At 06:49 PM 11/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Just watched the news and was reminded that it's been thirty-five years
>since that tragic day. Amazing as it seems, I was working on my MG Y sedan
>when I heard the news. I was in a rented garage in Wimbledon, England,
>repairing the left front brake when my cheap little transistor radio
>interrupted programming to announce JFK's murder. I got on my bicycle and
>rode the three miles to my flat to see if my wife of six weeks had heard
>the news. Could hardly see my way home for the tears in my eyes..........
>
>How was it that US president could have had such an influence on an English
>youth who, at that time, had no concept that he'd one day live and work over
>here? I guess JFK was rather more of a president - and a man - than some of
>his successors, especially the current version..........
>
>Lawrie
>British Sportscar Center
>
As an American, I say THANK YOU for your keen observation.
Tom Buchanan
buchanan@preferred.com
http://pages.preferred.com/~buchanan/mg.html
http://www.ffwd.bc.ca/abcs/
1974 MGB-GT
Kingsport, TN
ICQ 21478018
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