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Like most parents, we have made an effort to improve our “communication skills” in a positive manner. In doing so, we’ve come up with euphemisms and shortcuts to quickly fl oat messages that are deciphered by each other, but are certainly not for children’s ears. One of the methods I have adopted is using some of the more complicated words in our language, as I fi gure our boys won’t understand it all yet. I also speak these words really fast, like I’m auctioning off a set of crystal whiskey glasses once owned by Elvis. Sometimes it may sound like I’m calling the fi llies in the 10th race at Santa Anita Park (located in Arcadia, California – huh). Anyway, on the way to Hambone’s martial arts class the other day, I was astounded to hear the boy utter the sentence in the lead quote of this column. At the time, it had been two solid weeks since I called out some buffoon in a “Smart Car” who was hogging the HOV Lane on the I-10 while Hambone and I were trying to get to the Suns game (his fi rst NBA game and all, so I was in a bit of a rush). I may have openly questioned Smart Guy’s political af fi liation as one originating in the era of C.C.C.P. (My thinking is we’re never going to get to tool around in rubbish- powered DeLoreans unless we burn up all the oil and create a necessity. Why wallow in the past and drive around in a car that has the tensile strength of a tin of smoked oysters in order to save resources? You’ve seen the DeLorean with the food processer attachment in Back to the Future , right?). But I had no idea my boy heard me, as the stereo was on and I didn’t think I said it that loud. So the lesson was learned, indeed, and I realized later I better watch what I say and write, as Hambone is reading pretty well right now, and it’s only a matter of time before he picks up an Arcadia News and gets to this column. I mention this now because I just fi nished covering the Russo Steele Auto Auction last week and there are some things that I thought of that I need to get out before I can allow the kid to start perusing my work. I’ve no idea when my obsession with speed began, but I imagine it was around the age of fi ve or six, which is where Hambone is now. I remember a guy who lived next door to us in Indiana who always seemed to be working on race cars in his driveway and garage. I remember thinking the guy was A.J. Foyt, but he just gave me all sorts of Indy 500 beer mugs and highball glasses that bore the name of the racer, who was the winningest Indy 500 driver at the time. After I became a fan, A.J. lost every race afterwards. The ‘speed need’ would later surface in high school during driver’s education simulator training. The simulators at Saguaro High School back in the 80s had some sort of gyroscope that gave vibration and steering wheel feedback that varied at different speeds, in order to give students a feel for what driving a real car would be like. At speeds in excess of 60 mph, this gyroscope made a lot of noise and made the simulators rattle and hum like old wooden rollercoasters. In the double-wide trailer that held this class there were about 20 simulators, a large movie screen that ran our “simulation” and a teacher’s control panel behind us all, where our teacher could monitor the status of each vehicle individually. Lights and gauges on the control panel told the true story, and also determined our grade. I vividly recall the fi rst day and the fi rst Continued on page 28