In 7th grade I changed school systems and ended up about a year younger than my classmates. To make matters worse, I was seated next to the biggest thug in the school ( a guy now in jail for murder). I was tormented endlessly until one day I came to school with a book I had started to read, “Small Boat Engines”. Turns out my tormenter, Norm, loved cars and wanted to know how engines worked. So over a period of a few weeks each day would teach Norm what I had learned from the book. It changed how Norm treated me and, at the time, felt like it saved my life. Thank god for 4 cycle engines.
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