1 00:00:01,588 --> 00:00:05,148 When I was a kid, anytime I needed a lift... 2 00:00:05,148 --> 00:00:07,428 There was my grandfather. 3 00:00:09,548 --> 00:00:14,068 The guy was always good for a ride. 4 00:00:14,388 --> 00:00:17,468 Sure, he was as old as the hills...but to me... 5 00:00:17,468 --> 00:00:20,068 Gramps was Hercules in bi-focals. 6 00:00:20,068 --> 00:00:23,588 Superman in suspenders. 7 00:00:24,788 --> 00:00:27,628 He was ageless...timeless... 8 00:00:27,628 --> 00:00:33,228 One man in a million. You could always count on him. 9 00:00:34,948 --> 00:00:36,948 Where is he? 10 00:00:36,948 --> 00:00:38,988 He's late - again. 11 00:00:38,988 --> 00:00:40,828 Not that everyone shared my view. 12 00:00:40,828 --> 00:00:43,308 Probably just Friday traffic on the turnpike. 13 00:00:43,308 --> 00:00:45,628 He said five o'clock. I come home early... 14 00:00:45,628 --> 00:00:48,068 you're making his lamchops - for him... 15 00:00:48,068 --> 00:00:49,708 The lambchops will keep, Jack! 16 00:00:49,708 --> 00:00:51,908 I know lambchops, Norma. They dry out! 17 00:00:51,908 --> 00:00:52,748 And then he'll show up, 18 00:00:52,748 --> 00:00:55,708 and he'll start complaining...about dry lambchops. 19 00:00:55,708 --> 00:00:58,148 It was kind of a ritual around our house. 20 00:00:58,148 --> 00:01:01,988 When Gramps visited, Mom cooked, Dad groused... 21 00:01:01,988 --> 00:01:02,988 And I... 22 00:01:02,988 --> 00:01:05,068 Dad? Can I have the keys to the car, tonight? 23 00:01:05,068 --> 00:01:06,588 I borrowed the keys to the car. 24 00:01:06,588 --> 00:01:08,148 I gotta go out - I'm pickin' up the guys. 25 00:01:08,148 --> 00:01:09,628 What guys? 26 00:01:09,628 --> 00:01:10,508 Dad?! 27 00:01:10,508 --> 00:01:13,228 Oh, honey...Aren't you gonna wait till your grandfather gets here? 28 00:01:13,228 --> 00:01:16,068 Mom, he'll see me when I come back. OK? 29 00:01:16,068 --> 00:01:19,908 Not that I wasn't anxious to swap boring stories with the old guy... 30 00:01:19,908 --> 00:01:20,868 It's just... 31 00:01:20,868 --> 00:01:22,388 So, Dad - can I have 'em? 32 00:01:22,388 --> 00:01:24,908 When you're sixteen, there are priorities. 33 00:01:24,908 --> 00:01:26,948 Well... 34 00:01:27,748 --> 00:01:29,788 Wait...a minute. 35 00:01:29,788 --> 00:01:31,868 Where'd you say you were goin'? 36 00:01:31,868 --> 00:01:33,988 Come on, Dad! Do I really have to answer that? 37 00:01:33,988 --> 00:01:35,268 It didn't seem fair. 38 00:01:35,268 --> 00:01:39,628 The Spanish Inquisition for two lousy hours in a four-door sedan. 39 00:01:39,628 --> 00:01:41,428 OK. 40 00:01:41,788 --> 00:01:42,948 But be careful. 41 00:01:42,948 --> 00:01:44,108 I will, Dad. 44 00:01:49,468 --> 00:01:50,948 Kevin - wait. 45 00:01:50,948 --> 00:01:53,708 Bad on exits. 46 00:01:53,948 --> 00:01:55,788 It's your father. 47 00:01:55,788 --> 00:01:57,468 Where is he? 48 00:01:57,468 --> 00:01:58,868 The police station. 49 00:01:58,868 --> 00:02:01,228 What the hell is he doin' at the police station? 50 00:02:01,228 --> 00:02:04,468 He's had an accident. 51 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:09,428 -OK, let's get out of here! -Dad! What happened? 52 00:02:09,428 --> 00:02:12,908 Absolutely nothing, John - now let's go find my car! 53 00:02:12,908 --> 00:02:14,588 One thing was clear, anyway. 