Old 11-22-10, 08:08 AM
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nelson249
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I wish these people would have the strength of character of my grandfather. He turned 80 in 1994 and passed his first mandatory test with flying colours. One day on making a trip home from the next town over he had to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting someone. Feeling his reaction times were insufficient to operate a motor vehicle, he came to the conclusion that his driving days were over. Talking to him afterwards he looked at me and said "I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I hurt or killed someone because I couldn't react fast enough." He had a self-imposed sense of right and wrong which he followed even when it hurt. He died in 1997 and I still miss him.
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