So, Luther, it did not start, auspiciously, did it?

We woke up and already our plan had been blown out of the water.

Yes.

Well, one has to recall that we were, at the time, very, very drunk.

Oh, true.

We were not yet.

No, we were undrunk.

And actually, it was as if coming out of a hangover where we were hit over the head and had to figure out at, what was it?

You called me at seven in the morning to say, to say what?

To say that my flight to New York had been cancelled, that there was no replacement,

that I could find no obvious alternative to any of the cities close to New York,

and that I would therefore be driving up to Richmond, Virginia, from Jacksonville,

Pronto, and that you, being in New York by necessity, should do the same and essentially

drive at me until we met in the middle.

Right, because our original plan was to start at

Coney Island, that first great roller coaster. However, that was not to happen, but we had a car

to be delivered to us there. And I must say, at 7 in the morning when you called me,

I was looking out the window and

thinking, are we going to have to scrap this whole trip? Are we dead in the water before

anything's actually happened? But the neurons, a few of them came together. So it was just a

bonsai charge down the coast. I called up Ford and I said, can you meet me at Fort Wadsworth,

that ancient fortification overlooking New York Harbor? Can you deliver me this vehicle,

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