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This hasn’t been such a wonderful Fourth of July for me...I’ve had better let’s say. So I’m trying to read to take my mind off of real life, and I stumble upon this thread.

Here is my Clarence Thomas story, humble tho it may be.

My oldest son was playing in a soccer tournament (an hour or so drive from out house). I had ALL four of our sons with me (and PaDad, who coached our daughters team was at another tournament with her). I drove a Ford Expedition at the time (need all they room).

Coming back from back from our son’s game, I pulled into a Sheetz convenience store/gas station on Route 22 near New Alexandria, Pa. At the gas pump opposite mine was a massive RV with a very distinguished AfAm man pumping gas into it. My oldest boy wanted a Slushie and while I was pumping gas into my own behemoth vehicle, he was dispatched into the Sheetz store to buy the icy drinks for him and two brothers (youngest was a baby). Oldest brought back a multi colored drink for himself (he layered the Slushie flavors for his drink and gave the other two mono flavored beverages). The quarreling ensued between the boys—the power windows kept going up and down w/the complaints being yelled at me. The nice man next to me was done filling his RV and couldn’t help but laugh at the goings on my side of the fuel island. He told “you’ll laugh about those boys antics some day, maybe not tomorrow, but some day.” He made me laugh and as we exchanged pleasantries I remember thinking “he looks so familiar.”

Years later I read here on FR that Justice Thomas (and his wife) travel the country a lot of summers in their RV. I knew then that the nice man who laughed at Slushie layers deprived little boys whines and complaints had to be Justice Thomas. And let’s face it, working around lawyers all his life he could appreciate stupid, immature arguing!

Has not a lot to do w/the topic, but I just wanted to share my encounter (I’m sure it was him!)