Talented cars!

 

A friend of mine from way back was visiting a neighbor and as she was leaving I noticed something that I can only guess is a very rare phenomenon here in Aiken:  Her car was able to tap-dance! 

 

Yep, that’s right, I said “tap-dance!”  As my friend drove down the street you could hear that car:  Tap, tap, ti tap tap tap, all down the road! 

 

The next time I saw her, I mentioned this.  She agreed right off, yep, that was her car, OK, and it did a pretty good number wherever she went, bringing their music with them.  Made me think of the Ed Sullivan show, and a mighty good rendition of what Dean Martin, Sammie Davis Jr., and company, might have done along with their music.  If you know anyone who might be on the longer side of their sixties, you might ask them about it.  Could be they even might remember something called “black and white” tee vee, a thing of the past, for sure, today!

 

And that’s OK.  We can’t all know all there is to know about our world and how it was quite a few years ago, now can we?  It’s nice if we do know a little history, though, isn’t it?  Might even come in handy every now and then—especially if we want to take a history course or two in one of our institutions of higher learning (like USCA, e.g.!) 

 

And if you do find yourself in one of those courses, don’t forget about my friend’s talented car.  It probably would bring an incredulous look or two from your professor.  Wouldn’t that be great?  I think so!