The Indianapolis 500

The race, the really big race. the Indianapois 500 will be held this weekend. It's always fun to watch but it does seem that is goes by very quickly these days.  About two and a half hours?  I remember, as a child, when the grownups were listening on the radio (you remember radio - television without pictures) the Indianapolis 500 seemed to go on for hours and hours.  It was an all day event. Just now, on the evening news, they showed a spin-off race - the tortoise race. No hares, just tortoises, dressed up in black and white checked shell covers.  Based on the pictures shown, that's a race that could still be an all day affair, a little like watching paint dry.  Cute, but trotoises will never replace weiner dogs for sheer racing excitement.  They're missing the floppy ears for one thing. There's nothing cuter than floppy-eared low flying doggies.