You never know what life has in store. Call it luck, fate, or God’s plan. Sometimes wonderful things happen, like winning the lottery, but who would’ve thought a seating chart would forever transform the lives of two people? It happened in 1954, at Madison View High School in Wisconsin. At the start of the new […]
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An hour into the drive, doubt start to creep in. That little voice trying to undermine my adventure, challenging me, causing me to hesitate. I turn the music to contemplate. Its a crisp, clear autumn day and the Maple trees form a tunnel of color as I speed down the highway. I was excited
The M1 Concourse is located on 87 acres of land in Pontiac, Michigan, right off of Woodward Avenue. For folks not from around here, Pontiac is a suburb of Detroit and Woodward Avenue is as famous here as Route 66. In 1909, Woodward became the first paved road in America. That first one mile stretch
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It was my first year of teaching in Ann Arbor, in 1988. I taught an electronics class for a year, and “Know Your Auto” for a semester. It was a given that if any of the old school staff wanted their car serviced, oil changed, etc., I was the new shade tree mechanic. So, I
In 1974, when I was in high school, my first car was a metallic blue 1967 Ford Fairlane GT, with a black vinal top. It was an automatic transmission with a 390 cubic inch engine. It could burn rubber from a standstill. It had so much power! In fact, it had too much power. The
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I recently received a notice about my high school’s 50th year reunion. No…Really? Did the mailman mix up the mail again? Return to sender! Luckily, I still have some basic math skills and after double checking, it’s not a mistake. Once, I thought high school would agonizingly never end and now it seems like a
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チャック 今日はダットサン好きの方々と楽しい時間を過ごせてよかったです。 テレビの映像を送ろうと思っているのですが、初めてのことなので、少し時間がかかるかもしれません。 今日は画像をお送りします。 SR311ドライブ。 240Zドライブ。 Translation: Chuck, I’m glad you visited our museum today. I had a good time with people who love /appreciate Datsuns. I’m thinking of sending video footage (of the Datsuns being driven on the road), but since it’s my first time doing this, it might take a while. I will
来館ありがとう (Thank You for Visiting) Read More »
The title describes our recent travels around Japan. Sure, it’s a play off the 1987 movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, starring Steve Martin and John Candy. Unlike the movie, however, our trip wasn’t a disaster. But it did require an extraordinary amount of travel on planes, trains, ferries, buses, and autos, the likes of which
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