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bama80 Member 
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OK! So on I-40 this morning, I passed this guy who was in the middle lane. I did not tailgate him or swerve but I did not signal. On seeing me move into the left lane and continue my speed, the guy speeds up like he is going to pass me. Well I successfully/covertly prevented this as he was coming up on another car in his lane. I then came up behind 2 trucks in my lane and moved over to the right lane. At this point, the guy saw me do this and sped up and switched lanes in order to tailgate me. He was either talking on the phone using his hands or waving me over. (He may have been describing me swerving madly about to someone on the phone) Either way, he continues to tailgate me for a minute or so and then decided not to continue at this speed and drops back down to about exactly the speed limit. Well, why in the world do you see it as your point in life to tell me I didnt use my signal when I was coming from behind you. Also and then to tailgate me and gesture something? Hmm. maybe he thought I was hot. Well gues what. I am a male.... and.. umm.. idonthtinkso! P.S. Driving in the left lane at 5 under the speed limit is not a favor to humanity. You are not protecting us or keeping the roads safe by running a rolling road block at 5 under. Read the signs. move over. Whew! Thank you NWO forum. |
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Steve Adkins Member 
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Be safe bama, we want to continue to see your postings here. We can't enjoy the heavenly postings, at least not yet. |
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Bubba Guest
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SCHOOL ZONE people!!! I know we don't have pretty little flashing lights out here, but school zone speeds are 35mph at the high/middle school between 8:00am till 9:00am and 3:15-4:15pm elementary 7:20am 8:15 and 2:15-3:15 So please slow down with the overcrowding at all the NW area school it is very dangerous. This is the only place I show my road rage toward others.  |
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macca Member 
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So, what about these people who don't use their turn signals? (No offense, Bama. I know you said you were coming up from behind him....) I mean, if you're not paying attention, you could rear-end these yahoos, or you could pull right out in front ot them and they'd hit you! Or you sit and wait to pull out into traffic and then they turn at the last minute -- and you could've pulled out 5 minutes ago if you'd known they were going to turn!!! (Thanks... I feel better! I have been known to nod my head profusely, as in "What the H... are you thinking?" or throw my hands in the air as in, "Thanks a lot!" Sometimes I even point at them, but I figure they're clueless as to what I mean, and I don't want to provoke retaliation in case they think I'm challenging them...) Oh, yeah...And what about those people who wait until the LAST SECOND to merge into the ONE LANE that you've gotten notice of for the past 3 MILES? I have been known to do everything in my power to keep them from getting in front of me, just because I know they can read the signs just as well as I can... Somehow they must think it means everyone EXCEPT THEM should merge, and then those poor saps who followed the rules are supposed to give them a break! One time, this woman tried to merge in front of me on Wendover Ave (I'm aging myself --- this was long before the widening, when there were only 2 LANES across I-40!). I, true to my standards, didn't allow it, and she had to get in behind me. We proceeded down Wendover until we reached Penney Road, where I was making a left turn. As she drove by she blew her horn and gave me a one-finger salute. I gave her my biggest grin and waved to her as though she were my best friend, which caused her son, who couldn't have been more than 12, to burst out laughing. It's one of my finest moments -- I didn't retaliate, I killed her with kindness. What was she trying to teach her child with the anger? Just so you'll know, I do let folks in front of me when there isn't ample notice, or there has been an accident or whatever. I even let people pull out from side streets and businesses when there is lots of traffic... just not when you're going down the highway and you've gotten miles and miles of signs telling you that the road will narrow from 20 lanes to 3, so you need to move over now! |
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bama80 Member
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HAHA. Go MaCcA. As someone who drives an hour to work each way, I experience alot of that. Its worse when you are very familiar with the road and see the same things happen every day. "OK its 7:25 AM and in about 2 minutes, someone is going to ride all the way to the end of that lane, cut someone off and possibly cause an accident". Happens every day. Oh and I normally use my signal when I need to. (i.e. so that you can turn out of the road I'm turning into) However in this case, there was noone behind me and I moved over long before I needed to. There was no way that guy was worried about me hitting him or anything like that. Oh! and I love this little move where someone slows down in the normal lane, then halfway merges into a turn lane, slows down more, then turns, finally going through the turn lane and putting their blinker on at that last second! Wonderful! A work of pure art! uggh!  -> I dont really get that mad. It really just amuses me. oops I used colored text. |
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macca Member
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OK, bama (not Bama). I get it... |
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EUSON Member
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Macca I know exactly what you mean. When you are going down Battleground and you get to the intersection at Horse Pen Creek the right lane ends. It happens to me every single day on my way home. UGH. I have an older car and in chugs a little up the hill, but man you better believe that I am going to dog it so that nobody cuts in front of me at that intersection. Never fails there is always a car that blasts past me trying to squeeze in. They only way I would let someone in would be if they looked old or confused. I know when you are a regular blaster. If they can drive they need to be able to read. They can see the land ends sign just like I can. Don't try to be polite now and turn on that turnsignal, it will not work with me. I am loyal to the 20+ cars behind me that you just blew by. What makes these guys think that whatever they are going to go do is more important than what I have to do? I am on my way home. I have to go check the blog for heaven's sake. People who drive like this are selfish, just selfish. They put themselves before all others. Wonder if they are that selfish in all aspects of life. I would hate to be married to one of them, it could make for a lonely night. |
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macca Member
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EUSON, Your entry reminded me of this man I used to know. He was a little guy, older and feisty as they come. He'd tell me stories about people trying to cut in front of him in line at the bank or something. This would be standing in line inside the bank. He said he'd actually tell them, "If you were in that big a hurry, you shoulda left home earlier!" I always thought that was a neat comeback... Too bad "they" don't let us rule the world, huh? We wouldn't let those pushy guys rule! |
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bama80 Member
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I like that intersection at Battleground and westridge right at applebees. That lane there has to turn right onto old battleground and those signs are always looking like someone ran them over. I used to come home that way every day and it was kind of a sport to see how many cars were going to get stuck over there and possibly run the island and signs over. I never saw it happen though. I did see some van run over the edge of the island barely missing the signs. P.S. macca I wasnt commenting on you mistyping my name, I was just having fun with the shift key. I think my name probably should be capitalized though. Last edited on Dec 9th, 2005 02:56 pm by bama80 |
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macca Member
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Yeah, mine probably should be too, but I didn't register that way initially. |
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Bubba Guest
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OMG Bama! Battleground and Westridge! You know when you have to go to town. That one lane that has to stop and let everyboby make their left turn into the shopping center. The other lane is still moving. We can't move because some idiot is in the middle of the road inching his way into the lane with a flow, wanting someone to stop going straight so... they came make their left. Don't worry about the traffic backed up to New Garden and the light at Westrigde has changed three times. We all need to wait for the idiot, so he/she can whip in to use a 24 hour teller machine. UGH!! Thanks Bama I needed that. PS FYI When my son got his license, first time out by himself he came home and said what was the point of driver's ed and a year with a permit - Nobody follows the rules! Welcome to the world son  |
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bama80 Member
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haha yeah. I hate that whole area. Especially on saturdays. |
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OK, it happened again, there I was approaching the intersection at Horse Pen Creek. I was cruzin' normal speed, and about right there where the Auto Zone is there she was.... A regular, she was going to try and race me. I saw her looking at me, trying to size me up. She was about 40 looked like she might have a couple of kids, she had this blue haired lady riding shotgun. I was sizing her up too. I thought I know it is Christmas time and all, but we just talked about this intersection on the forum, and this chick is not going to cut in, after all Macca reminded us that they have just as much time as we do to read those signs. Now Macca and I seem to be pretty nice overall, but we are still going to use whatever is in our power to keep these clowns from cutting in. So I hit the gas, the car sounds like it is going to choke to death. I act like I don't hear it coughing. She guns it. You could tell that Grandma is over there yelling "nail it!!!" I thought "not today ladies, not going to happen for ya." There was nothing behind me they could have easily filed in after me, but no, got to race me up the hill. The light is still green, I am smiling, tickled to death, because I was up on the car in front of me pretty tight, no way she and the blue haired Betty are getting' in. I could taste the victory. It felt good. I look over in the side mirror, I don't know why; I really wanted to see the disappointment on her face. I am sick, I know. I'll be darned if she didn't have her turn signal on to turn right. It could have been on since Auto Zone, who knows. I have now wasted several gallons of gas racing myself up the hill, and really thought I got one over on them. I eased off the gas and just took myself home, vowing to never race at that intersection again. |
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bama80 Member
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HAHAHAHAHHAAH AAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHHA. ROFLMAO. -look that one up (anyone >30) awesome story. Sorry for your disappointment. I would have done the same thing. Dont give up. Dont ever give up. |
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EUSON Member
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Yeah, I will be hitting that intersection about 3:15 today, I was kidding about never racing there again, I just cannot help it, I am sick I tell ya!!! |
