Kids in the car

During recent excursion to College Park, two funny incidents came to the light that have not been posted in this blog earlier. So I will recount them here.

Long time back (don't know exactly when), Hallu (aka Kaushik) wanted to learn to drive. Since Shock was popular volunteer to give rides and all to FOBs in UMD area, he asks Shock to teach him driving. During their very first lesson Hallu made an accident at an intersection. As they stepped down to exchange contact info and settle other matter, they heard the lady in the other car talking on phone and saying that they had an accident with an "old man with his kid..."

Another similar incident happened when we were driving to have a quick hike at the Great Falls. I was driving in my car. Shivani was driving another car with  Monika on the passenger seat and Hallu and Arun (not Shock, another fellow) in the back seat. Shivani was over-speeding so a cop stopped them. The officer walks to Shivani, looks at the back seat and says "Ma'am, you should not be driving at such a high speeds with children in the car." Shivani is actually younger in age than Hallu and Arun.

Vinod (03/29/13)

APS 2013 encouter with The King

So, Atul and I again met in Baltimore in APS March Meeting 2013. We decided to make a trip to College Park and meet with old friends at Ashutosh's place. I went by MARC and Atul was busy so he came later by car. Since, guest parking in Univ Square has always been tricky Atul calls Ashutosh to show him the exact place.As they start walking home Ashutosh hears sound of something falling on the road and he says if Atul dropped anything? Atul said no, don't worry about it. Then, Atul remembered to bring his bag with him. They went back and Atul took the bag out and started walking. Then, he remembered to bring his cellphone. They went back and Atul could not find phone anywhere in the car. Frustrated as they walk towards home Ashutosh spots something shinny on the road. You guessed right, it was Atul's cellphone that he had dropped earlier. After that, we all laughed about it and had brainy discussions (what you expect Utsav was there) over pizza and dosa (what a combination).

Vinod (03/29/13)