I watch very little TV (something that will change when football begins) but I'm glad the television was on when Nik Wallenda walked a tight rope 100 feet above Atlantic City Thursday. He walked 1300 feet without any safety harness or net.
His experience in Atlantic City was better than mine. No, I did not walk a tight rope -- I was arrested walking the famous board walk. Let me give a little background. I was in Atlantic City to attend an apparel show, during which I hoped to acquaint cut and sew companies with the advantages Louisiana had to offer. This was about 40 years ago when I was an economic development specialist for the state. I attended the show for two days before going to New York to spend a week keeping appointments I had made with garment manufacturers.
I arrived in Atlantic City Wednesday night, checked into a hotel, was bored and decided to visit the board walk. I was dressed in a suit, white shirt and tie when two officers arrested me. My crime was I was not wearing a top coat and to them that made me a suspicious character. They let me go but ordered me back to the hotel and said I must stay off the board walk unless I wore a top coat.
His experience in Atlantic City was better than mine. No, I did not walk a tight rope -- I was arrested walking the famous board walk. Let me give a little background. I was in Atlantic City to attend an apparel show, during which I hoped to acquaint cut and sew companies with the advantages Louisiana had to offer. This was about 40 years ago when I was an economic development specialist for the state. I attended the show for two days before going to New York to spend a week keeping appointments I had made with garment manufacturers.
I arrived in Atlantic City Wednesday night, checked into a hotel, was bored and decided to visit the board walk. I was dressed in a suit, white shirt and tie when two officers arrested me. My crime was I was not wearing a top coat and to them that made me a suspicious character. They let me go but ordered me back to the hotel and said I must stay off the board walk unless I wore a top coat.
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