Tailgater - see you later

Gus Philpott
Woodstock Advocate
March 28, 2011

During the noon hour I was reminded of a song that Garrison Keillor sang on Prairie Home Companion on February 20th - "Tailgater".

Today it was a man in a small gray sedan, Illinois license 907 8841. He rolled up fast and close behind me on Lake Avenue at a red light at Route 47, by 3 Brothers Restaurant. Southbound traffic was heavy, so I had to wait before pulling onto 47. I wasn't sure he was going to wait.

He made it onto 47 on "my" stop and came up close behind me, so I briefly hit the four-way flashers and he backed off a little. But then he got tired of waiting, while I poked along at 35MPH (the speed limit), and he came up close again.

When I signaled my right turn into the parking lot of the Green Garden Chinese Restaurant, he went around me, using the two-way, left-turn lane for a passing lane.

Where are the cops when you want one???

If you are a Prairie Home Companion fan and want to track down "Tailgater", go to http://www.prairiehome.org/, then click on Archive. Select the Feb 2011 show, and then click on the February 19, 2011 show. Play the first segment; "Tailgater" is at 20:50 into the first segment. It's "classic" Garrison Keiller, if you enjoyed his programs back in the 1980s.