As much as a PITA as it was, I taught my youngest, now 22, to drive
in my Midget. At the time it was the only car I had, so there ya go.
She is now a safe and comfortable driver. I would ride with her
anywhere. My older daughter is now older than I am and they now have
2 Midgets. Is she safe?? Yeppers, is she gonna have a crash, yes she
already did, as did he, did they learn, you betcha. Are there idiots
on the road?? Yes.
I think I taught them well, I hope they learn from their mistakes. I
did. And they better damn well outlive me, I need someone to bring me
ice cream when I really get old in about 50 years or so.
What as the closing line of the 1979 Spitfire commercial?? "We aim to
miss"
Larry
On Jan 5, 2006, at 20:49 PM, Frank Clarici wrote:
> Bud Osbourne wrote:
>
>> listing the top ten most
>> dangerous cars, based solely on accident fatalities vs. total
>> number of cars
>> registered. Sitting on top of the list were MG, Triumph, and A-H.
> Today the top 10 are Honda civic, Dodge neon, Mitsbitchi eclipse
> and some other kid racers.
> I know exactly what you are saying. I have seen (as have both kids)
> local kids obits. Kids we played ball with, kids my kids hung out
> with. Modern little plastic cars just don't hold up to an american
> sport ute with a steel bumper. Crumple zones are sales gimicks,
> when a jeep flips over and lands on the roof of your jap car,
> you're gonna die.
> When a school bus hits your suzuki samari, your dead. And the boy
> who's girlfriend died in that bus crash is still not right 10 years
> later. He has never dated since either. He wasn't with her when she
> ran the stop sign 1 miles from her home on the way to school. She
> knew it was there. Nobody will ever know why.
> And it was 1 day before the senior prom. The boyfriend sat at that
> corner and cried for 3 days.
> I have driven with my kids, I am confident I tought them well.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
>
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in an attractive and well kept body, but to skid in
sideways, Margaritas in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally
worn out and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!"
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