Geoffrey
No need to call people names. In reading the Tom's first posting, there was
no mention of you or Tom having stopped your drinking or there being a
designated driver. It wasn't until some post were made complaining about
drinking and racing that Tom responded to say he was not driving under the
influence. By that time the snowball was rolling down the hill and picking
up speed. Depending on how we receive this list and how we sort is how we
respond. I would guess most members read the first post (which we thought
was the whole story) and responded before seeing the Tom's clarification
(or the whole story as you put it) of how much he had to drink.
Regardless, there are a great many of us on the list who have strong
feelings about any drinking a driving. Some of us, unfortunately, have
personal experiences that temper are views. Almost 25 years ago I was
coming home from work and had just started down the hill into Simi. A VW
Bug cut in front of me. He was going so face that he skid a little as he
tried to straighten his car out in my lane. At least for a moment the two
left wheels were off the ground. He wove his way through traffic and down
the hill until at the bottom in clipped the front of a Datsun B-210
fastback as he cut in front of it. The action sent the B-210 into a spin
and over the embankment onto the an on ramp. By the time the B-210 came to
a rest it was upside down and a 9 year old boy had been thrown out the back
window followed by his 6 month old brother (no mandatory seatbelt and child
restraint laws back in 1976). The 9 year old was about 10 feet from the car
and covered in blood. The baby was about 25 feet from the car. No signs of
external injuries, but in looking at the child later, you could tell all
was not right.
Everyone behind the accident stopped and rushed down the hill to help the
women, who was trapped in her car, and her family. We all ignored the VW
laying on its side in the center lane with the obvious drunk still in the
drivers seat (he was helped out of the car by the CHP). We were able to
turn the car on its side and get the women out, who was not injured.
I found out the next day that the baby died that night. If not for that
drunk driver that baby would be 25 years old now... Same age as my son.
Mention drinking with racing or driving and expect to get members up on
their soapbox to condemn the practice. If you don't think so, I just
recounted a story, that for the most part I try to suppress, from 25 years
ago as if it were yesterday.
-- Miles Harris III Simi Valley, CA 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed auto http://www.spikesautos.homestead.com/Dak1.html Profile: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/PfCA4R1zO470wGeoffrey Hackbart <rt_killer98@yahoo.com> wrote in article <20010402192630.92939.qmail@web9507.mail.yahoo.com>... > I can back Tom up on that. Him and I had a few but > that was earlier in the evening. By the time we left > the West End(2am), we were completely fine. I sweated > mine off, I know that. :O) We had a blast and I'm glad > the Greg did too. He was the first northerner that > actually knew of the city where I lived and was born, > as well as, so old places I remember from way back > when. > > As for everyone who jumped on Tom, since you weren't > there and don't know the whole story, don't say > anything, morons. :O) > > > > ===== > Later, > Geoffrey (The R/T Killer) > ~~~98 DAK CC SLT 3.9L V6 Metallic Red~~~ > ~Hotchkis Performance 2/3 suspension kit~ > ~1979 Harley Davidson Custom Electra Glide~ > www.geocities.com/rt_killer98 > ICQ# 62723274 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text >
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