Thumper
11-22-2022, 09:13 AM
…. but maybe it’s a time to make a positive out of a negative.
I received a message from FB this morning, suggesting I “help Bill Steils celebrate his birthday”. Heck, Bill left us over 5 years ago, but maybe a birthday reminder can be a good thing …. something to stir up fond memories. I never met Bill personally, but we talked over the phone regularly. Probably weekly as a matter of fact. He was not only a hunter and fisherman, he was a racecar nut and all the way until the end, he was still fielding a dirt track car, and was successful at it. That’s what we talked about mostly. In fact, he was having handling problems with a new car he built and I hooked him up with Buzzie Reutimann. Buzzie worked with him, got the car ironed out and Bill won the championship that year.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzie_Reutimann
We miss you Bill. I hope they have a big ol’ Walleye lake with a racetrack around it up there, so you can have the best of both worlds!
Happy Birthday Fido!
I received a message from FB this morning, suggesting I “help Bill Steils celebrate his birthday”. Heck, Bill left us over 5 years ago, but maybe a birthday reminder can be a good thing …. something to stir up fond memories. I never met Bill personally, but we talked over the phone regularly. Probably weekly as a matter of fact. He was not only a hunter and fisherman, he was a racecar nut and all the way until the end, he was still fielding a dirt track car, and was successful at it. That’s what we talked about mostly. In fact, he was having handling problems with a new car he built and I hooked him up with Buzzie Reutimann. Buzzie worked with him, got the car ironed out and Bill won the championship that year.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzie_Reutimann
We miss you Bill. I hope they have a big ol’ Walleye lake with a racetrack around it up there, so you can have the best of both worlds!
Happy Birthday Fido!