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Ride or Die, Who Is In Your Crew?
Responding to an article by Nancy Blackman
In a recent article by Nancy Blackman she brings up the idea of “Ride or Die” and the concept of, and I am paraphrasing here: When the going gets tough, the tough get going? But where? Which direction?
You can read more of her article from the link below.
I would tell you more about her article, but as Nancy Blackman and Mr. Algorithm both would say, they would like you to open the link and read it yourself. PS: Spoiler alert, it is another great article by Nancy Blackman
My Ride or Die
My ride or die crew was more like my car full of “Knuckle Heads.”
We will change the names to protect the innocent, and or 40+ years later, hide from any statute of limitations violation. It all started on one of those Friday nights in college when someone asked, ‘What do you want to do?”
Did someone mention a bar, or back then in the 70’s it was more likely a disco. My friend, we will call him Rick, had a single cab pick-up truck that only had one bench seat. So, Rick, James, and I piled inside this single cab truck. I was so glad…