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If you think about it, it all makes perfect
sense. I for one look back on my illustrious
driving career and sure enough, for all the
stuff I got away with, there is an equal
amount of stuff that happened to me that was
not my fault, but I ended up paying the
price, but it all evens out in the end. I
can recall two events back in 1981 that are
perfect examples. I owned a 1979 Ford
Thunderbird, the last of the really
colossally big and impractical T-birds. It
was 5 days before Christmas and I found a
nice piece of ice in a parking lot that
resulted in me demolishing the passenger
side headlight and doing lord knows how many
dollars of damage. It was my fault, and I
decided to wait until after Christmas to get
it fixed, in Cliff speak a huge outtie! On
Christmas Eve while wrapping presents I
heard a loud crash outside my front door.
Low and Behold an enormous pickup truck had
found a patch of ice and was now mating with
the front end of the T-bird!
At first I
thought it was another outie, but no! This
was a massive innie. Because my car was
stationary and parked, the fault was
entirely the other drivers, and his
insurance had to cover the entire repair
bill!
Essentially The Karmic Car Cycles
is a series of very funny vignettes. I lost
count of the number of cars that Cliff has
managed to demolish in his career and each
story is truly unique and mind bending. He
has also had a number of close encounters
with law enforcement, some he has won by
sheer luck, and others that he has lost for
no good reason other than the intervention
of the car gods. How you can possibly go to
court and plead not guilty to a very minor
traffic infraction and end up with a 10 day
all expenses paid vacation at the local jail
is baffling, but Cliff managed to achieve
this feat.
The Karmic Car Cycles is a
delightful read, and the format, having
short two or three page vignettes makes it
perfect for the reader who is looking for a
few minutes of entertainment.
Cliff does not limit his stories to just
cars, he also explores some of his
relationships with dogs and other animals,
including the human kind!
You can order your copy of The Karmic
Car Cycles from
AuthorHouse, Cliff is working on a
web site to accompany the book. In fact
Cliff Livingstone has quite the web
presence, he has a humor site
www.wholelook.com and another site
supporting some of his other writings
www.cliffr.com.
Buy it, enjoy it, and happy motoring!
Simon Barrett
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