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[Calvin Krug]

>
>From: Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net>
>
>I recall a story about two young fellows who contracted to drive a
>classic American luxo-barge cross country for the owner... many pages,
>weeks, and stream of consciousness paragraphs later, the car was
>delivered, as promised.  It did, of course, have some of that wear and
>tear you are bound to get from a journey across such a wild and woolly
>continent.  (Of course now that Route 66 has been pretty much superceded
>by interstates, it's a lot less fun getting from here to there.)
>
>I think that story did far more damage to the condition of young writers
>efforts than to the car.
>

Is this the story that I think it is?  I remember reading that one
year a Cadillac being "delivered" cross country was the winner of the
Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, a.ka.  The
Cannonball Run.  Yet another thing that just can't be done anymore.
This is progress?

Calvin K.