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  Most Memorable Traffic Ticket Flynn Family Story Slingers 15 December 2024 By Cary Holmquist No particular traffic ticket stands out in my memory, but they parade ahead of me as specific moments of my mobile life. The first ticket I had was a citation for reckless driving that I got in July 1975 for wrecking a car and before I even had a driver’s license card.  It happened a few weeks after I had taken my drivers license test and before I received the plastic card with my photo from the Montana Department of Motor Vehicles, all printed in Deer Lodge.  Anyway, I had driven off the side of the road at Vaughn, Montana, hit an irrigation culvert that crossed a deep barrow pit and overturned the car and pretty much totaled the vehicle.  I had been trying to change the heat and air flow and took my attention off the road for too long and drifted right off the road and could not correct in time.  Totally my fault.  I had the receipt that I had passed the...

Story Elements Random Animal: Vanessa -- Perry the Platypus  Conflict: Aaron -- Your partner of 30 years Has seceterly been working against you the entire time Setting Time: Cary --the year 1846 Random Object: Carrie -- Rooftop tent Setting Place: Colleen -- Bermuda Triangle Random Character: Mom -- Deep Sea Diver Antagonist: Dad -- He is a large, hairy, loud mouth bully whose life code is "My way or no way" Protagonist: Ryanne -- Marcel Thirty something tall slightly awkward guy. Blonde shoulder length curly hair with shockingly green eyes. Random Weather Event: Hosanna -- Sun dog Colleen Holmquist   According to Bernard DeVoto,1846 was “the year of decision”. ‘Course, he hadn’t written his book when Marcel set out on his adventure in 1846. But it was surely a decisive year in Marcel’s life. For the previous thirty years, Marcel and his partner, Bruno, had been digging a hole to China, figuring it was the most direct route from their hometown of Tampa, Florida—whi...