• Canopyflyer@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    My oldest is on a Synchronized Figure Skating team and two seasons ago a girl from Italy joined the team. She was a great. Awesome skater and added so much to the team. They actually made it to Nationals that year.

    My funniest memory of her, was driving the car pool to a team practice. Just as we’re about to get up on the highway, a very large firetruck came into the intersection. Honestly, it was the largest firetruck I had ever seen.

    Her reaction was hysterical…

    “OH MY such a big truck. So American!”

    Thought she had summed up nicely, America’s insane infatuation around overly large vehicles.

    We were all very sad to see her go back to Italy.