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Steve Adkins Member
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My turn...........didn't think I'd have much to add to this Forum til Sunday morning on the way to church. Now.............I'M GUILTY !!!!!!!!! I don't begrudge anybody's right to ride a bicycle..........until that is........they're riding in a group, and feel the urge to take up the whole road, when the cars behind can't pass, and I'm stuck behind. Sunday mornings are bad enough......dragging kids out of bed, getting them into their costumes for the Christmas play, this stuff never happens on time, then racin down the road just to get stuck behind these bicycles. There's just got to be a way to hook up a large pressurized tank of shaving cream to install on the rear bumper, so when I finally pass these bicycles who are demonstrating their legal rights, they can enjoy a brief snowstorm. Oh, well, fun to dream anyway. |
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EUSON Member
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Steve, That would be nice, I have never thought of the shaving cream, but I really like that idea. How about if you are going to ride a bicycle on the road, you have a license like everyone else, you get a ticket for running a red-light, and you have to have tags and inspections for your bike. I think they need insurance too. With all listed above we could afford to build a bike lane on most major roads. Guess who’s insurance pays if they hit YOUR car. |
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Bubba Guest
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Oh! the bikes-I forgot about those. I am like Steve - ride the bike. But I have never gotten riding with all the car traffic( hello-exhaust!!! How healthly is that!) Why not stay off the road, stay in the gararge with the car running and ride a stationary bike. Same thing. Hey Steve, in town on Old Battleground when I do get around them. I about get up on the curb when I come to the spotlight. They might be able to move up a few cars, but they never get in front of me again to pass again down the road. And I like the insurance thing Euson, I have had a bike guy tell me if you hit him, your insurance pays. And his bike is worth $6,000 dollars!! And that some bikes on the road costs as much as $10,000 dollars!  |
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I was not going to admit that I pull up to the curb, or even off the road so that they cannot pass me at the light, I am so glad that someone else said it. Thanks Bubba!!!! I feel better that I am not the first person to say it. |
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Cracker Jax Member 
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ROTFLMAO! (<~~~Over 30< barely > and already KNEW what that meant) I CAN'T BELIEVE I TOOK THE WEEKEND OFF! THIS IS HILARIOUS! Euson~~~ That intersection @ HP Creek and Battleground along with the "regulars" are well known to all. I too make allowances for blue hairs and folks with Virginia Tags, and occasionally a trucker cause I figure they are out to make a living, they MIGHT be lost, and they are LOTS bigger than me! Let me tell you a little about that strategy that you have been describing... It is called the SLINGSHOT method. The "regulars" wait for a "choker" like you to get stuck at the light and they maintain a steady speed from Auto Zone, never actually having to stop at the light and then before you know it, the light has turned green and having the advantage of already being in motion, they have gunned it and shot past you before you know it..... Now, since you are my friend, I will tell you how to alleviate this slingshot problem (from the left lane perspective) in the future. Starting just before Auto Zone, you notice a "regular" beside you or just behind you. You check to be sure the suspected "regular" is far enough back to be out of harm's way, and then you throw in an occasional regimented swerve, like you might be considering changing lanes (not enough to warrant a DWI, but enough to make that driver a little leery of what your intentions might be....twice will be sufficient. THEN, you continue to ride the white line AS IF you are going to change lanes at any moment. There is no need to cross over into their lane, that would be dangerous, and you have no intention of doing so, however, they don't know that! It is psychological warfare, but hey....you can go as slow as you like and it works every time!! It is very rare, but I have been known to start out at BiLo in that right lane thinking I would have plenty of time to get past the 20 or so "chokers" in the left lane before reaching the light in question. If by chance I am caught in that right lane, I am not proud to say this, but I have turned right just to save face. Say if I am inadvertently trying the slingshot method and that choker in the left lane pulls out power from heavens knows where, I will put on my turn signal as if to say, "Ha Ha, I was turning all along"..... Then I'll just turn around at the store and catch the light on the way back out. The choker and anyone else who saw me turn are already home at their computers by then, so no one is the wiser! That's probably what that chick did to you today, so YOU WON! And I am surprised at you people for not having more patience with our dear biker friends! I find it particularly useful if they travel in PACKS rather than the more logical single file line (Especially on Lake Brandt Rd.)... See, if they are in PACKS, you can't possibly get past them, BUT you can run more of them over at one time!! (OK, I was so TOTALLY Kidding! After the Dead Deer Parts episode, I am wary of what I say in public!) Don't worry Steve, I ALWAYS wear my helmet when I go out Road Raging!! Oh, and bama..... I SAW those colors! |
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Cracker Jax Member
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oops! Almost forgot my story, quite lame in comparison, but felt I needed to contribute..... macca.... was that you in front of me at Food Lion on Saturday??? I was crusin' a bit too quickly through the intersection (coming from CVS on 150) Thinking about how I wish I was gonna have time to check out the blog sometime that afternoon, when lo and behold, I look up to see some fool (excuse me if it was you macca) turning left into Suntrust.....ON A SATURDAY! Had to be another one of those ATM seekers. Anyhoo, I had to lock down the brakes big time, and there were about a bajillion people sitting there at the light watching me as my tail end danced to the left then to the right. I am sure at least half of them knew me. I was embarrassed to say the least because I knew that I had made an error. I take full responsibility. The car that I almost hit at some point (not sure exactly when, cause my wiggly eyes were squeezed tightly shut) had decided that the ATM wasn't worth it and when she saw me coming, she gunned it toward food lion ranting and waving the one fingered flag at me the whole way..... I might have apologized if she hadn't done that.... Hey, I didn't hit her did I?? La dee da dee da!!!!! |
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macca Member
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Cracker! That was you??!!?? No, it wasn't me..... I don't believe in ATMs except in dire emergencies ....Sounds like she was pretty alert, though, to get out of your way! Oh, and give her the benefit of the doubt -- You probably scared the !&*%!&!^* out of her and she retaliated in the only way she could. I didn't realize the playground could be hazardous to your health! Better keep your mind on driving instead of daydreaming about playing with your pals...We don't want to lose you! |
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bama80 Member
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HAHA. I saw some soccer mom in a minivan almost eat it on 68 yesterday. Coming from I-40 and heading North, just after crossing Pleasant Ridge, the left lane ends just before the next light. Well this minivan lady with some cheer team shoe-polished on her window decided she was going to haul tail and get in front of a bulk mail truck. You know those that come from the airport and are basically an 18 wheeler but maybe a little shorter. Anyway, they are always in this area and are familiar with the same routes. Well, this mail guy in the big truck knew what was up from the time he stopped at the light. He kept on the gas and on the persons bumper in front of him and the minivan lady kept trying to cut him off all the way to the light. After much swerving, honking, etc she had to slam on brakes at the light and get behind the big truck. I was about 100 yards back by this time behind only 1 car and there was all that open space between us and the van because they raced all that way. HAHA. It was really funny. I cant believe that lady thought she would strong-arm a trucker into letting her over. Or maybe she thought she would ram him out of the lane. idontthinkso! |
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 Here's what riles me: 1. People who continue to go through the light many, many, many seconds after their light has turned red and MY light has turned green. 2. People in front of me who stop and block the road so other people can pull out even when there's nobody else behind us, and if we just went on by, those other people would be able to get out anyway. 3. Bicyclists, of course. Share the road? Share the rules and share the taxes! Didn't their mammies tell them not to play in the road?! 4. People in front of you who pull almost into the middle turn lane but leave enough sticking out that you can't get around. 5. People in front of you who are stopped at the light and are having a conversation with somebody in the lane beside them and continue to sit and talk after the light has changed. 6. Similar to (5) is the people who stop in the lane in front of you to let somebody out of the car. Would it kill them to pull over somewhere and let the rest of the world go by? |
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EUSON Member
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OH My Crackah, that was me!!! I I put my turn signal on in plenty of time for you to see me! The speed limit is not 55 through the intersection. I looked in my rear view mirror and all I could see was the grill of your car getting bigger and bigger. My heart was racing! See I had some Christmas gifts that I had knitted in the back of the car and all I could think was that you were about to wear them on your gear shift. I pinched several pleats in the car seat. You have all done it, you know where you pinch your cheeks together, yeah admit it, you just tried it didn't you. You think you are cute, but you weren't in my car watching Crackah approach at the speed of light. Trick, It wasn't really me. I just wanted to see if I could get you all pinching pleats in your office chairs. |
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bama80 Member
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gross |
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EUSON Member
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Oh my dear Bama, you know that was a good one. |
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Good one, Euson! Pappy's a veteran of Battleground, Wendover and the (name of local Food Store withheld) parking lot, so, no pleats for me today, but it was still a nice try! If I ever need a scare to get rid of hiccups, I'll just come back and re-read some of these posts. Y'all are makin' Pappy want the biggest Dodge Ram pickup with a snowplow on the front that he can find. Dodge this! Whatever I drive, I want a big bumper sticker on the back that says "I may be slow, but I'm ahead of you," and then just watch the fun in the rearview mirror! |
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Steve Adkins Member
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 I thought I'd seen it all..........now we're having electronic wrecks at ATM's. Sorry officer, see, I thought it was this blogger that's been hasslin' me on the Forum, and I was tryin' to do my part to expound on the "road rage" section............... |
