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first time going out in my armor
Aurora, IL
October 28, 2005
Bowling in Armor? Hell No!
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we finished working on it that night, he wanted to go to the local bowling
alley to show it off. The only way I was going to do it is if he was going
to wear his armor, and he did end up putting his on as well. His armor was
very well weathered, while mine was still shiny white, but that didn’t
matter because we were going to go out and have some fun wearing them.
Plus, I would be able to figure out if all the work I did was going to be
a comfortable fit for me.
We did go to the bowling alley, but there weren’t many people there so
we only hung for a few minutes. He and his wife (Mary) were hungry since
they hadn’t had dinner yet, and they thought about heading out to Culvers
which was just down the street. Bob and I decided to walk down there, and
what initially looked like a simple walk turned out to be a pretty lengthy
walk. Nonetheless, I could have cared less if there was some discomfort to
the armor as I had been dreaming my entire life of wearing it. After we
arrived at Culvers we realized that it was closed (it was about 10:00pm),
so we walked hopped in their van and drove further down the street to
Denny’s.
Eating at Denny's
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parking lot at Denny’s was pretty packed, so I knew right away that there
were going to be a lot of customers inside who were just about to see two
sandtroopers walk into the building. Just seconds after walking into the
place, we were completely mobbed by all these high school and college
kids! There must have been 20-30 people all around us who took out their
digital cameras and camera phones, and the picture-taking had begun. One
girl asked for us to take our helmets off, so I took mine off and they
were all like… COOL! We must have stood there for almost five minutes
while they checked us out and asked us questions about our armor. It was
probably one of the coolest moments in my entire life. After grabbing a
bite to eat there, we decided to pack it up for the night, and I wouldn’t
have been able to put on my armor until the next night, which happened to
be my brother’s second annual Halloween party.
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