54 00:02:14,588 --> 00:02:17,068 Gramps's accident had been something less than fatal. 55 00:02:17,068 --> 00:02:18,188 What, ya hit somebody? 56 00:02:18,188 --> 00:02:19,108 It was nothin' like that. 57 00:02:19,108 --> 00:02:21,268 It was a little fender-bender...couldn't be avoided! 58 00:02:21,268 --> 00:02:22,948 Wait a minute - wait a minute! Let me get this straight. 59 00:02:22,948 --> 00:02:25,868 Just a minute. The car was parked on the side of the road... 60 00:02:25,868 --> 00:02:28,948 I just nicked it as I went by. That's all. 61 00:02:28,948 --> 00:02:31,708 - You hit a parked car?! - John - don't start with me on this! 62 00:02:31,708 --> 00:02:32,428 Dad, you - 63 00:02:32,428 --> 00:02:36,508 the important thing is...nobody got hurt! 64 00:02:36,508 --> 00:02:38,068 Isn't that right, Kevin?! 65 00:02:38,068 --> 00:02:41,628 Good! Now let's go find my car! 66 00:02:43,628 --> 00:02:47,148 -Oh, Albert! Are you alright? -Yes, I am, Norma. 67 00:02:47,148 --> 00:02:51,148 And thank you...Very much... For asking. 68 00:02:51,148 --> 00:02:55,028 Now, if we could all stop standing around, gawking... 69 00:02:55,028 --> 00:02:58,948 We might go home and have some dinner! 70 00:03:00,028 --> 00:03:02,028 Just a minute, Mr. Arnold. 71 00:03:03,148 --> 00:03:04,828 What do you think you're doin'? 72 00:03:04,828 --> 00:03:06,388 This your designated driver? 73 00:03:06,388 --> 00:03:07,628 What?! 74 00:03:07,628 --> 00:03:09,668 The man's had three accidents in six months. 75 00:03:09,668 --> 00:03:14,588 Hmmm. Seems there were one or two things Gramps had failed to mention to us. 76 00:03:14,588 --> 00:03:15,708 Albert? 77 00:03:15,708 --> 00:03:17,348 Now listen, sonny... 78 00:03:17,348 --> 00:03:19,748 don't you have somethin' better to do than goin' around... 79 00:03:19,748 --> 00:03:22,028 harassing tax-payers? 80 00:03:22,028 --> 00:03:24,228 You were driving on probation, sir. 81 00:03:24,228 --> 00:03:27,908 Probationary accidents result in the immediate suspension of driving privileges. 82 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,828 I believe you were informed of that. 83 00:03:29,828 --> 00:03:32,908 Well...just let me inform you of something. 84 00:03:32,908 --> 00:03:36,388 I have an Oldsmobile to drive here! 85 00:03:36,388 --> 00:03:38,188 I'll drive, Gramps! 86 00:03:38,188 --> 00:03:42,548 After all...No sense letting a golden opportunity go to waste, here. 87 00:03:42,548 --> 00:03:44,228 No you won't...I'll drive. 88 00:03:44,228 --> 00:03:46,428 You most certainly will not! 89 00:03:46,428 --> 00:03:48,028 Well, fine...I'll drive your car, then. 90 00:03:48,028 --> 00:03:48,988 You ride with your mother - 91 00:03:48,988 --> 00:03:50,948 we've had enough accidents for one day. 92 00:03:50,948 --> 00:03:52,028 -But, Dad! I.. -Kevin! 93 00:03:52,028 --> 00:03:54,708 - John! - Folks... 94 00:03:56,108 --> 00:03:58,988 Don't forget to buckle up. 95 00:03:59,668 --> 00:04:02,068 And there it was. The final word. 96 00:04:02,068 --> 00:04:04,348 You can't do this, ya know! 97 00:04:04,628 --> 00:04:06,628 He can't do this, ya know. 98 00:04:06,628 --> 00:04:09,708 Hell hath no fury...Like a grandfather scorned. 