Dumb ideas - #876 Horse's Mouth Story time

I have had more fun than should be legally allowed playing with a true little story from my life.  

I will be telling this tale at Horse's Mouth Story telling in a week or so - and I've been telling and retelling the story to myself in preparation.  

It's amazing how one little story can change...Both my German and English teachers would be proud. I think.  (I did send a copy of the story to my former English teacher. He didn't reply.  Maybe he was bothered by the accent.  The German teacher is long dead.  He would have replied, I am sure.)

When I first signed up for Horse's Mouth, my plan was to tell the story of how I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.  But then the "Taking a leap" topic line-up filled before my name was called leaving me with a spot the next month: "Good luck with that." 

I didn't think that a story of "how I jumped from a perfectly good plane" would be the story to tell in that context - even thought it would be pretty clear that I lived as I was standing in front of the audience as I am telling the story -  live.  But I digress. 

I decided to tell a different story - how I saved $1 on bus fare - "Luck favors the prepared"

The story went through a few iterations before it ever made it to youtube.  

I believe that the very first versions of the story started with me, in the morning of the day I forgot my ID - when the bus driver on the way in DID let me on the bus! 

Of course, I was already on the bus by the time I had discovered the forgotten ID. 

The second bus trip was different.  That bus driver is probably still cursing me to this day "Why didn't she just flash a random piece of paper?  The camera would not have noticed a difference and I would not have stopped her.  Once she asked, I could not let her on.  The part she does not know - 'I'm on probation for letting people on without paying for the fares. So they record my interactions...'" But that would be the literary version of the story - and I digress. 

Here is a first attempt to just record and see how long it takes me to tell the story.

Link for above video: https://youtu.be/6K6-hBXu7fM  luck favors the prepared

This was followed by versions 2: https://youtu.be/szd7H6dpu8A second attemps

and 3: https://youtu.be/mcS5A_m-Vxg v3

Then the story changed its name.  From luck favoring the prepared to "Angels among us"

https://youtu.be/DF6GyWm76bw angels among us

What are the important parts I remember now?  AM I leaving out key points?  

https://youtu.be/zewrm_zCG-Y from memory

I'm getting close

https://youtu.be/CiFiO7RoYVc the one

Or not?  

https://youtu.be/SmhUupWWSxE funny?

• in this version I introduce myself by name
• I like the "Good luck with that" set-up and transition with that one
• coordinator convo too long
• Don't need luck, if you have friends.
  
• computer rearranging is back here
• "What are friends for - what's one more adventure?" 
  
• "Little old lady at Sportsman's warehouse" 
• Needed a job - walking the streets 
• "not very friendly - new greeter version"
• "come back tomorrow"
• "there is a greeter employed at this store?" 

Fireside chat version of the story:

3/15/23 https://youtu.be/KprdTc4aoYE

3/15/24 https://youtu.be/_HmKYtv9pcs double/