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Vehicles of all sorts passed us by. We kept no count, but there were many. Suddenly a pickup truck swung in .front of our Blazer and stopped, and out stepped a tall, handsome stranger! In truth, we were able to appreciate the cinematic appeal of the situation only in retrospect.
In the bewilderment and anxiety of the moment, I fear that we scarcely thanked this kind man for his efforts in so carefully checking every possible source of the breakdown. We failed even to ask his name.
We understood him to say, however, that he drives a tanker truck out of Fairfax. I will hazard a guess, and hope I am correct in this, that he may drive for Amoco, for I seem to remember noticing an Amoco decal on his shirt.
He was on his way home that hot afternoon, but he took time to stop and offer his friendly help. After determining that on-the-spot repairs were impossible, he
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