{"id":459322,"date":"2000-09-01T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2000-09-02T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=122993"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:18:03","slug":"curse-of-the-etceterini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/curse-of-the-etceterini\/","title":{"rendered":"Curse of the Etceterini"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just before he opened the door to the garage, I\u2019d swear he gave me the evil eye and muttered something under his breath. It didn\u2019t sound like English, but then again he was from New Jersey. I didn\u2019t know it at the time, but this man \u2013 this voodoo priest, of sorts \u2013 had placed a curse on me! A curse which seems to still hang over me some six years later. 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