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macca Member
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My mom just called to let me know my nephew was involved in an accident this morning and I just have to share this. (Fortunately, he wasn't hurt, although it did total his car!) On his way to work, was in a line of traffic behind a car turning left into a business driveway. There had already been one accident there and the guy behind him wasn't paying close enough attention. Was looking at the first accident to see if he knew anyone involved. He bumped my nephew, with minor damage... But THEN, a second driver comes flying in and rear-ends him, sending him into my nephew and my nephew into the car in front of him! To top it off, my nephew had to get out and direct traffic, although there were deputies from his county (not Guilford) sitting there and THEN he gets a ticket because he hadn't had his car inspected!!! The trooper told him if he'd get it inspected it wouldn't cost anything, but of course, it's TOTALLED, so he'll have court costs.... It could have been much worse....He's okay. I just remembered... He's actually been very lucky, or very unlucky, depending on how you look at it. He favors those Jeeps. His first one was totalled when some kid decided to take his half of the road in the middle. Nephew drove off the road to avoid him and still got hit. His second was a collision with a DEER (probably drinking and smoking before it chose his vehicle to attack!) and now this. That Jeep was totalled as well, although he knew a guy who could fix it anyway... Now he's got to get it back on the road again.... He's not been seriously hurt in any of these... |
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macca, That's terrible! I'm so glad he's OK! |
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EUSON Member
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Macca, I am glad that your nephew is OK. What is with the trooper telling him if he gets the car inspected it will not cost anything. Can you imagine the look on the mechanic's face when they tow his car up and he tells them that he needs to get an inspection? |
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bama80 Member
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OMG I just realized how ridiculous that was. Sorry to hear about the accident. What a Catch 22. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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macca, I'm very glad to hear your nephew was not hurt. You didn't mention his age, but I'm surmising he is on the young side. If you find a place that will inspect a totalled car, let us know, so we can stay away from it. I'm sure your nephews holidays just got a chunk taken out of them. I work for an automotive safety restraints company, the #1 rule is WEAR YOUR SEATBELT. People bank alot on airbags & they're great for injury prevention, but most don't understand 80% of restraint comes from the seatbelt. When working with the band boosters, I was surprised by the inconsistent usage of seat belts among the band students. One young man who also had an open top jeep told me "if I get in a wreck, I'll just hold onto the steering wheel" DUH !!! Last edited on Dec 13th, 2005 10:52 pm by Steve Adkins |
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Vicki White-Lawrence Member 
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I'm always surprised when I hear about traffic accidents and the young drivers and passengers weren't wearing seatbelts. These kids should have grown up putting on seatbelts as soon as they got in the car! I know my kids just automatically put them on. I can even remember my older son throwing a tantrum one time in the car because he got mad at me about something. He refused to let me buckle him into his car seat -- he might have been 3 or 4 -- and so I just acted like I was going to start the car anyway. He threw an even huger fit, as though he thought the car might explode if I started it without him being buckled in! I guess some parents haven't stressed to their kids how important it is to wear them -- and it's such a shame, because as Steve pointed out, they make such a difference. How many times have you heard a law enforcement officer say that a person who died probably would've survived if they'd been wearing a seatbelt? Or how many times has someone walked away from an awful accident with barely a scratch? |
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OMG yes, I have witnessed first hand adults not caring if their children put on their seat belts. This amazes me also vicki. People have to know that seat belts are a good thing, but I guess some don't care. And you are right again, children now days have grown up in seat belts, so you would think that they would feel naked without them...I do. Naky, Naky, Naky |
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bama80 Member
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Yeah it kills me to see people riding with their babies or small children in their laps too. On a lighter note, Suppose Skiddles was in a near accident, would she leave skiddle marks? |
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Vicki White-Lawrence Member
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It's funny how something triggers memories... When I took my son to get his driver's license, while we were waiting (FOREVER!) in the DMV lobby, he was looking at the poster with the road signs on it. On the one for slippery when wet, which shows a car with squiggly lines behind it, someone had written "Snakes chasing cars...." |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Skiddles is a "she"? |
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Skiddles Member
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 SKIDDLES IS A SHE!
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Steve Adkins Member
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AWESOME PHOTO......LOVE THE DAWG !!!!! This is an equal opportunity forum, we don't discriminate against nobody, no-how, no-way. Skiddles - after all the conversation above, can't believe I have to tell you.......GET A SEATBELT ON YORE DAWG !! |
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Skiddles Member
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She's in a "classic,"only seat belts in these... no shoulder straps. Steve you just can't see the belt because it is daintily tucked in at her waist. SKIDDLES goes nowhere without buckling up! Yippy! |
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macca Member
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In just a matter of seconds yesterday I saw 2 of the 6 things that rile Pappy most! I was traveling down 421 near the old airport (actually had just exited 68 onto 421) when a whomping SUV flat ran the red light to get onto 68. I thought he was ridiculous (the light was red before he even got to the intersection) but I'm sure the folks who had to wait to proceed thru their GREEN light were even more upset with him. (He was turning left from 421 to get onto the exit ramp to 68.) While I was sitting at this red light, waiting to go straight, I noticed a bicycle approaching from the other direction. Now this was around 5:15 pm, not totally dark or anything, but also not bright sunshiny day. This joker (could have been a teen) had no reflective items on the bike (just a basic bike), he was wearing black, was NOT wearing a helmet, and was riding down the middle of the road -- kind of on the line between the two lanes! How incredibly smart! Couldn't he be ticketed? Improper gear (no helmet but on a public road)? In the middle of the road, not on the side? How traumatic would it be to be involved in an accident with such a yahoo, even if it wasn't your fault? |
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FatPappy Member
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Skiddles, BEST DOG EVER! Pappy had a good chuckle! |
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bama80 Member
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Good thing for both that the SUV running the redlight did not have a chance encounter with the camouflaged bicyclist (not biker; bikers ride HOGs) |
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macca Member
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bama! Your reputation as our editor is so strong that I re-read my entry (TWICE!) to see where I referred to the guy on the bike. I called him a "joker" and a "yahoo" but not a biker! I was ready to apologize for being such a dork! You were just making a point... |
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bama80 Member
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that is correct. sorry! It will be interesting to see what kind of road rage stories are on here after today. Also, Id like to hear just plain old slipped my car into a ditch stories if anyone sees anything exciting please share. As for me, I dont think I will leave the house til later. Be safe all. P.S. dont forget your bread, milk and beer |
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Skiddles, I love your dog!! Here is what we will do. I will knit a scarf for your dog and then everyone will be so distracted by it's beauty that they will never question the seatbelt. It might take me until the summer to figure out how to get the dog to wear it, bt I will start knitting today. Now I have some bad news. I am so embarrassed. I was the cause of road rage today. I am guilty. I was pulling out on to Battleground from Brassfield. There was a line of traffic, in one lane only, but I definately had time to get out. Car choking and all. There was nothing in the second lane. I pulled out into the first lane, and thought I would be polite and move over just incase my car wouldn't go fast enough. I started to move over and this car came out of nowhere, must have been doing about 65 or 70mph. The reason I didn't see him was because my vision was blocked by the line of traffic in the lane closest to me. The guy blasted the horn and I used the sling shot method that Crackah taught us and got back into my lane. My son was with me so I couldn't cuss or visually let the guy know how I felt. He passed and I could see a look of discust on his face, I yelled at him, like he could hear me and said "THE SPEED LIMIT IS NOT 90!!!!!" He didn't hear me. Totally my fault. I deserved the salute. He didn't do that thank goodness. After I settled down, my heart was racing, all I could think was I hope that was not anyone from the road rage page. OK all of you can feel free to slap me in the back of the head. I am one of them.
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Bama~~got my beer and wine  last night. Gotta be prepared in the event that you can't make it to Food Dog. I even picked up a pack of smokes just in case I had any deer drop by. Macca~~Everything still OK with the nephew? |
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Holy Cow! You called it Food Dog! Awesome! I used to work there and we called it Food Kitty, Food Dog, etc. I thought it was just my coworkers. Well I worked at Fleming location. Oh and .. look at what was heading for my house. Its actually about 2 houses down but the pic was taken from my porch. So therefore without friction, it would have came right at my house. Attachment: jeep3.jpg (Downloaded 91 times) Last edited on Dec 15th, 2005 04:31 pm by bama80 |
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notice the skid marks in the background through the peoples' yards. I feel bad for the chick though. From 2 houses down she looked like a nice girl. Just unfortunate. let me know if anyone can see that. Last edited on Dec 15th, 2005 04:32 pm by bama80 |
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Bama, You don't even have to leave the house to gather great stuff to add to the RR page. Wow, be careful on that porch. I can see the pic, are the skid marks right above the jeep, those black spots? I guess this is good example for all that 4 wheel drive only means 4 wheels spinning instead of two. Stay in peeps.
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OH yeah, I never worked there, but everyone I know calls the one in SF "Food Dog."
