I laughed, “Yep we’ll you pegged me. I am, well was, a surfer… out in California.” I thumbed over my shoulder as though my old home was right behind me.
“No kidding?!”
“Nope! Lived in California all my life and most of that I was on the water.”
“Whoa!” He exclaimed with wide eyes, “I never met no one from California!”
He then got this real excited expression as he asked, “Hey you ever meet anyone from Hollywood?”
I laughed again, “I lived way down south, not too far from Mexico. Mostly just Mexicans and Navy people down there.”
“Ah, that’s too bad.” He said disappointedly.
I’m not sure why I shrugged my shoulders.
He then asked, “Got yourself a girlfriend back there?”
I shook my head, “Nah, just loads of good friends.”