99 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:11,948 Dad? He can do it... 100 00:04:11,948 --> 00:04:14,628 He did it. It's done. 101 00:04:14,628 --> 00:04:17,708 Do we understand each other? 102 00:04:17,708 --> 00:04:19,268 It was a bitter pill. 103 00:04:19,268 --> 00:04:21,748 But there was nothing more Gramps could say. 104 00:04:21,748 --> 00:04:23,148 Except, of course... 105 00:04:23,148 --> 00:04:27,068 Aren't lambchops supposed to be juicy?! 106 00:04:31,628 --> 00:04:36,028 Still, ya had to hand it to the guy - he had spunk. He had nerve. 107 00:04:36,028 --> 00:04:37,828 He had the bunk next to mine. 108 00:04:37,828 --> 00:04:40,468 Know when I learned to drive a car, Kevin? 109 00:04:40,468 --> 00:04:41,828 When, Gramps? 110 00:04:41,828 --> 00:04:44,828 Nineteen-twenty-one. 111 00:04:44,828 --> 00:04:47,788 The man that sold it to me taught me how to drive. 112 00:04:47,788 --> 00:04:50,428 And I...drove it off the lot. 113 00:04:50,428 --> 00:04:54,548 That was my license - know-how. 114 00:04:54,548 --> 00:04:56,708 No State... 115 00:04:56,708 --> 00:04:59,788 No son, to tell me what to do. 116 00:04:59,788 --> 00:05:02,068 Ya know what I mean? 117 00:05:02,068 --> 00:05:03,788 Look, Gramps... 118 00:05:03,788 --> 00:05:05,708 It seemed pretty clear we were gonna be up all night... 119 00:05:05,708 --> 00:05:08,188 Unless somebody put out this fire. 120 00:05:08,188 --> 00:05:10,748 The law's the law. 121 00:05:10,748 --> 00:05:16,188 So, just...promise you won't drive. OK? 122 00:05:16,188 --> 00:05:20,588 You'll make Dad happy... you'll make Mom happy. 123 00:05:20,588 --> 00:05:23,788 It'll make me happy. 124 00:05:23,788 --> 00:05:26,428 So, what do you say? 125 00:05:27,388 --> 00:05:30,188 And where all the king's horses... And all the king's men had failed before... 126 00:05:33,748 --> 00:05:36,388 Fine. 127 00:05:37,708 --> 00:05:40,948 Let's just get some shut-eye. 128 00:05:40,748 --> 00:05:43,108 There. Easy. 129 00:05:43,108 --> 00:05:47,548 And in that spirit of peace and tranquility... 130 00:05:47,948 --> 00:05:51,988 We all slept a little easier. 131 00:05:51,988 --> 00:05:54,228 He's gone. Again. 132 00:05:54,228 --> 00:05:56,748 I haven't seen anyone so stubborn in all my life. 133 00:05:56,748 --> 00:05:59,188 - Now, calm down, honey. - He behaves like a teenager. 134 00:05:59,188 --> 00:06:01,668 Where the hell did he go?! 135 00:06:01,668 --> 00:06:03,348 - Morning, people! - Albert? 136 00:06:03,348 --> 00:06:04,508 Dad, where have you been?! 137 00:06:04,508 --> 00:06:06,348 Ah, just out for a ride. 138 00:06:06,348 --> 00:06:08,828 Dad - what he hell were you doing in the car?! 139 00:06:08,828 --> 00:06:12,988 I was getting fresh-squeezed juice...and some eggs. 140 00:06:12,988 --> 00:06:15,908 I came down early this morning to make my famous waffles... 141 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:17,788 Couldn't find and egg in the house! 142 00:06:17,788 --> 00:06:19,988 Dammit, Dad. You're weren't supposed to drive - 143 00:06:19,988 --> 00:06:22,268 you don't have a license, and your eye-sight's shot! 144 00:06:22,268 --> 00:06:27,428 What are you talkin' about? I see like an owl. 145 00:06:27,668 --> 00:06:30,308 Here! Lemme show ya. 146 00:06:30,308 --> 00:06:31,388 Hold that. 147 00:06:31,388 --> 00:06:33,308 Hold it right there. 