A life without left turns By Michael Gartner

[Swede]

My father never drove a car. Well, that's not quite right.

I should say I never saw him drive a car. He quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old, and the last car he drove was a 1926 Whippet.

"In those days," he told me when he was in his 90s, "to drive a car you had to do things with your hands, and do things with your feet, and look every which way, and I decided you could walk through life and enjoy it or drive through life and miss it."

At which point my mother, a sometimes salty Irishwoman, chimed in:

"Oh, bull——!" she said. "He hit a horse."

"Well," my father said, "there was that, too."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnist/2006-06-15-gartner_x.htm

[MissMarple]

1. Thank you.

That was charming. I just checked in to DU for a quick moment and was so rewarded.

[Swede]

2. I got the story in an email. I checked Snopes and it was legit,so I looked up the link.

Pretty cool,isn't it?

[grasswire]

3. lovely, thanks n/t

[Frustratedlady]

4. What a neat story.

Mr. Gartner was a good looking man.

We have a lawyer in town that has walked many, many blocks to work each day for years. He always carried a cane. Snappy dresser and quick wit. He said he worked out his defenses during his walks. I imagine he's pushing 100 by now.

[IADEMO2004]

5. K&R just isn't enough for this. Thank You.

[EFerrari]

6. I thought this was going to be about driving in San Francisco.

[Suich]

7. What a wonderful story! thanks!

K&R!