Indian Toothache / Tile Ho

Yesterday: Passat sedan. KPFA. 50 year old woman driver was animated & excitable. She often turned to talk to me & drove with 1 hand on the wheel, causing the car to drift slightly to the side. She talked about a meditation retreat she did in Thailand. At the end of her trip she visited India and hated it. Her family met her there on vacation. They had to run like linebackers, stiff arming the beggars out of the way as they went. Her 79 year old father was having dental problems at the time & decided to have 2 root canals while in Madras because it's so much cheaper there.

Today: Ford diesel. KFOG. 2nd time I've ridden with this guy. Construction worker type, but drinking Espresso Roma coffee while driving the big big diesel truck with one hand & balancing the coffee on the dash board at times. Things I learned about him in today's 20 minute ride: He specializes in tile work, and also does sheet rock. He makes $75/hour. It costs $70 to fill up the gas tank in his truck. He believes in very brief, business like cell phone conversations. He has a son. He gets a lot of work from craigslist - he's known to some friends as "the craigslist ho." This did not amuse the friendly, middle aged woman who was riding in the backseat. When I got out in SF & he drove down the street I noticed the truck had very large mud flaps with the state of Montana on them.