148 00:06:34,428 --> 00:06:36,788 Now. 149 00:06:36,788 --> 00:06:41,388 "Lulla May's great buttermilk-flavor pancakes and waffle mix..." 150 00:06:41,388 --> 00:06:47,908 "Since 1917." And...On the bottom... "seven cent coupon...inside." 151 00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:53,948 It was amazing. A virtuoso display of visual pyrotechnics. 152 00:06:54,508 --> 00:06:55,428 Now read a box... 153 00:06:55,428 --> 00:06:59,628 You haven't been buying for twenty-five years, Dad. 154 00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:01,228 A box is a box, John. 155 00:07:01,228 --> 00:07:02,908 Aw, this is ridiculous... 156 00:07:02,908 --> 00:07:05,868 Albert...It's just that we're worried about you. 157 00:07:05,868 --> 00:07:09,588 Worried? Well lemme tell you something right now. 158 00:07:09,588 --> 00:07:11,788 You won't have to worry about me! 159 00:07:11,788 --> 00:07:14,988 Come on, Gramps - be reasonable... 160 00:07:14,988 --> 00:07:20,348 You too, huh? Anybody else? 161 00:07:20,588 --> 00:07:25,108 I felt sorry for the guy. I wanted to say something, but... 162 00:07:25,108 --> 00:07:27,428 I see. 163 00:07:27,788 --> 00:07:30,708 Well, I can tell I'm on my own, here! 164 00:07:30,708 --> 00:07:33,708 Maybe I'll come back, when somebody appreciates me... 165 00:07:33,708 --> 00:07:35,228 And my waffles! 166 00:07:35,228 --> 00:07:37,668 Just a minute, Dad - where are you going? 167 00:07:37,668 --> 00:07:39,868 Home! 168 00:07:41,508 --> 00:07:43,948 Now we all knew Gramps was bluffing. 169 00:07:43,948 --> 00:07:46,348 Problem was, he was also packing. 170 00:07:46,348 --> 00:07:48,028 You're not drivin' home, Dad. 171 00:07:48,028 --> 00:07:50,988 John...I am driving home. 172 00:07:50,988 --> 00:07:53,188 You're not driving home! 173 00:07:53,188 --> 00:07:56,108 And there it was again. The final word. 174 00:07:56,108 --> 00:08:00,748 Fine. Let the boy drive me. 175 00:08:01,548 --> 00:08:03,028 Aw, Gramps, I-I don't wanna... 176 00:08:03,028 --> 00:08:05,628 Not you...him! 177 00:08:05,628 --> 00:08:06,788 Me? 178 00:08:06,788 --> 00:08:08,468 Kevin?! 179 00:08:08,468 --> 00:08:10,788 He's got his license, doesn't he? 180 00:08:10,788 --> 00:08:15,108 That's what you need in this State to drive isn't it - a license? 181 00:08:15,108 --> 00:08:17,148 How about it, son? 182 00:08:17,148 --> 00:08:20,668 You want to drive your dottering old grampa home? 183 00:08:20,668 --> 00:08:25,708 And suddenly...I was trapped between a Gramps...And a hard place. 184 00:08:25,708 --> 00:08:28,188 Sure! I guess I could. 185 00:08:28,188 --> 00:08:30,188 Good. Let's get moving. 186 00:08:30,188 --> 00:08:31,468 And from that point on... 187 00:08:31,468 --> 00:08:33,348 There was nothing left to say but... 188 00:08:33,348 --> 00:08:36,628 - Drive carefully, honey. - OK, Mom. I will. 189 00:08:37,708 --> 00:08:39,748 And so it began. 190 00:08:39,748 --> 00:08:43,948 Go easy on the gas. She's got a hell of a punch. 191 00:08:43,948 --> 00:08:50,428 The great overland automobile trip to Grandfather's house of 1972. 192 00:08:50,788 --> 00:08:52,948 Sure - it was further than I'd ever driven... 