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[catmigliano7]

#onthisday #otd #4yrsago #022314 #timehop #questogiorno #4annifa #andiesemTag #vor4jahren #cejourlà #ilya4ans #Forever Andi! Dearest fighter, pls look after our friend #DeeReeves who joins you after her heroic battle. We miss your physical presence with #NickAuden & #BethGant as we continue fighting for #CURe #CompassionateUse #CompassionateAccessReform & Better Treatment for all #RockInPower You are all #ForeverWithUs (at Parkland, Florida)

[catmigliano7]

#timehop #onthisday #4yearsago #abdiesemTag #vor4Jahren #questogiorno #4annifa #cejourlà #ilya4ans What better way to uplift a Packer loss depression than reliving the exciting 1976 @F1 season via the movie #Rush? Not because a handsome Brit named James Hunt won the championship that year when he didnt deserve it. I didnt like him 38 yrs ago & I still dont like him now, may he RIP. That championship belonged to Niki Lauda. Hunt got it by default, the same way the 1st runner up becomes Miss America when the winner cant fulfill her duties. I loved #NikiLauda back then, I love him even more today. Niki starts the narrative stating he's known for 2 things: his rivalry w/Hunt and the fiery accident that would disfigure him and almost kill him on August 1, 1976 while he was, "chasing Hunt like an asshole" I may be biased, but I never thought, even seeing it from this new perspective that Niki was being an asshole. He was being competetive. Niki's rehab & how he used Hunt's winning what he felt were his points as motivation to get himself going were moving. The movie doesnt really show the extent of Niki's injuries until the end when we get to see the two men in real pictures. No disrespect to the dead, but #JamesHunt was a one hit wonder. Niki was a student of the art and science of racing. He won many championships. He got into flying and he even made an awesome, innovative airline which he sold several years back & is now part of the @Lufthansa fleet. It's interesting that in all the years of open wheel racing, and especially 38 years since that particular season, a driver then, and still today. drives with a 20% chance of dying in a race. @nikilaudaf1 remains an inspiration to so many of us who know who he is. Oddly, when the movie came out, I couldnt, for the life of me, remember James Hunt's name, even tho I knew who he was. Kinda sad. He was 45 when he died. Update, @nikilaudaf1 still is & always will be my hero. He also gave me a special appreciation of rats. 🐀 Ich liebe dich, Niki!!