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I've been out for hours today. There are some slippery spots .. stay in if you don't have to go anywhere! I got your jeep picture - OMG, I guess she couldn't make the turn and kept going straight. Glad she didn't come visit you on the porch bama! But.. if she did, it sounds like you had all the necessary beverages for a merry visit. OK, off again to slip and slide down the road.  Very slowly and very carefully! |
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The speed limit is posted to protect our children who attend the middle and high schools. If those of us who drive on NW School Rd want to remain ticket free, we better get the message posted. I just believe that many of us tend to be selfish and disrespectful toward others and only think of ourselves. There is so much we can do personally to make the traffic situation on NW Sch Rd better, but no, we can only see what we can get out of it all. We are truly selfish people, and we wonder why our children treat us the way they do. They see and do as we do. Smile love ya all, gottobeme |
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Welcome, gottobeme, you make a strong point that our youth learn by example. I've been raggin' on my teenager for driving too fast on Strawberry Road, the other day it was "Dad, you're driving faster than I was when you fussed at me the other day" I gave you some mana on your very first posting. |
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Without trying to preach, it is mentioned in the bible that "children are like arrows", we are to point them in the direction they should go. Many time I see youth behaving identically the way their parents do. There are occassions when the tides turn and they are nothing like you or I. I also see the "hands-off" kind of relationship with parents and youth, where their is little control or consequenses for behavior that could result in serious injury. I ask myself this question; will I be able to live with the results? I truly believe we need to pay attention. Another issue is the drugs and alcohol incidents at NW High School. I hear about them all the time. What is going on? I hear about parties that are wild and out of control....even sponsored by parents. Dont they know this type of behavior carry a great weight and could result in a child's death? But they continue. We have a problem and have not even turned a cheek to notice. Just food for thought gottobeme |
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bama80 Member
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Whoa whoa! too many serious words in one post. yikes. I appreciate your candor and all but whoa. haha just kidding. The things you mention are very serious. its just unusual to see in this thread. Anyway, no incidents to report today. I made it all the way to where I was going without having to get on here and rant. Well, except that I did prevent a slingshotter this morning. She had no chance anyway but I like to tell myself I prevented it. haha. P.S. Sorry I couldnt get the jeep pic to appear on the page. I know some of you are somewhat leery about DL'ing stuff. P.P.S. [a little tidbit I found while researching the spelling of leery] People sometimes write “weary” (tired) when they mean “wary” (cautious) which is a close synonym with “leery” which in the psychedelic era was often misspelled “leary"; but since Timothy Leary faded from public consciousness, the correct spelling has prevailed. -from http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/wary.html Last edited on Dec 16th, 2005 03:28 pm by bama80 |
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Hey bama, As I was going to work this morning, everybody was going along nice and easy when this bonehead in a big pickup truck came flying around us. As he went into the curve and hit a slick spot (of which there were many), his rear end wobbled quite a bit before he regained control. I caught a glimpse of his expression in his mirror. It was that look of certain and impending doom the Vietnam vets used to call the "Cosmic Consciousness." He settled down real quick like after that episode and behaved himself the rest of the way. I heard on WGHP that there was an overturned car on Lake Brandt and Wittty Rd. this morning. Not sure of any details. |
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That look had to have been priceless [insert mastercard commercial here]. I am sure we are ALL glad you were able to witness it. I can only picture it in my mind but it still brings a chuckle. I never heard about the overturned car. Maybe someone caught a pic of it from their front porch. I had more important things on my radio (two guys named chris). They are already calling for something on Sunday so you all know what that means. It means that it will be sunny and nice and absolutely nothing will happen. If I was wrong at my job as much as the weather people were wrong at theirs, I would have been fired long ago. As for you believers out there- run screaming wildly to the grocery store for your precious bread and milk. |
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There was another good one on Fleming Rd, just south of Lewiston this am. Pickup truck, must have been flying, coming north, went off the road, thru a bunch of brush, managed to hit a telephone pole that had to be a good 75 ft off the road. Anybody driving sane-ly would have been stopped as soon as they hit the brush. This guy deserved the "Dilbert" award. |
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Cracker Jax Member
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Dog Gone! Been out with a back problem and lookee what I missed!!!! So much I want to comment on! Euson~~ LOL on the scarf for Skiddles' flappy eared doggie! I do hope you will use a rainbow of fruity colors to further divert Steve's attention away from the non-seatbelt usage when you knit it! That penguin video is the funniest thing I've seen on here... I literally snort everytime I scroll past it. I HOPE you all can see that!!! It reminds me of me and my sister growing up....Me being the one on the right of course. Euson and Bama~~ Our family also refers to FL as the Food Dawg, though we don't know why. None of us work there, but do have to bag our own groceries quite frequently. Bama ~~ LOL on the Mastercard Commercial thing, I could see your jeep (Whew! close one!) andas for my running to the food dawg when I hear the forecast, it's not cause I'm a believer, it's because I am a WISHER who always WISHES for SNOW! (I never wish for ice though cause I prefer the standard method of flushing.) macca~~ I do hope the nephew came through unscathed. What an interesting story. gottobeme ~~ Well, how do you do? Welcome to the forum! (Bama is the official welcome wagoneer on this page) Hope to hear more from you in the future! Back to the subject at hand: I saw no road rage and to my knowledge I caused no road rage since that last episode, but I felt that I had to mention road rage (the forum topic) in this post somewhere! So consider it mentioned. oh... and Bama... wasn't Timothy Leary the joker who referred to television as "a vast wasteland?" What a dolt. Whatever would Euson do while knitting scarves without the desperate housewives?? |
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Bama, Sorry to be so long commenting on your Jeep pic, but it's been kinda hectic lately! Yes, I could actually see it! I have to admit that, until you pointed out the skid marks, I could've sworn that was a deer flung across the top of the jeep! In fact, I was wondering if that was the cause of the mishap. Then it all became clearer to me... Maybe I need to get my vision checked again... Also, Timothy Leary (who also dropped acid, so they say) dropped out of the picture about 10 years ago...that is to say, he passed away/bought the farm/is pushing up daisies... |
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Hey macca.... Didn't Mr. Leary coin some kind of phrase about tuning in and dropping out or something??? I think his brain was a vast wasteland....probably caused by the acid droppin'..... Figured since Bama is probably taking the weekend off, I could ask something totally off topic....He'll never know.....tee hee! |
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BAMA IS A HE?!? |
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Now isn't that funny! I think so.... but just from stuff he/she writes about....sports and stuff... and he/she doesn't watch desperate housewives.... It's funny how you get this mental image of folks when you are chatting with them and fascinating how WAY off base you can be! ok.... my guesses are Male Steve Pappy Bama Ponderapond Thunder Female Euson Belle Skiddles Starcatcher DoggetJA macca Unknown Bubba Cracker Zippity gottobeme Did I forget anyone?? I'd like to know if your mental images differ from mine... Bama is gonna be so mad at us for getting off topic again!!! ROAD RAGE, ROAD RAGE, ROAD RAGE!!! |
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It is funny how you have a mental picture of the person. At first I was thinking I agree with you, but there are a few changes. I don't think I've said much in this forum to give away my gender, but then I realize in a posting real early on I think I did.... My guesses are Male Bubba -- probably just stereotyping b/c of name Cracker Steve Pappy Ponderapond Thunder Female Euson Belle Skiddles DoggetJA gottobeme Unknown Bama Starcatcher macca -- if you can list yourself as "unknown" so can I! Zippity Bama's just going to have to learn not to leave us unsupervised! |
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CRACKER/BAMA !!!!! I actually have a "Road Rage" posting!!! When you see someone driving and you have to lay on your horn to get their attention, throw some peppermint and cinnamon sticks at them too! I heard on one of them health shows earlier today that breathing in cinnamon and peppermint fragrance helps keep you more alert. I knew that in school the teachers are always giving the kids peppermints to suck on while taking tests, but I didn't know it worked to breathe in the aroma......That, coupled with dodging flying spices and candy, ought to wake them up! ALSO, WHEN YOU ARE RAGING AT THEM, TAKE A DEEP BREATH !! It will help you relax. Best strategy: Deep breath in thru your nose, slowly let it out thru your mouth. (Breathing in thru your nose also helps warm the air before it gets to your lungs.) (I'm kinda winging it with this part, putting together info I've heard at different times...Impressive, huh?) (Cracker, You think that might get us off the hook for goofing off?) |
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I'm sure I've caused my share of "road rage". I figure I'm not waitin around for some wuss to decide what they're goona do. Somebody needs to make a move, so I usually do. And for those of you who like to drive in the left lane, unless you're driving at least 10 mph over the limti, MOVE OVER! |
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macca... Bama will be SO PROUD that you have kept up the RR research while he/she is away!! One small tidbit I might add to your posting..... when sucking on a peppermint in conjunction with sucking in deep breaths,while in the throes of a RR episode, be sure to secure the mint with the tongue or you are gonna suck it down your windpipe!! Also, be sure the air in the car is warm.... have you ever sucked on a peppermint and then sucked in cold air??? Woo Hoo!!! Green Acres......You and Bama are gonna get along famously! |
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I'm getting ready to rack up even more brownie points (mana?)!! While out cruisin today we saw a BROWN SUV UNDERCOVER POLICE VEHICLE PULL SOMEONE OVER! Talk about camouflage! You'd never guess it was a cop! I also have a "yard art" sightin, but I'll be good and put that in on the playground... |
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Oh! that reminds me! There is a highway patrolman who is staking out Strawberry Rd. early in the mornings.... I know at least one of you travels that way in the mornings.... I saw him pull a car over at 6:30 AM last week at the corner of Waterton and Strawberry. Careful ya'll! Does that qualify as a RR topic? |
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You guys/girls are goofs. I dont care what you talk about in here so long as you keep the cobwebs out. No tumbleweeds or crickets chirpin either. As I posted in mAAn, undercover cops are for bustin masage parlors, drug dealers, and cheap hookers. Green Acres- 10-4 good buddy. haha I stole that from an episode of the (original of course) Dukes... or was it from Smokey and the Bandit. Man has Sally Field changed. Anyway, my public service announcement for the day: IF YOU ARE GOING TO RIDE EAST INTO THE SUN IN THE LEFT LANE, THEN BUY A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES!!! (BLUE BLOCKERS FOR YOU FOGIES OUT THERE) AAAAAAHHHHH. STOP SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES EVERYTIME THE SUN HITS YOU IN THE EYES!!! oh and have a nice day |
