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Good Ol' Days
November 30, 2006Hot dang its cold outside.
I woke up about 8 this morning and my goodness its cold. I don't remember it being this cold — dating all the way to last year.
And I really love it when the roads get slick.
I mean, everyone should be entitled to at least one fishtail per year. Its a little rush when you jump the gas and then you rear end starts to misalign from your two front tires.
I still remember one time my dad had the greatest idea in the world.
When I was about 14-years old, my brother was about 15-years old; we had a day similar to today.
We didn't have to go to school, and since my dad was there, I'm guessing it was a Saturday or Sunday.
I wasn't really aware of what was going on, so this is going to be a 10-year story of “he saids.�
So my dad goes up to my brother with the brilliant idea of doing a couple donuts with the car.
At the time the car was a '78 Chevy Malibu. It was a color resembling Baby Blue, so naturally it was nicknamed "Big Blue."
We hadn't had the car all that long, but it was just a car for transportation purposes only. And a little hotdog fun on the side.
Anyways, he goes up to brother with the proposition of doing donuts in some parking lot by the building he worked at on Sheppard.
And low and behold, about 2 hours later they come walking back through the door. But the had to walk all the way to get back home.
The story goes something like this.
Since my brother only had some type of permit, he was still new to the whole driving thing. And since the roads were iced over and it was a weekend, nobody had really driven on the roads to slush them up.
Before they even made it to the parking lot my brother starts to corner, gives it a little too much gas, slams into the curb and breaks the damn axle. I don't really remember if it was the front or the rear, but it was still the axle.
So after walking back home, my brother a little upset because he broke the car, and my dad a little upset and giddy because it was his lame idea, the called a tow truck.
I wonder what would have happened if they actually made it to the parking lot to do donuts
Posted by Clayton Hein at 9:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Comments
Yes I remember it well. What a great idea. Didn't have the Jackass camera going though.