193 00:08:52,948 --> 00:08:54,868 And I'd have to take the bus back, 194 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:57,228 but that morning, behind the wheel, 195 00:08:57,228 --> 00:09:02,028 I could feel the call of adventure...excitement...the unexpected. 196 00:09:02,028 --> 00:09:03,428 Pull over. 197 00:09:03,428 --> 00:09:04,588 Beg your pardon? 198 00:09:04,588 --> 00:09:06,468 Stop her right here. 199 00:09:06,468 --> 00:09:08,148 For about a block-and-a-half. 200 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:10,628 Gramps - what's goin' on? 201 00:09:10,628 --> 00:09:12,428 - Get out. - What? 202 00:09:12,428 --> 00:09:14,548 I'm drivin'. 203 00:09:14,868 --> 00:09:16,468 But, Gramps...you know what Dad said. You - 204 00:09:16,468 --> 00:09:18,468 Come on...let's go! 205 00:09:18,468 --> 00:09:20,948 You're riding shot-gun! 206 00:09:20,948 --> 00:09:22,828 But.. 207 00:09:25,308 --> 00:09:29,548 And that's when the true meaning of what was transpiring hit me. 208 00:09:29,548 --> 00:09:30,948 Move it! 209 00:09:30,948 --> 00:09:32,708 suddenly, I saw clearly. 210 00:09:32,708 --> 00:09:35,948 I'd been duped by the master. Hoodwinked. 211 00:09:35,948 --> 00:09:38,628 Blind-sided. 212 00:09:38,908 --> 00:09:41,148 Here we go! 213 00:09:41,668 --> 00:09:44,308 I should have known all along that my grandfather was... 214 00:09:44,308 --> 00:09:45,508 Gangway! 215 00:09:45,508 --> 00:09:47,788 Always in the driver's seat. 216 00:09:49,548 --> 00:09:52,028 Beautiful country, huh? 217 00:09:53,228 --> 00:09:56,548 Beautiful stretch of highway... 218 00:09:56,548 --> 00:09:57,988 Yep! 219 00:09:57,988 --> 00:09:59,908 Beautiful! 220 00:10:00,628 --> 00:10:04,988 It's a terrible thing...When your own flesh-and-blood plays you for a sucker. 221 00:10:04,988 --> 00:10:08,548 What's the matter? Cat got your tongue? 222 00:10:08,548 --> 00:10:10,548 Not that I was bitter about it, or anything. 223 00:10:10,548 --> 00:10:12,668 You know - I was supposed to drive! 224 00:10:12,668 --> 00:10:14,508 And you promised me last night that you wouldn't - 225 00:10:14,508 --> 00:10:15,788 Hey! 226 00:10:15,788 --> 00:10:18,868 I didn't know you had so much spunk! 227 00:10:19,148 --> 00:10:20,148 Yee-ah. 228 00:10:20,148 --> 00:10:24,948 Anyway...I really appreciate your company, Kevin 229 00:10:24,948 --> 00:10:25,948 Maybe so. 230 00:10:25,948 --> 00:10:29,708 But the guy sure had a funny way of showing it. 231 00:10:30,988 --> 00:10:33,268 Gramps! Whoa! 232 00:10:33,268 --> 00:10:35,908 Hang on, now! Hah-hah! 233 00:10:35,908 --> 00:10:37,908 What are you doing? 234 00:10:38,188 --> 00:10:40,228 Pit-stop. 235 00:10:40,748 --> 00:10:42,188 Pit-stop? 236 00:10:42,188 --> 00:10:46,428 Two pieces of cherry pie - hold the pits. 237 00:10:47,188 --> 00:10:48,868 Anything else? 238 00:10:48,868 --> 00:10:52,028 No. Pie'll be just fine. 239 00:10:51,868 --> 00:10:55,508 Turns out our pit-stop was about five miles off the highway. 240 00:10:55,508 --> 00:10:58,308 What do you think of this place? 241 00:10:58,748 --> 00:11:00,548 What are we doing here? 242 00:11:00,548 --> 00:11:04,588 You're gonna sample the best cherry pie...You ever tasted. 243 00:11:04,588 --> 00:11:07,228 Margaret and I used to stop here on our way to see you guys. 244 00:11:07,228 --> 00:11:09,388 Before they...put the parkway in. 245 00:11:09,388 --> 00:11:11,308 The thing is, it didn't make sense. 