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bama80 Member
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mmm coffee... |
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I believe the movie you are referring to is CONVOY (Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw maybe... what a lame movie!). Didn't that come first....Who remembers....better yet, who'll admit it? I hate a "brake checker" too bama. Very dangerous... 'specially for those of us who tend to ride the bumper a bit to close.... (Shhh...Don't tell Steve) Hope you're havin' decaf Bama!! LOL |
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bama80 Member
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I need a potent Irish coffee at the moment. It is a stereotypical Monday. |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
This is serious news for at least Don Wendelkyn & myself. Yes, this qualifies for RR..........these cops need to focus on more critical matters, like Deer leavin' cigarette butts on the side of the road, etc. Now THAT's a crime !!!! |
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Skiddles Member
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Yep Harvard Professor Timothy Leary is the Father of Acid. It has been said that he tripped everyday. "Turn on, tune in, drop out." I bet he caused many to scream by waving their fists with road rage! Wow man, look at those pretty colors outside, as he is travels 5 miles an hour talking to the lint ball next to him, Alpert. This is now termed the Leary factor.......Get OVER! Last edited on Dec 19th, 2005 03:11 pm by Skiddles |
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bama80 Member
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^weirdo. Hows traffic today everyone? I know the mall, etc were nutzo last night when I was trying to finish shopping. Of course it was also ~6pm so that might have been a problem also. |
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Traffic stinks Bama... It seems that they have given all of the mentally challenged folks the keys to the cars (No offense to the truly mentally challenged)..... I've been staking out Friendly Shopping Center... They have not got enough parking for this time of year, but thank goodnes for the traffic cops(?) directing traffic!! |
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bama80 Member
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Yeah I try to steer clear of Friendly if I can. -> good play on words huh? Anyway, yesterday I was out and I could swear I was driving through the Bermuda Triangle. People swerving 3 lanes, trying to turn where there wasnt a turn, stopping for no reason, going 10 over then 10 under all of a sudden. ->I think it was the Yanks! However I must have been in a good mood, or just zoned out on sports radio, that I just let it go and did not even tell anyone they were #1. The only Road Rage I have today is that Johnny Damon went up the road to the yanks for 52mil./4yrs. I guess they will have the best team money can buy next year.->thats bad. The Braves need to quit losing good players for crappy ones and figure something out. Bobby is great but he cant build a mansion out of toothpicks. Its like the Braves are just developing talent for the rest of the league. And Damon!?!? How can you go from the BoSox to the Stankees!?!? Why dont you date your Brothers wife? Or spit in your momma's face? Those would not be as bad as going from the Boston to NY. Whew, I'm spent. Out! |
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Euson! Where are you? I think Bama is talkin' sports again and I need a translation!!!...Wait... did he/she say someone dated their brother's wife??? Now that's some crackah drama there! After 10 or so straight days of Bama watchin' football I am not going to be able to carry on a decent conversation with him/her anymore!!!!! |
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Crackah Crackah Crackah it is quite simple. Forget all of the Desperate Housewives match ups from the first sports clarification posting and use these instead. The Sox = The O.C. The Yankees = Wisteria Lane Johnny Damon = Susan Steinbrenner = Bree Jeter = Gabby Giambi = Lynette A Rod = Mike Sheffield = Tom Home Run =Around the block Play Offs = Parade of Homes OK here is what happened. It is all about money on Wisteria Lane (Yankees). Susan (Damon) is very good-looking, long hair, scruffy beard, you know the look. (I know that sounds strange that Susan (Damon) has a beard and all, but we will take care of that in a minute) Now Susan (Damon) accepts an offer to go play on Wisteria Lane (Yankees). Millions involved here. Bama always knows the numbers better than me. The O.C. (The Sox) is a little shocked and is prepared to offer more for Susan (Damon) to stay. Susan (Damon)does not even bother with collecting an offer from the O.C., she just packs her Yankee doodle dandy bags and hits the road. I am not sure how smart this was for Susan(Damon). You have to keep in mind that her fans on the O.C. (The Sox) were very loyal, and I do not know if Wisteria Lane will be as welcoming. Ya see little ole Susan when she was on the O.C. ran around the block not once but twice in the 7th episode and sealed the GREATEST CHOKE IN SOAP OPERA HISTORY. The Wisteria Lane (Yankees) folks were not too happy with this since it made them look a little foolish, now she is movin’ in and gonna be living up with Gabby (Jeter), Lynette (Giambi), Mike (A Rod), Tom (Sheffield) and Bree (Steinbrenner). Not sure if they are going to bring by an apple pie or do any welcoming to the neighborhood stuff like they normally do. Susan (Damon) is clumsy. Well most of it is just show. She likes falling off the porch, banging into the wall, or the side of the house (scoreboard). The long hair, beard and the will do anything for the team attitude is why her fans love her. Was that dedication to the O.C.(The Sox) just a show? Susan (Damon) is forever getting injured, being carried off on a stretcher, you know taking one for the team. She has hurt her shoulder in one of her latest displays of dedication to the O.C. (The Sox) and lowered her numbers of times that she ran around the block. I believe, correct me if I am wrong Bama, she ran 20 times around the block in 2004 and then cut that number in half for 2005 with only running around 10 times. Other than being HOT to look at, not sure that these numbers are getting better. And she is OLD early 30's. Room for improvment, I am not sure about that. Wisteria Lane (Yankees) is trying to get all of the good neighbors to come live with them. This makes it tough for all of the others that live in neighborhoods that are not so fortunate. Some people do not want to leave their “homies”, they are loyal to the hood. Basically Wisteria Lane(Yankees) is buying their way into the Parade of Homes. Well Bree (Steinbrenner) isn’t going to have any facial hair looking at her in the morning when she slips out the door to get her newspaper. She has strict rules about long hair and facial hair. The bad boy image is not appropriate for Wisteria Lane(Yankees). Bree (Steinbrenner) will have Susan’s (Damon) lovely locks clipped and lying on the floor at the neighborhood beauty shop. Might have to sell those locks to support their season. OH Yeah, one last note, just to clarify. When you were guessing on the Much a Do...page, I am a female, otherwise I would not think that Damon is so hot!!!! Damon is Susan is not, well to me anyway......
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Since Bama has gone couch potato on us I will say it for him/her.... wow. just wow man!<~~~ (note the use of Bama's preferred black text/plain font) Thanks Euson... That clears things up nicely! |
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bama80 Member
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very good. awesome. gotta get more shopping done. see yall later. |
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Bama get off the couch or out of the stores, how much more shopping could you possibly have to do? Did you not learn anything from my regifting article? You should be able to do the rest of your shopping from your closet. Come on over to the playground and play. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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I've just spent the past week driving among the Mexican taxi's, crooked cops, dontgiveadernMexicandrivers, and donkey wagons, my wife says I come back to the USA and still drive like I'm south of the Border............so what I'm leadin' up to is EVERYBODY STAY OUTTA MY WAY for a few days !!!!!!!!! I'll try to contain my RR to non-Forum members. Saturday I'll be drivin' around...... aw heck, can't tell ya. And BTW.......Merry Christmas !!!! WEAR THOSE SEATBELTS !!!!!!!!!!! |
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Steve, I know you've been in Mexico, but unfortunately, we've got some of those dontgiveadernMexicandrivers you talked about here, least it seems like it if you read the accident reports. Either that or they don't know the rules or understand 'em or something. |
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Pappy witnessed some road rage t'other day. Actually, it was some Biscuitville parking lot rage. (Is nothing sacred? I ask you!) Anyway, to get into the drivethru lane at the Biscuitville over there close to 68 and Wendover, you have to pull in and go around the building. You can cut the corner and get up to the drivethru order thing if there's no other cars in line, but if there are other cars you'll block traffic as you wait to cut in line. So of course somebody was blocking the entrance waiting to cut in line, and the guy behind him was stuck out in the road trying to get in, but the idiot wouldn't move. He just sat there trying to be invisible by not looking at the other guy. I thought there was going to be road kill to go with that road rage! All you gotta do is go around and get in line! Safety tip: Unless you're driving a Bradley fighting vehicle, NEVER block the entrance to a Biscuitville. And, no, I DON'T WANT TO TRY A COMBO! |
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Thought I'd tell y'all I was a model citizen today. Totally polite, didn't cut anybody off, didn't pull out in front of anybody, never touched the horn, in fact I never touched the steering wheel. My wife wouldn't let me drive. |
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Saw that fire truck that ran off the road near 4 Seasons yesterday (Christmas morning). Don't see something like that everyday. Pretty far off the road and stuck in the mud and underbrush. The kiddies were amazed to get to see it. Glad to hear no one hurt. I can't imagine being in control of that (and not being in control of it...). I noticed slick spots and hydroplaned a little along the way... Fortunately there wasn't a lot of traffic. |
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Yeah the prob with fire trucks also is that they get all that water sloshing around inside and can cause weird occurrences with the center of gravity (of the truck). ->not the universe. Well, the roads were nice and abandoned this morning on I-40 during my commute. It was so nice. However that means there's no one to hide behind when you are doing something bad. -Not that I would do ANYTHING that was illegal. (speeding is not illegal is it?) It's good to be back. Let's get this thing going full speed again. |
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macca Member
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Red lights and stop signs are just suggestions, right? (JUST KIDDING!) |
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bama80 Member
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hahah. to quote from the movie Clueless- "I totally paused". |
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Cracker Jax Member
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I will contribute to this forum as soon as I can GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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macca Member
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Cracker, I'm so sorry you can't get out! I haven't had a lot of interest in getting out, but at least I could if I wanted to.... It's awful when you KNOW you can't get out! Did your PVR come? |
