On occasions we go to the KwikSave market at the Exxon station in Wimberley for coffee and light lunch from their food selection. Plus, they have gasoline prices competitive with the lowest in the area.
Its always interesting to find some local people to chat with who come to the store for drinks or food. Some sit to rest and eat, others just buy snacks and leave.
Recently two men and a small boy arrived in two large dump trucks. The trucks were red, rather new looking and really well maintained. They parked out in front of the gas pumps as that is the only place to park vehicles this large. The drivers and the small boy came into the store and as they were about to leave, walked past our table. I could not resist commenting on their trucks and how well they were maintained. That seemed to spark their interest in conversation, so we chatted at length.
Seems as if they were drivers for a local man who owns the trucks. What was especially noteworthy was that we were chatting with three generations of one family. The oldest was 66 years, and the youngest maybe10.
We got into a lot of stuff. They learned all about us and that we were experts at rearing children because we had none to bias our skill at this. They were both at one time heavy users of speed and did some drinking, now they have given up all this stuff and feel that they have beaten the addiction problem. The middle aged man takes his son with him on trips with the truck a few days of the summer. Can you imagine how this kid will treasure that time when he gets older?
We joked about a lot of issues for about 5 minutes, then we let them escape our grip and they left. They had to make one more job yet this day before they were finished for the day.
These are the working men and solid citizens of the area.
Its always interesting to find some local people to chat with who come to the store for drinks or food. Some sit to rest and eat, others just buy snacks and leave.
Recently two men and a small boy arrived in two large dump trucks. The trucks were red, rather new looking and really well maintained. They parked out in front of the gas pumps as that is the only place to park vehicles this large. The drivers and the small boy came into the store and as they were about to leave, walked past our table. I could not resist commenting on their trucks and how well they were maintained. That seemed to spark their interest in conversation, so we chatted at length.
Seems as if they were drivers for a local man who owns the trucks. What was especially noteworthy was that we were chatting with three generations of one family. The oldest was 66 years, and the youngest maybe10.
We got into a lot of stuff. They learned all about us and that we were experts at rearing children because we had none to bias our skill at this. They were both at one time heavy users of speed and did some drinking, now they have given up all this stuff and feel that they have beaten the addiction problem. The middle aged man takes his son with him on trips with the truck a few days of the summer. Can you imagine how this kid will treasure that time when he gets older?
We joked about a lot of issues for about 5 minutes, then we let them escape our grip and they left. They had to make one more job yet this day before they were finished for the day.
These are the working men and solid citizens of the area.
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