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Re: [Fot] CAR RACING & DEATH

To: RACER BUD <budscars@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] CAR RACING & DEATH
From: Kurt Oblinger <koblinger@verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:00:28 -0700
Most people just don't get it. It ain't how you die that matters, it's 
how you live.

Kurt O.

RACER BUD wrote:
> YEAH BABY!
> Racer Bud
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* dos_gusanos@msn.com <mailto:dos_gusanos@msn.com>
>     *To:* David W. Riddle <mailto:dave@microworks.net> ; fot
>     <mailto:fot@autox.team.net>
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:11 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Fot] CAR RACING & DEATH
>
>
>
>     My most serious accidents have happened on the street.  I so far
>     have been lucky, really lucky,  and am still around.  I know
>     people who bought the farm on the way to vintage races.  Last week
>     I went to a restaurant in Juarez, Mexico the site of 800 plus
>     murders so far this year, not the restaurant, but the city.  I ate
>     the Tripitas and Sirloin Tacos, and likewise am still kicking. 
>     Not the point.  The owner of the restaurant was a racer and member
>     of the Juarez sports hall of fame.  The restaurant was plastered
>     with photos of his circle track career and one photo that struck
>     me was of him and his buddies standing around after a race in 1954
>     and their safety equipment were leather football helmets.  He was
>     in the restaurant and still had his dashing moustache he had from
>     '54 and a twinkle in his eye at 81 years old.  I did my best to
>     converse with him in my broken spanish and I could only imagine
>     the racing adventures he had survived.  I don't wanna die in bed,
>     in a crash, or eating Tripitas.  But if I do, I'd rather go out
>     gritting my teeth, foot to the floor, and relishing every
>     bite...................................Henry Morrison, One medium
>     large glass of rather cheap Chilean Cab/Merlot mix
>
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