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macca... thanks for your concern.... obviously I am keeping busy with the forum... Might even go to the mailbox tomorrow! woo hoo! My christmas present is still not here.... oops! Are we on Road Rage?? I'll tell you about my thingy over on MAAN. Let me do some RR while I 'm here.... (See, I am doing the bama clean sweep just to see if I can) Ok... I'll tell ya what causes me to fly into a rage while driving..... Going to the drive thru with a passenger who doesn't know what they want! You see, there is an ART to the drive thru.... you must list all entrees first, then sides, then drinks then desserts.... sort of like this.... "I'd like 1 whopper w/ cheese,a hamburger, a cheesburger, 4 pc. chicken tenders, 4 fries, 1 coffee, one water and 2 cokes." This is the way the drive thru folks are programmed to take your order.... If you order the same thing like this because the order taker is ready and your passengers keep yelling out what they want: "I'd like a whopper w/ cheese a fry and a coffee, A hamburger, a fry and a water, A cheeseburger, a fry and a coke. Oh and a 4 pc chicken tenders, a fry and a coke." You have wasted time and you will be missing at least one fry and one drink from your order. I promise. The order taker can NOT process the information this way. It's best to have your passengers visit: www. Imtoostupidtoknowwhatsonthemenu.com before approaching a drive thru... If by chance you are with a person who has never been to Burger King....Make them go inside to order!!! |
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When I was out at Wally World that day, I decided to whip thru Wendy's for a quick burger. I was sitting there behind this whomping vehicle when I realized I hadn't moved in a while, but figured there were just other hungry shoppers. Finally moved up a little. I knew exactly what I wanted (and could afford -- I forgot to bring cash and had found $1.37 in change, so was getting a double cheeseburger to hold off starvation). Anyway, the vehicle in front finally moved up to order.... and again sat there forever.... I still didn't think that much about it b/c I just figured there were lots of shoppers..... THEN, they moved up to the window to pay.... At this point I realized that they had handed the cashier money several times. THERE WERE AT LEAST 4 PEOPLE INSIDE -- EACH HAD ORDERED SEPARATELY AND THEY WERE NOW PAYING SEPARATELY! When I finally got to the window, I asked if it was going to take the folks in front of me as long to get their order and the woman just kind of went off on me, saying she had no control over those folks if they had an attitude, and something about "the dirty look," and how they acted was between them and their Lord. I don't know... I should've just asked for my money back and driven away. Anyway, while I'm sitting there waiting on my burger this guy comes outside with a tiny bag, goes to her and asks who it's for and then brings it to me. I thanked him, negotiated my way out of line and drove away, while the folks in the whomping vehicle were making sure they had their $100 worth of food. I truly don't know how they'd enforce it, but people with multiple orders shouldn't be allowed to go thru the drive-thru. It's supposed to be for express orders, just like at the bank! BTW, Crackah, Is there anything you don't know about? Where'd you learn about how to order at drive thrus? (Do you want fries with that?) |
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I think we will save the discussion of "Whompin'" vehicles for when bama gets back off the couch.... Sounds like a topic he'd love to address.... I have made it my mission in life to learn a little bit about a lot of things, so there are many topics that I can chat about.... Sports not withstanding.....ask bama I have been perfecting my JUNK FOOD JUNKIE status for many years and yes macca I ALWAYS want fries with that!!!! |
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bama80 Member
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I like big whompin vehicles. Rush is right. SUV's dont kill. Their drivers do. Drive thrus that make you pull forward of the window are dumb. The whole point of the drive thru is to get your food and then drive off. Not drive off and wait. If I wanted to wait, I would not be in the drive thru. Cook my food and then do something else. If I am sitting there ahead of the window and not slowing down your numbers/stats then you will be less likely to care how long it takes. Your numbers show that you already served me and I am not holding up the line because your employees forgot to cook a hamburger at the hamburger serving place. |
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Cracker Jax Member
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Yep..that reminds me... I despise it when someone insists on grill ordering at the drive thru window... I have this friend who can not eat anything the way it is normally served..... If we are at Chick Fil A... she's gotta have the sandwich with no pickle and no butter...(Who knew they even had butter on them?) If we are at Mickey D's, it's a big mac with no special sauce....You get my drift... So invariably we have to pull over to the grill order spot and wait for her food.... I do not fault the restaurant for this.... That's when I road rage at my friend... |
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macca Member
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I had a friend who ALWAYS ordered his burger/sandwich with some change. He insisted that this required them to cook it fresh instead of giving him one that had been sitting under the lights... |
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bama80 Member
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I order mine different but only b/c I dont eat the sauces. I like mine plain w/ cheese. They should have these things cooked anyway. Most places are great and you never know the difference. A few locations are like out back chasing your burger around a field for 5 minutes while you wait for a plain burger. |
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Cracker Jax Member
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MOO ! Go inside and order.... The menu clearly states... two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun....eat it. |
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bama80 Member
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Cracker Jax Member
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picky picky picky. Not even ketchup bama? Do you eat your fries naked too?? (Naked... LOL....not you, the fries) |
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bama80 Member
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haha yeah and if I had a convertible, I would drive around with my top off. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Let's see now........where was that posting with the gender guesses? I seem to remember Bama was a.............unknown? OK, I guess we're safe. |
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bama80 Member
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Oh, I've given up my gender several times. I was talking about the convertible's top though. |
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Bama, (Crackah) I to enjoy my burgers plain, and yes my french fries too Crackah.) and as long as I am paying....... then my motto will be "I'll have it my way." Matter of fact I am teaching the next generation the art of special orders, and I might add they are picking it up quite nicely. And just to keep this on the RR topic......I think it was Ponderapond(?) that mentioned a road rage book, well I also own one, but rarely get to use it due to children in the car, so I am teaching them the art of politely (we are in the south) telling people how stupid they are driving. |
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Cracker Jax Member
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macca wrote: I truly don't know how they'd enforce it, but people with multiple orders shouldn't be allowed to go thru the drive-thru. It's supposed to be for express orders, just like at the bank! BTW, Crackah, Is there anything you don't know about? Where'd you learn about how to order at drive thrus? (Do you want fries with that?) CORNER, I have 2 words for ya.... GO INSIDE! |
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Skiddles Member
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Ok, Ok Corner, how about those that put their brakes on before they turn on their turn signal?! If this doesn't cause me to experience RR.... and I like my FF with ketchup and pepper. Hot, Hot, Hot. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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I have a new one for RR. How 'bout having your 16/17 year old in the car with you?? If she's driving, I'm in white knuckle mode. If I'm driving, suddenly in her past few months on driving, she thinks she has accumulated more experience than my "few years". Recent comment to friend "I don't like riding with my Dad, his driving makes me nervous". Or, "Dad yells at me when I drive like he does". I haven't had 3 in my whole driving career, She's had 3 wrecks in the past 14 months, but "those weren't my fault" GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Last edited on Dec 29th, 2005 02:13 am by Steve Adkins |
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onthecorner Member
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Skiddles, How about those drivers who ride with 1 foot on the brake and 1 on the gas, so you are never sure what they are doing..... Or the ones that ride for miles with their turn signals on, or decide to turn right from the left lane......I could go on and on...... |
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Skiddles Member
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Yeah, yeah Corner and how about the ones that don't know how to work the 4 way stops. Is it my turn??? RR! |
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onthecorner Member
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Hey, how about those people who get out on the road between 7:30am-9am and drive 20mph slower than the posted speed......there should be a law to prevent sight-seers from driving between certain hours. Some of us have to be at work on time..... |
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onthecorner Member
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This site is to perfect for me......I have been a closet RR sufferer for years and now I have a place to vent that doesn't make my throat hurt. Last edited on Dec 29th, 2005 01:41 am by onthecorner |
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Steve Adkins Member
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I can feel the roads gettin' safer already with everybody ventin' amongs friends. I'm goin' to fire up my road-rage-ometer, and start measurin' in Summerfield. It's already goin' down !!! RR! Skiddles - howz the dainty dawg doin? Still wearin' her seatbelt I hope !!!!! |
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Skiddles Member
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The dainty dawg is doing great Steve, safe a sound! Buckle up BEEP< BEEP! So how is Summerfield rating on your road-rage-ometer? |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Well, let's see now. If the road rage-o-meter said 100, that would mean everybody is ragin, and I don't think that's true. Got a pretty mellow crowd in this town. If it said 0, that would mean nobody is ragin, don't think that's true either, bound to be a few hotheads out there, even if they're not talkin' to us. So the Road-Rage-O-Meter will start out at 5%, because it seems 95% of the drivers I saw today were doin' OK.........will adjust accordingly as the stories come out. Everyone is free to challenge this rating. I had a 5% day today. BTW, Skiddles dawg is in the 95% percentile, cause I think she's cool !! Last edited on Dec 29th, 2005 08:51 pm by Steve Adkins |
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Cracker Jax Member
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My R-R-O-M has registered 0 for the past 4 days cause I have been stuck in the house! OH STEVE! We need an adjective that starts with "V" so your RROM can be a VRROM! |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Variable-Road-Rage-O-Meter ?? |
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Cracker Jax Member
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I knew I could count on you Steve! |
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bama80 Member
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I rode down Battleground/ 220 from 158 all the way to target/petsmart today. So you KNOW I had a little bit of road rage. haha. P.S. yesterday, I was coming the other way on Battleground and made some old lady have to turn onto OLD Battleground because she did not know the lane ended. I just kinda slowed down enough so that I knew she would be stuck over there. Of Course it was mean but it kinda made me laugh. I was really hoping she would run over the signs on the island. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Aw Bama..........50% on the VRROM for you today, running lil ole ladies off the road..... |
