So today we went to Glasgow, about 20 miles from our campsite, and went into Ace Hardware for some stuff...we got what we needed and were checking out, when I felt a tap on my shoulder and a female voice said "I thought you were going to crochet all day! But I'm not knitting like I said I was going to either."
So I turned around and saw a woman who I didn't recognize, standing there...we both laughed and went our separate ways...when we got to the parking lot, Dale said "okay...who the heck was that?" I had no idea...So I started thinking of who in the world I would have been talking to about knitting or crocheting all day...
Now, keep in mind that we're over 500 miles from home, and have never been to this area of Montana before.
To quote Bugs Bunny..."Think, Wabbit, Think"...and finally it hit me...
Yesterday we were at the fish cleaning station and there was another family there. We were chatting about fileting knives (electric, manual, battery operated) and our preferences...As I was fileting my walleye, I accidentally ripped the skin, so I grabbed my catfish skinning pliers, used them to hang onto the filet, and continued to filet...
The gal across from me asked what the pliers were, so I showed her...and just after that, her hubby ripped a filet, so Dale handed him the pliers to try out...by the way, if you filet a lot of fish (or even a few) Catfish Skinning Pliers are a wonderful tool (instead of trying to hold the skin down with your thumbnail as you try to remove the meat from the skin). I learned about them in Texas from a guide who let me use his pliers once...
Anyway...we were chatting with the family across from us and Dale mentioned that we were probably going to take the next few days off of fishing because it's supposed to be in the high 90s, and get up to 107F!
The gal said the she was probably going to hole up in their camper and do some knitting...I said that I would probably be crocheting all day...
After we left the hardware store, we went to the boat shop to see if they had the part that my downrigger needed, but the boat shop was closed. So we found a sporting goods store...and guess who was in the fishing section? That same family! I admitted that it had taken me a few minutes to figure out who had "accosted" me in the hardware store...her hubby said that she never forgets a face...I, a little embarrassed, admitted that I almost never remember a face...lol.
It's funny...I have hundreds of Facebook friends all over the world, so it didn't really surprise me to have a stranger come up like that...some day, I know it's going to happen for real...
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