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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Fri Mar 12, 2021, 01:47 PM Mar 2021

@SecretaryPete bought a bike

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Secretary Pete Buttigieg
@SecretaryPete
Good bike! Took some explaining to the staff and detail why I needed to swing by a Pizza Hut parking lot in Petworth on the way home, but we got there.

Jazmine Ulloa
@jazmineulloa
Our neighbor sells used bikes, and last week he met a customer at a Petworth Pizza Hut. He said he was waiting for the person when a couple of black government SUVs pulled up and then a couple more — and then, out pops Pete Buttigieg.

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@SecretaryPete bought a bike (Original Post) soothsayer Mar 2021 OP

Nice 3auld6phart Mar 2021 #1

Four black government SUVs? CTyankee Mar 2021 #2

It's DC. If a crackpot manages to harm Earthrise Mar 2021 #3

I worked in DC years ago and i don't remember anything like that...but that was during the CTyankee Mar 2021 #4

45 years since Carter was elected and time keeps marching... (n/t) Earthrise Mar 2021 #5

the last years I was there were sad as my marriage blew up. They were happy because I found CTyankee Mar 2021 #6

I think of times like you described as having one's heart rubbed up against a cheese grater... Earthrise Mar 2021 #7

It turns out I LOVE New Haven. I love the history, Yale, and its liberal city government. CTyankee Mar 2021 #8

3auld6phart

(1,046 posts)

1. Nice

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 02:31 PM

Mar 2021

What a treat for your neighbour. Watched Jimmy Kimmel last night. He had PB as a guest ,quite a sense of humour and a genuinely nice guy.

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

2. Four black government SUVs?

Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 02:56 PM

Mar 2021

All for Pete? I am not getting this.

Earthrise

(15,515 posts)

3. It's DC. If a crackpot manages to harm

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 03:26 PM

Mar 2021

anyone in government it will be like pouring gasoline on a fire. Too much security is better than too little right now, IMHO.

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

4. I worked in DC years ago and i don't remember anything like that...but that was during the

Reply to Earthrise (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 03:42 PM

Mar 2021

Carter years. Also, Jan. 6 changed everything, I am sure...

Earthrise

(15,515 posts)

5. 45 years since Carter was elected and time keeps marching... (n/t)

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 03:53 PM

Mar 2021

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

6. the last years I was there were sad as my marriage blew up. They were happy because I found

Reply to Earthrise (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 03:58 PM

Mar 2021

my wonderful present husband. He got a job up here in New Haven and said I was going to join him in New Haven and get married and he wouldn't take no for an answer. So I did, and we did, and I've never regretted leaving the D.C. area.

Earthrise

(15,515 posts)

7. I think of times like you described as having one's heart rubbed up against a cheese grater...

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 12, 2021, 06:32 PM

Mar 2021

Don't know if helps to think of it that way, but it feels that way to me.

I'm certainly glad to hear that things got lots better for you!

From time to time throughout life we all have the cheese grater comes for us all.

CTyankee

(63,903 posts)

8. It turns out I LOVE New Haven. I love the history, Yale, and its liberal city government.