fun being a twin.

This story starts out when I was about two. That was in 1952.  My mom said they used to wash the car down at the creek. Yes they even used soap. Can't do that now a days. Well she said I would play in the water. When I did I would stick my head in the water and look for the pretty bright colored stones.She said it didn't bother me a bit. Me and my brother are identical twins. we are mirror twins. His name is Steve . He is left handed. My name is Tom. I'm right handed. I'm 5 minutes older than he is .So that means that I'm the older brother. Also I call him the ugly twin. He says the same about me.lol. when we were in about the 3 rd grade. We had just started school. Our mom always dressed us alike.  Well Steve's teacher was walking down the hall .She saw me on the playground and came out and took me into her class. She didn't know there was two of us. The principal called my mom and told her to dress us different or keep us home. When we were 16 I had borrowed our uncles 54 ford to go to the local store. He worked with my dad. So he left the car at our house if my mom needed it. Well a fuse blew out on the stove while my mom was fixing supper. So she ask me to go to the store to get some fuses. Heck yes. I loved that idea.  Only thing is I didn't have a drivers license . I had driven on the road a few times. It was no big deal. Well I made it to the store and bought the fuses and  Headed home.It was about 5 miles to the store. On the way back I met a Maryland state trooper. Yes he saw me too. I was going up a steep hill . Almost home. He made one of those fast u turns. after me he came. I had the old ford floored .I must have been doing at least 40 miles per hour going up that hill. When I reached the top and leveled off. I was moving about 55. Came to my driveway slamed on the brakes .Put it in gear  and ran in the house. I grabed Steve and hauled him out on the front pourch. The trooper had pulled in right behind me. He came over to the two of us and ask which one of us was driving the car. Well. we wouldn't tell him.He just didn't get much of a kick out of that .We thought it was kind of funny. After a while My Dad and uncle came home.The trooper explained what had happened . My Dad told me to tell him which one of us was driving . So I did. I got a 15 dollar fine for driving without a license. So I paid it . Later on they sent me a letter wanting me to go to court to tell them why they shouldn't take my drivers license privledge away. Well , me being a dumb kid at the time . I thought they meant drivers license. Well I didn't have one. So I didn't go. When I turned 18 I went to get my drivers permit. They said NO!. I had to go 40 miles to Baltimore to court and appear before a judge . I had to tell him why they should not take my drivers privledge . They finally let me have them .The joke was on me that time.If the trooper had know that he would have been laughing. My brother married a girl named Virginia . I married girl named Georgia.I succeded from the union though. He has been with his about 30years. He had the end of his finger on his left finger cut off. Just up to the  joint. I had a rock smash the same finger.But on my righ hand. I started wearing glasses at the age of 2 . He started wearing his when he reached 6. I think that is the only way Mom could tell us apart. Just kidding. I would send some pictures .But I have to resize the darn things,. He was married about two years and him and his wife had a son. Me and my wife were married about 2 years and we had a son. We both love cars we have been working on them since we were about 18. I've had about 135 cars. I wish I had a bunch of them back too. He went into a bar in pensylvania one night. A very pretty blonde came over to him and started getting real friendly. She called him Tom. Hey I never dated a blonde.lol.I swear. but there were times I didn't remember. We both worked at a sawmill at the age of 17. We work well together. We miss no time. We have worked all our lives. He is retired now due to medical reasons. triple bypass and a breathing problem. I'm just a tuff old bird.lol. We both love metal detecting. When we lived in virginia we would go to some of the battle grounds and look. He has found Civil war buckles.  Bullets . parts to a sword. buttons.  Now he searches the beaches in north carolinia. Thats where I hope to be soon. We have been apart for almost 17 years . But we call each other 2 or 3 times a week. He visited once and we visited once.I live in texas.Thats about all for now. It has been so special for me to be a twin. There is nothing like it in the world. Thanks for taking the time to read this . Later yall.