<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Stalls on Gromet's Plaza Archive</title><link>/tags/stalls/</link><description>Recent content in Stalls on Gromet's Plaza Archive</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/stalls/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Border Crossing</title><link>/stories/2017/08/03/border-crossing/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/08/03/border-crossing/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The 18-wheeler pulled up to the customs booth, and the customs agent stepped out and called up to the driver.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“What’s your load?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Ponygirls,” growled the burly, bearded driver with the Bettie Page tattoo.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Pull into the inspection station, please.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The driver nodded and maneuvered his truck over to the designated area. He shut off the engine and stepped out. As a seasoned trucker, he knew the routine—he handed the binder full of forms to the agent and dug out the keys to open the back.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>The New Coach</title><link>/stories/2017/07/04/the-new-coach/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2017/07/04/the-new-coach/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The eleven girls of the college track team milled about nervously in the corner of the gym, dressed in their sports tops and track shorts. Mostly white, two Asian, one Black, one Latina. Their coach had left suddenly over a pay dispute, and they were waiting to meet her replacement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I heard it&amp;rsquo;s a guy,&amp;rdquo; said one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Really? They couldn&amp;rsquo;t find another woman?&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I don&amp;rsquo;t care. Just as long as they&amp;rsquo;re good.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Training Rose 8: Supreme Champion</title><link>/stories/2013/10/21/training-rose-8-supreme-champion/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2013/10/21/training-rose-8-supreme-champion/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;(story continues from &lt;a href="trainingrose7.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Training Rose 7: Cannes to Las Vegas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 8: Supreme Champion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An elderly three engined Boeing 727 airliner was waiting for us at McCarran airport as we arrived just after dark, a 727 with cigarette burns on the varied hues of its filthy second hand upholstery, blues, greens some even in orange and red check, but despite the fact it smelled like a bear pit all three engines seemed to work and it took off easily enough yet almost as soon as it levelled off it seemed to start descending again through the darkness and the pilot announced, &amp;ldquo;This is your Captain speaking, don&amp;rsquo;t bother releasing your seat belts we shall be landing at Dream Land in less than five minutes.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Olsen’s Family Dairy Farm 2</title><link>/stories/2011/09/28/olsens-family-dairy-farm-2/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/stories/2011/09/28/olsens-family-dairy-farm-2/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;(story continues from &lt;a href="olsensfamilydairyfarm.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Olsen’s Family Dairy Farm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This story contains adult content and a disturbing theme so if you are under the age to view such material or easily disturbed please stop reading, you won’t but hey you were warned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part Two&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sarah’s family always said that she wasn’t a bad kid at heart she just couldn’t see the train coming till it was two feet from her…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;She was the local hottie in a sleepy rural community that barely had enough students to qualify for its own school, despite her parents best efforts she was quite useless at anything practical and her grades left her unqualified for everything in a community where most of the residents were still only a few steps removed from working the land.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>