[Jolly Amaranto]

I was visiting my brother's family a few years ago. While his son was driving home from college a few weeks earlier, the engine in his car threw a rod and punched a hole in the side of the block. While I was visiting, my brother had just picked up a new car and decided to give his old one to his son. It was a standard. My brother has no patience. I could see a major storm brewing. I volunteered to go pick his son up from his summer job and take him for a ride in his "new" car. I had him drive to a nearby high school parking lot where we spent the next few hours patiently practicing starting and stopping. It was on a hill side so had some grade. He picked it up real quick. I trusted him to take my two kids out to eat and a movie that night. He has driven standard ever since.