Paul, I think that you should call.  I don't think your buddy can assume
that you need the ride.

At 05:36 PM 1/9/04 -0500, you wrote:
>Okay, asking your opinion on a situation that happened today.  We had cruddy
>weather today, rain, sleet, it's even supposed to snow tonight.  And knowing
>I don't like to drive in that stuff my buddy has offered in the past to
>drive me in to work and has done it once or twice before.  Last time he said
>to call next time I needed a ride in.   So today when it was so crummy I
>thought he would be coming to pick me up and didn't call. (It's not a big
>deal because I had stuff I could work on at home and could actually do
>better at home anyway.)  He wrote from work and asked why I hadn't called
>and I said that I didn't want to impose. Even though he offered, he has a
>wife and daughter and the situation could have changed so I thought if he
>could pick me up, he would, and if not, he wouldn't.  Besides, he's my
>friend but he's also a full Colonel (one-step below a General).  He wrote
>back and said that was B S.  So what do you think?  Should I call him next
>time, even though he knows where I live and already made the offer and knows
>I need a ride?  Or should he just know I need the ride and show up if he
>can?
>
>Clueless in Columbia

John

   BREAKFAST.SYS halted ! Cereal port not responding