Thanx Mr. Busdriver
Comments(1) So after a rough week, I went to a brewery near where I’m staying to use this free pass for the tour. Essentially, all the beer you can pound in two hours. Chatted with some interesting folks, including a Laotion IT guy with a serious southern accent, and a hobby brewer in town while his son recovers from a spinal injury. I was walking home, well plowed when an empty MARTA slowed beside me and the driver asked “Sir, didn’t you want this bus?”. So I got on, pretending my pass card still had a ride on it, and the driver, a middle aged bearded black guy, pretended I did too. More than anything I think he wanted someone to talk to during the layover. Which is what we did, mostly about the history of Atlanta since the 60′s and how the city has changed. I learned about this film with Billy Dee Williams and John Cassavettes shot here in the early 80′s. I knew Lando Calrissian had done Colt 45 commericals, but not that he’d worked with Cassavettes. The driver had an idea for personalized editions of Monopoly based on whatever neighborhood you grew up in. I hope it works out for him, he was a nice guy.
That is the third time Monopoly has been mentioned to me just TODAY! Someone was commenting about an old French (Paris) edition that was pretty rad, and another person mentioned how they learned the Chinese characters for the subway from the game cards. Also, I think the idea is a really great one and the guy could make a million bucks… real bucks.