Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And here are Tom's photos to prove it... https://secure.flickr.com/photos/rapidwinder/15668499317/ https://secure.flickr.com/photos/rapidwinder/15231943014/ My father will soon be faced with the same choice... Jay On 11/22/2014 6:57 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Given I have just returned home from a Day in Vancouver where my Grandson > Kyle and I sold my Mercedes in a step down in life where I no longer drive. > Unless of course it were a situation as it was when at the age of 13 I > began > my driving lessons on the 100 acre fields of the farm acreage? :-) Quite > easy really as you could go miles and never crash into anything. Good > fortune I never have on the streets I've driven about the world either. > Scared the hell out of myself on occasion!!!! :-) > I suppose more to do with "The Great Spirit" looking after me! :-) Rather > than my ability? :-) > > Throughout my life of driving stock cars and sprint cars during car racing > for quite a number of years between assignments. Then during my military > training in the Canadian Armoured Corp as an NCO, eventually Officer > training driving tanks, several types of Armoured cars. The GMC 15 ton > STAGHOUND armoured car WITH TWIN ENGINES THAT COULD ROLL ALONG THE HIGHWAY > AT 80mph's or quietly creep along tracks through the country side looking > for the enemy! > > And scout cars in a RECCE Regiment. You name it, the vehicles of many > sizes! > > Anyway with what I considered a great amount of Common Sense due to a > number > of reasons? I took my self off the road as a driver! I need not have an > accident nor kill someone, possibly self? So I hung-up my driving keys! :-( > > Any way one more common sense movement by my own doing rather than having > to > engage in a Government Department of Transport driving examination and > having some whipper Snapper of a boy telling me.... "YOU CAN'T DRIVE > ANYMORE!! GIVE ME YOUR DRIVERS LICENCE AND KEYS! :-( :-( In the usual dumb > ass manners of some government employees. > > There are some things sacred in one's life and that's driving a vehicle for > one of many! And when you deem you can't or don't do it as safely as you > once did????? TAKE YOURSELF OFF THE ROAD!" YEP A SAD DAY INDEED! BUT COMMON > SENSE PREVAILS. :-( > > In any event a wonderful day also visiting and enjoying the company of > Tuulikki and Tom Abrahamsson who assisted in this days adventures! :-) > Thanks folks very much. > cheers, > Dr. ted :-) >