The type that makes you smile on the inside…
Last week I went to the grocery store twice, to
split up my oversized load. And both times I got to go thru my favourite Cashier’s
line…
Dave, whose predominantly a NASCAR and NHRA
fan, nonetheless have begun talking motor racing with Mwah while checking my
groceries. Which I get to do very little these days. Making it especially
refreshing in what is simply known as Ducks country. As in the Oregon Ducks who
are our next door neighbour 50-plus miles east…
As I was happy to hear Dave say previously He’d
watched the Indianapolis 500. Along with telling me His travails of trying to
get access to NASCAR’s six race Amazon Prime segment. For which it sounds like
it really shouldn’t have been that hard for Him!
First telling me that the account was in His
widow’s name so they wouldn’t take His credit card. And then having to pay $47
for Amazon’s tech support to just tell Him His TV was too old. Before Dave
figured out He could hook His computer via an HDI cable? Into the back of His
TV and Walah!
So I’d casually asked Dave who’d won the Mexico
City NASCAR race while Dave was multi-tasking and He couldn’t come up with the
name at the moment, which really didn’t matter to me.
Naturally, I was pleasantly surprised when
three days later without prompting, Dave told me that The Giz’, aka Shane Van
Gisbergen had won at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and that a lot of people were
upset about Van Gisbergen now being in the playoffs, thanks to His first win
this season.
As I’d totally already forgotten about this,
and had never bothered finding out who’d won…
But what really impressed me about Dave was His
elaborating upon Van Gisbergen being in His words a five times Australia
Supercars Champion who’s from New Zealand. And when I mentioned there was
another Kiwi’ named Scott McLaughlin, Dave immediately said He’s in IndyCar’s!
Before I said they’re both Bad Arses from Down Under! With Dave saying they’d
come Stateside where All the money is.
As Dave’s longtime favourite Roundy-Round
RASSCAR’ driver is Kyle Busch, who He claims is the highest paid NASCAR driver,
making a ridiculous $35 million, which I have no idea if that’s true?
But what made me truly happy was the fact that
Dave knew before I’d finished my sentence not only who ScottyMac’, nee Scott
McLaughlin was, but that He was an IndyCar driver!
Especially since this conversation was taking place in Bumfiddle’ Florence! Three days later and that Dave had made an effort to remember to tell me the winner’s name. Since I highly doubt a “Huge” portion of our miniscule population follows IndyCar, or even knows what it is…