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bama80 Member
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haha oops I didnt realize I had actually typed that on here. I thought I was just thinking it. Last edited on Jan 1st, 2006 11:32 pm by bama80 |
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macca Member
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We experienced very little road rage on our trip, although a couple of idiots did pull out in front of us along the way. Fortunately, Macca is an excellent driver! Also, just scored a perfect posting.... Check it out! My name is on all...  |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Macca...........are you gonna tell us where you went????? Alot of curiosity from your fellow nwobloggersinhighstanding. |
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macca Member
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Okay, so I've got some real "Road Rage" to express.... I've touched on it before, but these instances occurred within 2 minutes this morning.... I was taking my youngest to school this morning. I'm sitting at the stop sign, with my left turn signal on. The intersection requires a quick left then there is another intersection, requiring another turn. To get to the school, I turn right. So, I'm waiting at the first stop sign, watching traffic so I know when I can proceed. I know from prior experience that I have to watch traffic, not turn signals.... If I had paid attention to turn signals, I would've been t-boned by an SUV that turned without signalling. After it passed by, I pulled out to the second stop sign, where I put on my right turn signal and waited and watched. Again, an SUV is coming, so I wait. Again, no turn signal.... but he turns anyway. This time, I could've already been out in the road and on my way, but I trusted that he wasn't going to turn so I didn't pull out in front of him. What is it about not giving a turn signal???? Do they just do this (or rather NOT do this!) to torment me??? AUUUUGGGGHHHHH! So, I could've been killed by the first one if I'd paid attention to his lack of signal or making faster progress to my destination by ignoring the second..... Good thing I am a defensive driver! |
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bama80 Member
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Yeah that is dangerous. Especially at that kind of stop. Oooh. I really do appreciate the city turning off the red light cameras. I had forgotten how annoying/dangerous they were until yesterday afternoon on Battleground. I appreciated them being off 3 times. |
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Skiddles Member
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Macca, I believe we had a similar experience this morning. I was ready and prepared to share with everyone when I got home, but you beat me to the punch. Glad everything turned out alright with you. Anyways, I don't know what it is with people not signaling either. ?? What happened to me is...I also was taking my children to school. I was stopped at an intersection, waiting to take a left turn onto the main road. I waited at the stop sign until the coast was clear. An reproaching car seemed to be going fast, but not really fast enough for the speed limit on that road ... humm, I waited to turn, not really sure what this driver was doing.... maybe not enough of Java or something??? Being on the defensive side I did wait, then she started to turn. It was a pretty high school aged girl with blond hair which turned without signalling. Then OMG,... I was thinking... she cuts the corner in her turn and just abouts clips my car. What was she thinking, I asked myself! It really doesn't take much to flip on you signal light and let people know what your intentions are. Buckle up and please use your turn signals! |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Steve Adkins wrote: Macca...........are you gonna tell us where you went????? Alot of curiosity from your fellow nwobloggersinhighstanding. OK, I give up, it's your deep dark secret. You're back in one piece, so it must have been a good trip. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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Skiddles wrote:
Wow, I finally have some company preaching the "Buckle Up" message !!! Thanks Skiddles !!! |
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macca Member
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Steve, We went to a universe far, far away.... We practiced mindmelding, Jedi powers... There is no "try", only "do", you know. And EVERYONE wears a seatbelt, no matter what kind of vehicle they drive! |
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Steve Adkins Member
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The only trouble is..........unfortunatley you're only 87% correct on the "everybody wears a seatbelt". I'm confident everyone in these forums is part of the 87%, but it's that other 13% I'm preaching at. Remember, 80% of the restraint comes from the seatbelt.......so BUCKLE UP !!! |
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Skiddles Member
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It sounds like you took a trip to Pleiades. The Pleiades star cluster is in the midst of what astronomers describe as a three-car cosmic pile-up. The bright stars slams into not one but two interstellar clouds of gas. I could see you in my telescope! Did you see any RR while you were out there? I'm glad you were wearing you seat belt and back safely Mecca. |
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macca Member
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Steve, Steve, Steve..... You missed my point! EVERYONE IN THE UNIVERSE FAR, FAR AWAY (that I visited over the holidays) buckles up! Unfortunately, the aliens are smarter than we are here! |
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macca Member
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Dang, Skiddles! I was trying to keep it all a secret, but you're just too smart for me! Must be some powerful telescope you got there! Hope my house isn't anywhere near yours! |
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Steve Adkins Member
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OK, glad they've started puttin' them seat belts in them alien space ships too. Don't want them lil fellers getting their egg shaped heads splatted on their consoles. |
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Skiddles Member
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My optic capacity is great Mecca, but unable to view around trees & through walls... you're safe in Summerfield. |
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bama80 Member
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What in the name of a monkey's uncle is going on on 68 in the afternoon. Paving! ahhh!! Its a parking lot- no not the parking lot; the road- Its a parking lot all the way past peoples Rd. almost to the light at the 2 gas stations (edgefield?) AHHHHHH.. RROM=100% |
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macca Member
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Yeah, I haven't actually been out in it but I've heard about it... Crazy! All so we can buy tractors??!!? |
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bama80 Member
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Too bad with all the development there will be no more farms left. Catch 22 if I ever saw one. Last edited on Jan 6th, 2006 02:15 pm by bama80 |
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macca Member
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So I was coming up to that intersection that drives me nuts everyday. You know the one at Horse Penn Creek and battleground. I am chugging up the hill like I do every day around 4. Checking the rearview and the side mirrors sizin up the competition. I look up and behind me gaining speed is a liquor-sickle. It looked like a fancy sports model, but I still knew I could beat it up the hill. Continuing to give it gas up the hill, I was not concerned. Well I get almost to the light and this car comes out of nowhere, trying to pass me from the turning lane. I looked at the tail end of the car and saw that the car was from Alabama. My first thought is that it was bama. I had to think quick, because the lane was running out, and the moped was gaining on me. So I let the car in. How dumb was that? Of course Bama doesn't have an Alabama tag, shem lives in Stokesdale. |
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I have to confess to causing some road rage this morning....I was approaching an intersection (running late, as usual... ) and the light was yellow. I decided to go on thru. There was a truck getting ready to turn left and had to wait for me to go thru. We both ran a red light. As I continued down the road, I happned to look in my rearview mirror, where I saw blue lights.... I'm pretty sure the truck got pulled! |
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macca Member
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YO! EVERYBODY!! IT'S FOGGY AGAIN!!! |
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Cracker Jax Member
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bama? You in here? <sigh> Oh well... I'll just add something to this string while I'm here looking for bama... Yesterday I was riding down the road behind this really nice van. There were these high dollar signs plastered all over it that said something like "CAUTION, SHOW DOGS" Now I need someone to explain to me why I would need to exercise more caution with a van full of show dogs than I would with a van full of say.....HUMANS?? |
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Steve Adkins Member
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SEATBELTS...SEATBELTS...SEATBELTS
BLOGGERS BE SAFE !!! |
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Kris McNeill Member
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On our way home late last night, hit a dog (big black lab - thought it was a deer at first!) that went streaking out in front of the car. Scared us to death but the dog was OK. Husband got out and talked to the owner and they checked the dog out. Dog will probably need a chiropractor or a good massage (or both) today though! Cracker, I don't think this was a Show Dog but I say...everybody, keep your dogs in a van, in the house, fenced up or on a lease  |
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bama80 Member
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haha Lacka thanks for looking out for my people. A little misplaced they were though. |
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This here is a true tale of a road rage hero. This happened on a 4-lane road, two lanes in each direction. The boys were doin' some construction up ahead in the outside lane, but they had merge signs up well in advance tellin' ever'body to get over into the inside lane. Well, some people are above followin' rules of the road or even rules of common decency for that matter. Y'all know the type, don'tcha? Them people just kept on going past us in the outside lane till they got up to whar the construction was and then wanted us lesser mortals to make way and let 'em get back into the inside lane. And people were lettin' 'em cut back in! Which just slowed the inside lane down to slower than Pappy-walkin' speed. Finally the hero of this tale, the trucker in front of Pappy, decided he'd end such contrary foolishness. He pulls his big rig over halfway into the outside lane so nobody can get around in front of the good folk in the inside lane! Pappy 'bout choked doin' his ol' coot cackle over that one. We all closed ranks behind him and didn't let any of 'em back in line. It was a beautiful sight. |
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Kris McNeill Member
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Pappy, I have seen the big-rigs do this before and it always make me quite happy Sort of makes up for that one 18-wheeler who side-swiped me off onto the shoulder of the road a couple of years ago. I was minding my own business over in the right lane, shem came roaring up by me in the left lane then suddenly decided to cut over into the right lane to make a right turn. Shem jumped from the cab yelling "you were in my blind spot!." Well who do you think put me there? |
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macca Member
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Pappy, I always hope when something like that happens it makes the people who are trying to force their way in think twice before trying it again. Probably just wishful thinking, but it sure makes you feel better to see it happen when it does! ♥♥♥ |
