In a message dated 97-11-11 11:46:36 EST, sbart7kb@WWW.MWC.EDU writes:

<< When you get the first snow, take your van to a big parking lot and
 drive around crazily, slamming on the brakes to make it skid, flooring
 it around a corner to make the back end swing out, and practice >>

Ahhh... the teenage rite of passage.... "Doin' Donuts" in the school parking
lot in the fresh snow...fun ain't it?  ;<)  (until your ass end hits a light
pole that you convieniently didn't see when you hammered the accel, and
cranked the strg wheel all the way to the left.... ..... BTDT, tho it was in
a '68 Ford Country Squire station wagon which I blew the engine in 3 months
later...  ;<) (bald tires and a good 'ol 351 cleveland help too..  ;<)

"uhh...Dad...i dont know what happened....it ..uhh..just jumped out of
nowhere??"

chris