246 00:11:11,308 --> 00:11:14,428 Here we were... Reliving old memories... 247 00:11:14,428 --> 00:11:16,108 And I didn't know why. 248 00:11:16,108 --> 00:11:17,548 Millie around today? 249 00:11:17,548 --> 00:11:19,708 Who? 250 00:11:19,868 --> 00:11:22,108 Millie. She runs the place. 251 00:11:22,108 --> 00:11:24,148 Unh, never heard of her. 252 00:11:24,148 --> 00:11:26,508 "Never heard of her"?! 253 00:11:26,508 --> 00:11:29,948 I just saw her! I was just in here! 254 00:11:30,988 --> 00:11:36,068 I was in here, about, uh... Two years ago... 255 00:11:36,068 --> 00:11:37,708 You don't remember? 256 00:11:37,708 --> 00:11:39,788 Millie? 257 00:11:41,508 --> 00:11:44,788 Gramps - he's never heard of her, OK? 258 00:11:44,788 --> 00:11:50,668 Well...just, uh, say hello to her, if you see her, anyway... 259 00:11:50,668 --> 00:11:53,708 Sure. Anything you say. 260 00:11:53,708 --> 00:11:55,548 But one thing was clear... 261 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:57,588 Memory lane had changed more than a little, 262 00:11:57,588 --> 00:12:00,548 since Gramps last strolled down it. 263 00:12:00,548 --> 00:12:02,308 You feel OK, Gramps. 264 00:12:02,308 --> 00:12:03,788 Oh, yeah...fine. 265 00:12:03,788 --> 00:12:05,068 Why? 266 00:12:05,068 --> 00:12:06,908 Nothing. 267 00:12:07,388 --> 00:12:09,268 Still, since he'd asked. 268 00:12:09,268 --> 00:12:11,948 You want me to drive? 269 00:12:11,948 --> 00:12:14,068 Why? 270 00:12:14,068 --> 00:12:18,148 Well...it's just that I figured that way maybe we, uh... 271 00:12:18,148 --> 00:12:20,628 We could make better time. 272 00:12:21,148 --> 00:12:23,748 Are you in a hurry? 273 00:12:23,748 --> 00:12:25,828 Yeah! Kinda. 274 00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:30,828 Not to be rude, or anything. Still, keep in mind I had a bus to catch. 275 00:12:30,828 --> 00:12:33,068 Well, OK... 276 00:12:33,468 --> 00:12:38,668 If you're in a hurry, we better...step on it! 277 00:12:43,828 --> 00:12:47,228 So we stepped on it alright. 278 00:12:49,948 --> 00:12:56,748 Trouble was...It was Gramps who did all the stepping. 279 00:13:01,148 --> 00:13:04,508 That afternoon...We stopped at every monument and landmark... 280 00:13:04,508 --> 00:13:08,628 Every fruit-stand and roadside museum known to mankind. 281 00:13:08,628 --> 00:13:12,868 Hah-hah! Good to seeya! 282 00:13:13,868 --> 00:13:17,148 Not to mention a few that weren't. 283 00:13:21,508 --> 00:13:26,628 The worst part was...I just couldn't figure out why Gramps was doing this at all. 284 00:13:26,628 --> 00:13:29,468 Amazing, isn't it? 285 00:13:29,468 --> 00:13:32,148 It's OK, I guess... 286 00:13:32,148 --> 00:13:37,068 All I knew was...The longer it took... 287 00:13:37,068 --> 00:13:40,108 The more impatient I got. 288 00:13:40,108 --> 00:13:45,188 By four o'clock, we'd made more pit-stops... Than most race cars make in a lifetime. 289 00:13:45,188 --> 00:13:46,708 Did I ever tell you about the time... 290 00:13:46,708 --> 00:13:51,908 Me and Nate Molnar took seven weeks to drive my old jalopy across the country. 291 00:13:51,908 --> 00:13:53,468 Gramps! 