public roads for 3 miles. smiling at astonished drivers along the way. he liked tinkering. when he was a one star general living in fort carson colorado, he inexplicably became fascinated with mechanical adding machines. he would buy them by the pallet at auction and then try to get the machines to work at one point, there were so many adding machines, that he had to store them in the garage refrigerator. i suppose every general needs a senior eccentricity. george patton had pearl had revolvers, colin powell had adding machines. his zest for life derived from his endless passion for people. he was generally interested in everyone he met. he loved the hot dog vendor, the bank teller, janitor. and a student, as much as any
for three miles, smiling at astonishes drivers along the way. he liked tinkering. when he was a one-star general living in fort carson, colorado, he became fascinated with mechanical adding machines. he would buy them by the palet at auction and try to get the machines to work. at one point there were so many adding machines, he had to store them in the garage refrigerator. i suppose every general needs a signature colin powell had adding machines. his zest for life derived from his endless passion for people. he was genuinely interested in everyone he met. he love a hot dog vendor, a banker, and a student as much as any world leader.