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- From: dvacca@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Vacca)
- Subject: Shifting on the fly
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.203614.1294@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:36:14 GMT
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- Carol came up from college to visit last weekend. She
- got a car- a Honda Civic- this year, a hand-me-down from her
- mother.
- On Saturday, we decided to catch _Bram Stoker's Dracula_
- after reading Roger Ebert's article in which he dismissed the
- whole thing as the worst kind of camp. It was playing at a
- theatre in Mishawaka, one town to the east and kind of remote
- from my house. Plus, it had snowed and Carol has had little
- practice driving on snow, since she comes from North Carolina.
- What this means is that I, for the first time ever, drove
- a Honda Civic. I learned to drive on a '68 VW camper, and the
- other cars I've driven long distances have been similarly
- underpowered and unwieldy.
- The car handled like a dream. Really quiet ride, able
- to turn on a dime and leave two nickels in change. A brief
- tap on the accelerator and the car surged forward in a rush
- of power. Four on the floor transmission making me feel
- like a racecar driver without the hassle of actually being
- able to drive very well. I was thrilled to control this car,
- thrusting the hard and sleek machine down the road.
- "This car is great!" I exulted. "I love this car!"
- "I'm glad," Carol said, "but I think you should stop
- fondling the gearshift."
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- ---
- David Vacca, Just an Excitable Boy.
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