"As I remember it" the line in Kansas was "doing family errands" so I could
putter on the dirt roads in Topeka -- didn't have a farm, sorry!
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To: <gerrybraz@voyager.net>; <Tombread@aol.com>; <vinttr4@geneseo.net>;
<derek.lola@home.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: But IS it a Vintage Racer? (was Eastlake)
> In a message dated 11/7/00 11:34:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> gerrybraz@voyager.net writes:
>
> << Yah, but remember that some "progressive" states, like Kansas allowed
us to
> start driving at 14 back in the good old days. Of course it was intended
so
> we could drive the grain trucks on the highway to the elevator. >>
>
>
> Funny you should mention that too! I grew up in Nebraska...(just north of
> Kansas for those who are a little weak in geography)....and I drove/raced
a
> Cushman cycle at 13! In Nebraska...we didn't drive any grain trucks to
the
> elevator....we had more of a heavier challenge...driving live cattle to
the
> stockyards!
>
> Lee Raskin
> Brooklandville, MD
> Arnolt-B and 356ers.
>
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