I’m too organic for that, said the luddite.
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They heard that the president had been shot. He and his high school mates who did not have driving licenses hijacked a car and drove the back roads to DC. They witnessed the president’s funeral. Later, he was grounded for life. But he and I still think it was worth it.
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After graduating, he hitch-hiked all over Europe. He had ignored his father’s wishes and gotten a degree in philosophy. As a middle-aged man, he told me it had been a stupid idea. I disagreed.