[DeTomaso] NPC; Who let's an 18 year old loose with a Ferrari?

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Damn, I got screwed.

We used to get all excited over Store brand sodas and a Hershey bar.


Michael



On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com>wrote:

> It is pretty common for rich coaches to reward kids with sports car rides
> after success on the field.
>
> We've all heard of violations in college sports, but I knew a coach that
> let the star player drive his corvette.  I guess I should say I "knew of"
> him.  The kid was several years older than me.
>
> It would have been a pretty strong incentive for us - especially if it
> were an unobtanium car like a Ferrari or Lambo.  (unobtainable for most
> kids)  A corvette would have been yawning.
>
>
>
>
> On 10/19/12 10:30 AM, "cengles at cox.net" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >Dear Michael,
> >
> >
> >                    I can do you one better.  This is a true story and
> >available on the 'net.
> >
> >                     In Oklahoma City, where I live, there is a well
> >known neurosurgeon with a longstanding taste for Ferraris and for
> >baseball.   He has subsidized and coached a successful amateur athletic
> >high school boys team for years.   "Butch" is also well known for being
> >a cranky, terse and acerbic character.
> >
> >                     One evening a few years ago, the police and a
> >wrecker were called to sports car accident in the large parking lot of a
> >nearby large suburban mall.  When they arrived they discovered not one
> >sports car, but TWO Ferraris crashed into each other in the parking lot.
> >The drivers and passengers of the Ferraris were all teen age boys from
> >Butch's baseball team.   Investigation showed that the lads "weren't
> >racing", but rather both decided to "park in the same spot at the same
> >time" and accidentally impacted each other .  Certainly, a plausible
> >story.......    and it was discovered that Butch had a practice of
> >letting the lads drive his Ferraris as a perk and reward for baseball
> >diamond success.
> >
> >                     As Butch surveyed the scene while the roll backs
> >gathered up the carnage of the parking accident, he lit a cigarette and
> >said: "It is gonna take a lot of home runs to make up for this."
> >
> >                     True story.
> >
> >                                   Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
> >
> >On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:17 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/two-badly-hurt-when-ferrari-crashes-an
> >>d-burns-in-a/nShLf/
> >>
> >> Gee, unrecognizable...really...I guess if you've never seen a car
> >> before.
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
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> >>
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