i dont remember the instant i found out, but i remember being in math class
in high school and writing "john lennon died today" on the page we were on.
that math book was also interesting because someone had started writing the
name of a different band on each page. i continued it, over 350 pages, each
with a band name on it.
anyway, it was my first hint that the world was not immutable. when you are
young, the world stays the same, and you change. when you get older, you
stay the same and the world changes. now i am old and jaded and dont worry
about these things. :)
autocross content: today i saw a fairly old lady- mid 80's perhaps- sitting
in the driver's seat in a silver twin turbo rx7, parked on the side of the
road and looking rather frightened. i dont know the story behind this, but
i was tempted to stop and offer to buy the car so it would stop scaring her.
-james c
(ask me about the "True Street" Autocross Series)
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From: <JLawre4746@aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: ALL THINGS MUST PASS
> Yes, I do remember where I was. I was trying to keep up with the local
high
> schoolers in some full court basketball when we heard about Lennon. That
was
> when I still had some quicks and could jump a little : )
> I actually met George Harrison at the 1977 Long Beach Grand Prix, he was
good
> buddies with the late World Champ James Hunt. He was gracious and seemed
> like a great guy. I also met Gene Hackman in the pits that day and he was
a
> jerk and blew me off when I said hello. I never thought he was a very
good
> actor anyway....
>
> John Lawrence
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