"Night Mares"
Not many people own a 1962 Ferrari GTO! First, they only made 33 of them. Second, they were raced for the factory a long time ago. So, very few still exist. Today they can have a price tag as high as $10 M.
Just imagine if the GTO’s owner decides to go out for a short ride in the hills. At dusk he careens over the last hill on his way home. Having heated the car up and made sure everything was running fine. As he crests the ridge, his eyes pop out spotting two mares out side the fence and out for a run. With a hard plant of the front hoof, one mare veers to the left before getting in the road. The other bigger mare jumps over the road just missing the precious hood of the lucky Ferrari. In this case, there were instant nightmares, and “nightmares” avoided. Whew!
"Mutual Respect"
Both a little over two thousand pounds! The bull is made of solid muscle and strength, the car - lithe speed and legendary performance. Early in the morning on this day things come to a complete stand still as they meet face to face on a backcountry road. At this moment in time they are at an impasse. The car and the bull can do irreparable damage one to the other - they instinctively seem to know and relish this fact. So, for this very moment they stare at one another in “ Mutual Respect” with no harm done.
The one rearing to get on the open road and come up to speed, the other ready to get back to “owning” the pasture.
About 5 years ago, I bought an orange 911 RS clone (Duck tail and all). This car was inherited a few months before I bought it. Not long after inheriting the car from his father, this burly construction worker had it out for a ride. Over the top of hill at 100 MPH he hit a cow broadside. The front slant of the 911 scooped the cow onto and into the windshield. Crumpling the metal of the top of the car to about 6 inches from where his head would be.
"Ferdinand is back"
Published in 1936 – many of you will remember the short classic children’s book- with the awesome black and white illustrations! The book had a red cover and a cool story of the bull that doesn’t like to fight. Here he sits atop his favorite hill, under a cork tree of course – the tree has aged as Ferdinand has, but still bares the corks - ready to fit the wine bottles right after picking. Age has created a pot belly for Ferdinand, who now relaxes as if in his favorite lounge chair. He is still as happy as ever just to smell the flowers all around.
