You can still read part one that I posted three days ago.
QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE KIDNEY CONSPIRACY
How about that for a title? If the following sounds like a joke about three men walking into a bar, it could have been. One of the great rides this year was when I picked up three guys who work together at a software company. I had two guys working in HR, one from the UK and one who was Indian and another from The United Arab Emirates.
The guy from the UK met Queen Elizabeth as her server when he was 16 years old. She was racing her horses at the Royal Ascot Racetrack. He said when he served her, "She was very nice." My car has many bills with Queen Elizabeth on them and he's the first rider I've had who actually met her.
I told a number of my best British and Indian stories to entertain the group. I told the guy from The United Arab Emirates I didn't have a great story from his country, but he did see his country's bill as soon as he got in the car. He quickly gave me this story:
"We are not working in software, we're trafficking human kidneys through India and Pakistan and to an underground group in the UK, the Illuminati, a secret order." I asked, "Who are they?" He said, "I can't tell you, or I'd have to kill you and take your kidney." Thanks for making my day guys.
MY FIRST PROFESSIONAL SOCCER REFEREE
I'm not a big soccer fan, but I did find my ride with this referee to be interesting and fun. It wasn't that long ago that he was a referee on the field of a group of kids playing when a professional referee spotted him and asked if he'd be interested in learning how to be a professional referee. He was mentored as was his brother and they are both working for the Professional Referee Organization.
For the last six years he's been a sideline referee as a part-time employee and has a full-time occupation as a policy analyst. He travels around the country doing 1-4 games on the weekend each month with his expenses paid for and a meal per diem. He loves being able to be around the sport and he used to be a goaltender when he played soccer. He can make a full-time income part-time if he chooses to work more weekends. He's a very friendly guy and keeps himself in shape so he can keep up with the action on the field. Wishing him the very best in the future.
A FUTURE SUCESS FOR SURE
I love driving very unique people. This young woman was about to finish her education as a nurse, but she had already decided a career in nursing was not what she wanted. She is extremely bright and in college she studied international relations. She had a sense of humor also. She said, "I just want to be rich and hot." She doesn't want a boss because she's very independent, but she has a lot of belief in her Muslim faith.
She told me, "I have a vision of what I want." There's a religious saying that what you're searching for "Can be buried between two mountains and it will find you." She's believes in destiny and that her future will be created for her. When I told her that she made my blog, she said, "That wasn't on my bingo card today."
I hope to drive her again and see what direction she is headed, but I believe in her belief in her future.
"I DO NOT BELIEVE I AM A VAMPIRE!"
I've heard a lot of unusual comments in my car over the years, but this is one of the best. This unique woman explained her many interests and jobs as "sidequests," which I've never heard before. She said, "I am the founder of a vampire clan, but I don not believe I am a vampire." I think it was more like a club, but she has a unique style about her. One of her "sidequests" was "live steel fighting" where she and others used real weapons. She's been in photography, theatre, modeling, and seemingly anything else creative. She told me, "I like to be whimsy." I'd love to write a book about her life, what a story she has!
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
In his mid to late twenties he has experienced a lifetime of struggles. He lost his mom as a small child, suffered abuse as a child, and his car was hit by a drunk driver. In the accident his girlfriend was killed and he was in a coma for nine days and he died for three hours. A day after he woke up he was released from the hospital. He was an Army bomb specialist and was responsible for the death of 30-40 people.
He's not the same person anymore. He has a girlfriend he really cares about and he has his own distribution business working with Amazon the past two years. He wants to be a dad one day and give a child the childhood he didn't have. He has a bright future because of the struggles and challenges in his past-I'm rooting for him.
YOUNG AND WISE
How does a twenty-four year old become a Life Coach and help people much older than him? Two days after graduating college he found a mentor to teach and train him to help others. He said that, "I was standing on the shoulders of greats." He's worked hard and read a lot of books that have helped him. He's learned how to "Change the mindset of people he's working with." We hit it off immediately and he took pictures of my car and understood the positivity in front of him. I'm looking forward to sitting down and talking with him more about his journey and mine.
CAN YOU GET AN ENGINEERING JOB THROUGH UBER?
Almost anything is possible in an Uber, you might even see a mannequin and a museum. I picked up two brothers from the airport and they both have graduated with engineering degrees. We had a great ride together and the brother on the left with his thumb up is interviewing with companies in the aerospace industry. One company is located in San Diego and I told him that if he's hired he should put a picture on Facebook that he was hired and he should be pictured with a surfboard because he has the surfing look.
The funny thing is that my son is an engineer in the aerospace industry and he lives in Colorado where the brothers live. I'm passing his name and number to my son if he would like to contact him. My passenger said, "If I got a job, you're going to get the biggest tip ever!" No pressure on my son, but these brothers are really great guys.
A PASTOR'S DAUGHTER
If you wanted to meet someone who has lived many lives, she is probably a good candidate. She's lived many places in this country and has worked in many fields including fundraising and two years in a Disney store. She told me that children of pastors are known as PK and they are sometimes wild kids like she was. She has overcome battles with alcohol and drugs and she is currently writing a very long science fiction book. With a big smile and a good laugh our ride to church on Sunday was fun for both of us.
LEARNING ABOUT SQUARE DANCING
I was driving her to the airport at 5 am and she was very enthusiastic about her weekend. She was heading to a square dancing event in California and gave me an interesting history education about it. She explained that our image of square dancing is not exactly right. In the beginning years, the announcers who were calling out instructions were frequently black people and the calls, music and dancing were a little different depending on if white or black people were leading the square dance. She was looking forward to the event with the hope she could one day start up some square dancing events here in Colorado in the future as a fun community event.
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