Driving in the rain this morning reminded me, for some reason, of my first and only car accident almost fifty years ago.
My friend eddie and I were working on putting together cars from old parts- what ever we could afford to buy from the junkyard.
We worked for six months or maybe more- working weekends and nights after school. My father, an engineer, was happy we were doing it but my mom had reservations. She kept dreaming I would crash and be killed- I told her it was ok and that she wasn' psychic- it would be ok.
Finally I was ready to take her out on the road- just as I started her up it started to rain. I drove off, picked up eddie and we hit the back roads to let her rip.
The rain got worse and the sky went all dark. I think it even hailed. Well sure enough- I went into the ditch- eddie was thrown clear and had not a scratch. It turned out the brakes had been installed wrong and that was the cause according to the cops.
I broke my nose and had a bad concussion. When I got home my mom said it was fate. It was just as she dreamed. Fate she screamed
I said no - it was just my car ma.
My friend eddie and I were working on putting together cars from old parts- what ever we could afford to buy from the junkyard.
We worked for six months or maybe more- working weekends and nights after school. My father, an engineer, was happy we were doing it but my mom had reservations. She kept dreaming I would crash and be killed- I told her it was ok and that she wasn' psychic- it would be ok.
Finally I was ready to take her out on the road- just as I started her up it started to rain. I drove off, picked up eddie and we hit the back roads to let her rip.
The rain got worse and the sky went all dark. I think it even hailed. Well sure enough- I went into the ditch- eddie was thrown clear and had not a scratch. It turned out the brakes had been installed wrong and that was the cause according to the cops.
I broke my nose and had a bad concussion. When I got home my mom said it was fate. It was just as she dreamed. Fate she screamed
I said no - it was just my car ma.
