- June 3rd, 2019, 11:58 pm#4918718I very seldom wear or carry my chemical gloves, since here in the Deep South, they generally tend to just fill up with hand-sweat. Plus there was the time the rubber glove pulled the paint off my PKE Meter, but that's another story.
But one recent encounter made me think I might need to start bringing the gloves out more often...
Last week, the wife of a friend of mine messaged me to see if I would throw on the gear and come over and entertain her sons and their friend during a playdate, because the visitor had mentioned Ghostbusters about a dozen times while being there.
(Actually, when she sent me the message saying "Do you want to come over and play Ghostbuster?", I replied "Rachel, please, you're married to one of my dearest friends!" to which both she and her husband laughed.)
Orion was visiting my Mom at the time, but Zak and I both kitted up and drove two streets over. It was a total fluke that my pack had a charge on the blue-brick from the week before, so I took the more 'impressive' one though I've been known to wear Orion's much-lighter pack if mine won't have power or if it's a night event where all they'll see is the lights.
The visiting kid, who was all of five or six years old, told me first that he had a toy Ghostbusters gun at his house which was "even better than the real thing". Then he asked me in a somewhat condescending manner where my gloves were.
I don't generally find myself getting 'dressed down' by a child on the details like that.
Maybe it's time to get a little more on-model.
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!