My life? As part of the counter culture of the '60s, very little, probably less than you. But I am able to see how others might not feel the way I do, and not simply despise them for it, nor wish them harm for feeling that way. Can you say the same?
Likewise. I consider Great Britain to be the remains of the English empire, and not something to be proud of. But being English isn't a source of pride either, just an accident of birth. I did nothing to be proud of, and similarly I feel no personal shame for historical actions by the country...
I had a black Mk3. For 3 weeks, until a drunk truck driver rammed it into our hedge and wrote it off. He ran away and then claimed he had left his lorry at a pub. He lived about 100 yards further down our road, but the police couldn't prove it was him. So with 3rd party insurance I got...
Ah, but a Fiat 124 Special T looked exactly like a Lada (same body, Fiat sold the tooling to Lada, IIRC). And from the lights left many a boy racer in a stunned cloud of exhaust smoke. Until it dropped its valves. But only bent them and was fixed for 3/6d. :cool:
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