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PHOTOS BY
JIM RAND
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Der Sportwagen
insert the key in the ignition switch, it came to me; remember I’m 73, the hobby store is closed!!!! Don’t hobby stores count as an essential business????
Now really scratching the old brain, virus or no virus, Easter was approaching. I’ll hide eggs in and around the Porsche, take pictures, email them to the grandkids, and whoever finds the most wins a prize. First rule of thumb; do not use real eggs. Weeks later, the one that escaped under the passenger seat not so pleasantly makes itself known. I now know a good interior detailer.
Moving on. I am babysitting my daughter’s cat, and I have a battery powered remote 911. Fun, I think. This goes on for nearly thirty minutes, producing You Tube worthy comedy. Suddenly the dog joins the adventures. Cat does not agree that this is fun. In
a single bound, the cat leaps to an end table, splattering porcelain pretties and framed photos in many a direction. The cat disappears and the dog looks up at me with sheepish eyes, pointing them in the direction where the cat took asylum.
Moving on to something that is surely less destructive, I decide the next morning to clean my Porsche, so when club activities resume,
it will be spotless. I began to assemble every can, bottle, rag, bucket and hose I could find and commenced the cleaning process. Hours later, as the sun sat in the west, I admired my concours worthy Cayman from my folding camping chair. As I arose, major parts of my body protested any and all movement. Gradually, I shuffled over to the garage fridge, pulled out a cold one, and administered some