292 00:13:53,468 --> 00:13:56,588 We broke three wheels the first week! Then... 293 00:13:56,588 --> 00:14:00,148 Then, we broke and axle in the smallest town I've ever seen. 294 00:14:00,148 --> 00:14:03,828 It was about 100 miles outside of, uh...Souix Falls. 295 00:14:03,828 --> 00:14:05,108 It was crazy. 296 00:14:05,108 --> 00:14:09,788 The guy kept rambling on and on about every detail of his life - 297 00:14:09,788 --> 00:14:12,108 and I was held there - captive. 298 00:14:12,108 --> 00:14:14,508 Wait a minute - wait a minute. Did I say Souix Falls? No... 299 00:14:14,508 --> 00:14:19,828 No, no - it was Rapid City. Wait a minute - wait a minute. 300 00:14:19,828 --> 00:14:23,868 It wasn't Rapid City, it was a little town, about...right west of there, uh... 301 00:14:23,868 --> 00:14:27,228 I just didn't care anymore. About Souix Falls... 302 00:14:27,228 --> 00:14:30,708 About his wandering, windbag stories. 303 00:14:30,708 --> 00:14:35,028 Well, anyway, we, we, we...broke an axle there... 304 00:14:35,028 --> 00:14:37,988 And we thought we were gonna have to stay there...Seven days! 305 00:14:37,988 --> 00:14:40,468 Gramps... 306 00:14:41,308 --> 00:14:43,708 Watch out! 307 00:14:54,108 --> 00:14:56,228 You alright? 308 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:57,868 I think so. 309 00:14:57,868 --> 00:14:58,788 But I wasn't. 310 00:14:58,788 --> 00:15:01,988 I'd had it. I was fed up. 311 00:15:01,988 --> 00:15:04,188 Jeez, Gramps! (Frowns.) Didn't you see where you were going?! 312 00:15:04,188 --> 00:15:04,668 Well, I... 313 00:15:04,668 --> 00:15:06,748 You could have gotten us killed! 314 00:15:06,748 --> 00:15:12,348 You're lookin' out the window, tellin' stories...Not watchin' the road! 315 00:15:13,908 --> 00:15:17,348 That's how it happened yesterday, wasn't it? 316 00:15:17,348 --> 00:15:18,828 You weren't paying attention, were you, Gramps? 317 00:15:18,828 --> 00:15:19,908 I was paying attention! 318 00:15:19,908 --> 00:15:21,348 Then how'd you hit a parked car? 319 00:15:21,348 --> 00:15:24,028 It was the sun! 320 00:15:24,548 --> 00:15:25,828 What? 321 00:15:25,828 --> 00:15:27,388 The sun. 322 00:15:27,388 --> 00:15:30,388 It was real low...it was...glinting in the rear-view mirror... 323 00:15:30,388 --> 00:15:35,548 and catching a whole row of...hubcaps, along the side of the street. 324 00:15:35,748 --> 00:15:38,708 You know what it's like, when you suddenly can't see anything... 325 00:15:38,708 --> 00:15:44,668 Because of the glints, and the...traffic. 326 00:15:47,028 --> 00:15:49,428 And I guess that's when it hit me. 327 00:15:49,428 --> 00:15:54,748 For the first time, this man, who'd always been Hercules to me, 328 00:15:54,748 --> 00:15:58,348 didn't seem quite the same. 329 00:15:58,348 --> 00:16:02,748 For the first time, my grandfather seemed... 330 00:16:02,748 --> 00:16:04,708 Old. 331 00:16:04,708 --> 00:16:08,028 Gramps - let's just go home. 332 00:16:21,428 --> 00:16:24,228 We didn't talk much the rest of the way. 333 00:16:24,228 --> 00:16:26,428 Something had come between us. 334 00:16:26,428 --> 00:16:33,068 A gulf of silence. A gulf of time. 335 00:16:37,548 --> 00:16:41,868 Home. 336 00:16:41,868 --> 00:16:43,828 We sat there... 337 00:16:43,828 --> 00:16:48,228 A sixteen year-old...Who was always in a hurry... 