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The "other" 99

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                        The "other" 99   I told a regular reader that I might be coming to the end of my blog writing -  "I'm closing in on 50 stories and I think I might be done".  He said, "you may find more stories when you think of something that reminds you of another one". That just happened. I just finished watching FORMULA 1 ... a 10 episode doc series on Netflix (because I'm in self-isolation for another week and I'm bored). I'm not a fan of auto racing of any kind and have always wondered at the millions of dollars that individuals are willing to spend to own an F1 car and run the 20 race annual circuit attempting to beat the sport's leading cars sponsored by Mercedes, Ferrari, and Aston Martin and the billions more that those companies spend trying to own the sport. Perhaps it's all that money in the sport that's the attraction or maybe it's the built-in danger or the frightening thought that i