Land Rover: Getting snotty with The Royals

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With the 2008 Summer Olympics coming up soon, Land Rover is working to draw some attention to the British Equestrian scene. Who woulda thought….Brits, Royals, horses and Land Rovers. But wait, this isn’t just any royal, this is Zara Phillips, Grand Daughter of Queen Elizabeth. And what a lovely lass she is indeed.

The Royal Family isn’t exactly known for their comedic appearances, so watching this soccer hooligan make his moves on the stunning Miss Phillips is a hoot.

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Lock the doors and roll up the windows

Like everyone else I really enjoy reminiscing old memories especially bench racing with friends about some of those times where all didn’t go as planned.

One such time was back in the late 70’s when I was an active member of the U.S. Olympic International Skeet shooting team. While hosting a weekend international competition at our local club in Palo Alto California there were many good friends and fellow competitors present. Two of them were John Satterwhite my coach and Eva Funes the women’s East German champion. One afternoon after the event had ended for the day John was telling Eva about my GT500 but she had no idea what was special about it. The next day I drove it to the club and John said, “Come on Eva… Hop in the front and Gary will take us for a ride.” It didn’t take long before we were on the freeway moving at a pretty good clip when John said, “Come on Faules, show us what she’s got!”

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