course most of these are pretty young Marines.
So I am riding this route home, and I am completely in the designated bike lane mind you, when all of a sudden I am hit with a large styrofoam cup full of some kind of red drink! Yes, someone threw their drink at me! At first I could not believe it. I had no trouble staying on the bike and did not even have to slow down, but I was very angry. I saw the car that did it and caught a glimpse of three young men in the vehicle. The speed limit on that road at that spot is 50mph, so I thought that would be the last I saw of them.
Now, this particular road has a stoplight about every quarter mile and in the morning rush hour I can almost keep up with the cars as they have to stop at each one and I catch up before the light turns green. Today I got lucky in this regard again.
As I looked up the road I saw that the guilty bastard was slowing for a red light. I poured on the speed and almost caught up when the light turned green and off he went. Dammit! Then I caught a break. He pulled into a convienence store parking lot. I came into the lot just as the three of them were getting out of the car.
Needless to say I gave them a good scare. I am trying to keep this a family friendly blog so I can't tell you verbatim what I said, but judging by the look on his face when I told him I was a LtCol, he will need to change his pants at the earliest opportunity. Needless to say this young Marine will definitely think twice before he does anything like that again. I will probably send a quick note to his SgtMaj tomorrow as well.
In other news, a recent donation has put me over $1000 raised for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund! I can hardly believe the outpouring of support from everyone. THANK YOU!!
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