338 00:16:48,628 --> 00:16:53,828 A man whose eyes had grown old before his time. 339 00:16:54,348 --> 00:16:58,228 Kevin... 340 00:16:58,468 --> 00:17:00,908 Make me an offer. 341 00:17:00,908 --> 00:17:02,348 What? 342 00:17:02,348 --> 00:17:04,708 For the car. 343 00:17:04,708 --> 00:17:06,668 What are you talking about? 344 00:17:06,668 --> 00:17:13,988 She's got a lot of miles, and...it's got a dented bumper. 345 00:17:14,188 --> 00:17:17,388 How's, uh... 346 00:17:18,588 --> 00:17:22,108 How's one dollar? 347 00:17:22,308 --> 00:17:24,308 A dollar? 348 00:17:24,308 --> 00:17:27,388 Is it a deal? Or you want to haggle with me? 349 00:17:27,388 --> 00:17:30,668 I didn't know what to say. 350 00:17:30,668 --> 00:17:36,348 No! One dollar sounds good. 351 00:17:36,348 --> 00:17:41,188 It was the hardest thing I'd ever seen Gramps do. 352 00:17:41,188 --> 00:17:44,468 How are you gonna get around? 353 00:17:44,468 --> 00:17:46,588 Oh, well, uh... 354 00:17:46,588 --> 00:17:55,748 The town's close. I got, uh, cabs...I got busses. I got feet! 355 00:17:56,828 --> 00:18:01,708 And I got a fine grandson who'll drive me around when I come to visit. 356 00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:04,468 And maybe that's when I began to understand. 357 00:18:04,468 --> 00:18:06,348 About a lot of things. 358 00:18:06,348 --> 00:18:13,068 Well, come on - pay up! Your credit's no good with me! 359 00:18:25,428 --> 00:18:27,588 Good. 360 00:18:29,268 --> 00:18:33,788 Tell nobody what you paid. I don't want anybody to think... 361 00:18:33,788 --> 00:18:37,348 I'm an easy mark. 362 00:18:37,588 --> 00:18:40,428 No, no, no, no - you don't... 363 00:18:40,428 --> 00:18:44,228 You dont have to come in. 364 00:18:44,228 --> 00:18:48,308 I got the guys comin' over to play poker. 365 00:18:50,868 --> 00:18:55,468 Course, we both knew he was lying. We both knew why. 366 00:18:55,468 --> 00:18:59,268 We both knew he was letting go... Of more than just a car. 367 00:18:59,268 --> 00:19:01,588 Remember... 368 00:19:02,428 --> 00:19:04,188 Cold mornings... 369 00:19:04,188 --> 00:19:07,188 Pump the gas three times before you turn the key on. 370 00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:08,148 Three times... 371 00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:12,588 Yeah. I don't want you calling me...to ask me how to turn her over. 372 00:19:12,588 --> 00:19:14,668 I promise. 373 00:19:14,668 --> 00:19:17,228 Now, get outta here. 374 00:19:19,468 --> 00:19:21,108 Drive safe. 375 00:19:21,108 --> 00:19:23,508 I will. 376 00:19:56,388 --> 00:19:58,668 Some gifts are simple. 377 00:19:58,668 --> 00:20:01,148 Some come at a price. 378 00:20:01,148 --> 00:20:03,468 Some you buy for a buck. 379 00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:07,508 And last you a lifetime. 380 00:20:07,508 --> 00:20:11,228 I guess everybody remembers...Their first car. 381 00:20:11,228 --> 00:20:14,148 I know I remember mine. 382 00:20:14,148 --> 00:20:17,748 Not because it was my first car... 383 00:20:17,748 --> 00:20:23,628 but because it was my grandfather's...last. 384 00:20:23,668 --> 00:20:26,508 ÇϺñ (http://havy.co.kr) ¾È³ª (anna6860@hotmail.com) 385 00:20:31,508 --> 00:20:36,508 SubtitleSync (http://www.subtitlesync.com.ar)