Naw. I'll say it again, and again and again, Jacob.

That man there NEVER spoiled my brother and I. We travelled like gypsies, during the spring/summer/fall as kids, but that was all just how it had to be, you were just part of a team, is all....

So, besides learning me how to sleep, almost anywhere, I learned how to read everything, with a car radio on. I think I could recite word for word what those tags sewn onto car seatbelts, but waste knott, want knott, I got me an edumacation, and worked my whole life.

I still rarely turn the T.V. on, just learned behaviour, I guess....it wasn't around me when I was a kid, so I don't use it much or miss it. Even when it was on at home, it was on "Hockey Night in Canada", which pretty much didn't hold my interest long, but living in an Alpha Male household, was probably the only time that old guy wasn't working, so it was the only alone time we spent together.

The basic premise of business is to have a required service. In 1994 when we had the Cup car, we first asked a Canadian to drive it. We were small, and he declined, stating that he'd rather keep trying for a full-time Winston Cup ride. At the time, I nearly fell on the floor when his mother told me they had already invested over one million dollars, personally, in his career. Dougy, the man with his back to you in that picture told her she should have bought him a grocery store. And, he was right. That's driver's name is Randy MacDonald. You can Wiki him to see how well he's done, but that was his choice, not ours and I suppose he's living his own dream.

A required service, is just that, and there aren't many that are recession-proof, because you have to know when to cut your losses, and generally they must be cut during the GOOD times, in order to survive the bad.

Housing
Food
Vehicles

Even during the bad times, they are required.

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Family, huh?

My niece in Missouri. Don't ask about her having to get quickly married in Arkieville.

And her American daughter, Katie.

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You know how life is kind of reflected in art?

In Days of Thunder there is a part where Cole Trickle is at Rowdy Burn's farm, after Rowdy was injured. And Rowdy says:

"Spent my life farming, and all I could think about was racing. When I racing, all I could think about was settling down on a farm of my own."

That's pretty much true. One day, I might learn how to bake!

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Did I tell you I use a professional photographer when selling? That niece's brother is the head camera man for "Property Virgins" on HGTV.

And these people put together a floor plan for you pretty reasonably to keep the tire-kickers away.