May 8, 2024

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Florida's quote of the day

| 8/6/2018

"You are looking at life out here. It is something you are not going to get in your backyard."

-- Doris Merrill

Don’t cheat Doris Merrill out of her hard-earned months.

When you tell her that you heard she was 94 years old, the World War II veteran puts her arms in an “X” shape, to make sure you get it right.

“And a half,” she says, emphatically, although good-naturedly. “Don’t cheat me.”

The age-related mischaracterization aside, Merrill was all smiles at Gatorland early Saturday morning, competing in the 38th National Veterans Wheelchair Games motor rally event.

The Games drew more than 650 competitors from across the country to compete in 21 events this week. 

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel.

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