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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
Good story...we were all often very lucky in our youth. The alternative was beyond our contemplation. We felt immortal.

I was a pretty competent driver, just starting out in local competitions. In 1965, (age 19) I rolled a MB 190SL at Lime Rock (SCCA/F class)..almost right in front of where my parents were sitting. I was fine, got out and walked away. My mom ran over..when she saw I was fine, took her pocket book, and started beating me over the helmet with it, My dream of being the next Juan Manuel Fangio died that day.

48 posted on 02/22/2014 4:33:57 AM PST by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: ken5050

If you had been in a Ferrari, the story could have been different.


51 posted on 02/22/2014 4:52:41 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine's brother ("When leftists donÂ’t get their way, they start shooting people and bombing buildings." - rr)
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