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Originally Posted by Jim Brierley
We and a few Aussies were at Bonneville several years ago, a Texan had just set a street-roadster record and was very happy about it. He was inviting all passerby's to come into his pit area and admire his car. The Texan and Aussies were talking and the Texan stopped mid-sentence and asked "where ya'all from, ya sure talk funny"! Just one of my fond memories from the salt.
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Jim, that almost exact thing happened to me when Burt Munro came to the salt the first time.(I forgot the year) We were all standing around looking at his bike. My buddy who was quite outspoken, asked Burt where he was from because he talked funny.
Pete