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Love that ol' Pappy! That was a good'un! Having recently moved to NC from SC... it astounds me that no one does the speed limit - or er... uh should I say BELOW the posted limit?! I would like to say... it is not supposed to be a "suggestion" but an actual "limit". Every day I am passed on the road by folks like I am the one in the wrong. Last week on my way to take my daughter to school, there was this high school 'kid' that blew by us doing at least 100 mph!! What is the deal?? |
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bama80 Member
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rules are made to be broken? I thought they were all just suggestions. hahah. it is instinct. you know the "give 110% thing". Some of us just choose to go 110% (or more) of the speed limit. |
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was at a red light yesterday at Holden and Cornwallis. Cop was going straight across on Cornwallis (sp?) with a very green light by the way. will this van just goes straight through the intersection like his red light was green or something almost hit the cop. Thought - will bubby you just as well kiss that lisence good bye. HELLO THE COP KEEP GOING STRAIGHT - Didn't do a thing......ugh!!! the insanity! |
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How does one become important enough to park in fire lanes? It's almost amusing that these people think that these are VIP parking spaces reseved only for them. Oh, the small disparities of life! |
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OH OH OH!!! THAT MAKES ME CRAZY TOO STARCATCHR!!!!! GOOD ONE!! I have a story... Dumb, but it's a contribution. So my oldest little Crackah turned 15 this year, you know, the year where the kid becomes older and wiser than the parent. Shem has obtained the dreaded "LEARNER'S PERMIT." We were coming home the other night after traveling the world over, and were sitting at the spot where Hamburg Mill Rd. intersects with 220, trying to make a LEFT turn onto 220. 6:00 P.M. Now, I know you don't hit that spot at that time if at all possible, because it is almost impossible to get across the road due to heavy, non-stop traffic, but I was no longer in complete possession of my mind at this point so I had trusted shem to get us home. The first five minutes we sat there were uneventful, however as the line behind us grew to about 25 cars, I realized that perhaps I might need to help shem watch for the primo opportunity to risk life and limb to make that left turn. I started watching for "the moment" to cross and quickly realized that you lose all perspective when you are sitting in the seat next to the driver. In other words, the cars move much faster toward you, and you can't judge whether or not you have the horsepower to get across and out of the way if your foot is not the foot operating the car.... I'm afraid I blew the one opportunity shem actually had to get across because that car coming at us looked like it was traveling at mach 42 or something.... It was actually going about 12 mph. The first 14 cars started honking at us...We're 10 minutes into the wait now.... The kid starts to panic and starts screaming at me that we missed "the moment". I am trying to sit there and PRETEND like the honking doesn't bother me, wishing I had one of those driver's ed signs to slap on top of the car, and telling shem that it is better to be safe than sorry.... Anyway, 15 minutes later, we threw caution to the wind and jetted across to make our left. I'm here, so we must have made it.... |
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Cracker, oh that was you on Hamburg Mill? just kidding |
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Starcatchr wrote: How does one become important enough to park in fire lanes? By driving a FIRE TRUCK Starcatchr, my pet peeve too  |
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Cracker Jax Member
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Good chance it was you back there Kris... I felt like everyone in Summerfield was back there behind us.... Oh the pressure! |
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macca Member
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So it's been a while since I posted here, or since anyone has... My road rage today was more frustration than rage....Was driving in a nearby town, a university town.... got all turned around, what with the one-way streets and "was I going north" or "was I going south".... got so confused I couldn't even tell when I was going right or straight thru an intersection!!!! ... Kept having to circle the block and try to figure out how to get back to where we were so we could go in the RIGHT direction that time! ... OK, it didn't help that the spoose was the navigator. I do better when handling both roles, but sometimes that's just not possible.... It all happens so fast!!! ♥♥♥ |
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Starcatchr wrote: How does one become important enough to park in fire lanes? Oh, I had forgotten about this posting! I meant to comment before.... I guess tonight I get to try to catch up some.... I was talking with a friend one day and she said something about parking in the fire lane at Food Dog 'cause she was just running in for a minute. I guess I was looking at her really strange-like, because she said, "Oh, you know you've done it too!" And I said, "No, actually, I haven't.... never even thought about doing it...." I think it was Kris who said it -- I don't drive a fire truck!!! |
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macca wrote: OK, it didn't help that the spoose was the navigator. I do better when handling both roles, but sometimes that's just not possible.... It all happens so fast!!! ♥♥♥ See Macca??? FUNNY!!!!!
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Kris McNeill Member
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macca wrote: So it's been a while since I posted here, or since anyone has... Oh Macca, this reminds me of me about a year ago. Drove one of my younger McNeills to a nearby university town (the SAME university where I spent 5 years ). I got a little confused or distracted or SOMETHING??? and plowed right through an intersection with the light screaming RED! Thank goodness, no cars were coming in the other direction. Younger McNeill will never let me live that one down. |
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I finally feel road rage... Maybe not exactly what bama had in mind though..... Is anyone else bothered by the fact that they are lowering the speed limit on Strawberry Rd. to 35 MPH??? No offense to the woman who pushed this thru with DOT, but my understanding is that the entire road will be 35 MPH and not just the HWY 150 to Scalesville stretch..... The problem is NOT the 45 MPH speed limit. The problem is that people do not drive the posted 45 MPH. I drove Strawberry tonight and I went 35 MPH. Try it. It'll make you crazy. Mark my words... My perfect driving record will cease to exist. Oh.. and Steve, I wore my seatbelt.
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Steve Adkins Member
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Cracker Jax wrote: Good Job CJ........Anybody reading USA today will notice Britney Spears is in hot water over this subject, not for herself, but............geez this burns me up..........having her 4 month old baby in her lap while supposedly escaping from paparazzi (sp?). Bubblehead !!!! |
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macca Member
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Steve, I heard something about this... Was she actually DRIVING with the baby on her lap???? Did you say "Bubblehead"? Was there ever any doubt? |
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Apparently, she was parked with the baby in her lap playing with it and the papparrarrazzzi made her feel unsafe so she drove (how far, how fast I dont know?) to get away from them. Obviously they took pics of her doing it and viola! So, dont get me wrong, it was a bad decision and unsafe and stupid. I just thought I would add what I had heard about it. Assuming the papp.-whatever did not cover 5 city blocks, I'd say the pic was taken as soon as she started moving and hopefully she did not go but 100 yards or so and not like 1000mph before putting her child in the carseat. |
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Steve Adkins Member
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macca wrote: Steve, I heard something about this... Was she actually DRIVING with the baby on her lap???? Yes, I said "Bubblehead", Airhead just doesn't seem to fit, but ain't far off. When I read the story, it was too vague to tell, but made it sound like it was only far enough to escape the shutterbugs. Funny, her bodyguard was in the passenger seat, I thought that was his job?? Last edited on Feb 10th, 2006 01:14 am by Steve Adkins |
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I heard on one of those shows (maybe Letterman) that Kevin Federline, her husband, was in the car seat, which is why she couldn't put the baby in it!!! ♥♥♥ I know, I know.... seriously close to being "OFF TOPIC!!!" |
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macca wrote: I know, I know.... seriously close to being "OFF TOPIC!!!"LOL.................no, not even close. |
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I haven't had any deer or bubblehead sightings lately. I haven't been stuck behind the medium Cracker (aka Triscuit) trying to turn off of Hamburg Mill. I HAVE seen some cars posing as FIRE TRUCKS but yeah, I see that everyday HOWEVER, the Bama is not happy that this (himmer's baby) forum is TAKING A BACK SEAT to the MAAN forum so I thought I would come in here and bring it UP TO SPEED. Ya'll come back now, ya hear!?
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I agree Kris... We don't want "the bama" to be upset about himer's forum.... Shem will be sorry if we keep two forums going though cause it's more for himer to skim.... Heard (from that Tom guy on Fox 8) that there was a bad wreck at 158 and 220 today.... Are all my Stokesdalian friends ok??? |
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You know, Crackah, I heard that, too. Being the crackerjack (pun intended) PI that I am, I rode up that way to check it out. Mind you, it was 8:00 a.m. by the time I got there, but I saw no sign of ANYTHING! I hope everyone is okay too!♥♥♥ |
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This forum is just not the same without the bama...... we tried bama.... 74 minutes til bama checks in..... sigh. |
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Cracker Jax Member
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Hey my PC clock said 11:46 not 11:42! Ok... let's see... It should be about 77 minutes NWO time before bama checks in...sigh. |
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SO, CRACKAH!! Does the spoose know about your infatuation ♥♥♥ with bama? I know |
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OK Im here. way to go kris for picking up my pun. hah I kill me. haha. Yeah I never heard anyting about a wreck this morning. From now on, everyone should post whateever they see on here. even if it is just the cops responding to a domestic or something. It could be somehow considered road rage. haha. That way all us nosey people would not have to drive around looking for this stuff. we can just get the details first hand. Oh and if the cops are at your house for something, its ok, you can just say that it was your neighbor or something. just please give details. haha. thanks. |
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Hey Bama! Alrighty I've got one for ya. My neighbor's cat keeps walkin' on my car. Little muddy kitty prints all over the car. Now, ya'll know I'm not a "dog person". I am a "cat person" but have seriously considered drastic measures on this one. So this is the first one for the "ASK BAMA" column.......what should I do? |
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awww macca... the spoose wouldn't care... shem knows you guys entertain me... Frees up himer's time for sports watchin' if I am otherwise occupied.... I miss everyone when they are away... (Reference the missing macca episode on MAAN after Christmas...) Besides, bama just makes me smile.... Going to go look for the pun that Kris picked up on.... |
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I know you are asking the bama, but I might have a solution. Scotch tape Kris. Cats hate scotch tape on their feet... I know this ONLY because my brother, when we were teens thought it would be funny to put a piece of scotch tape on each of my cat's paws. The cat started spazzing out and shaking all four feet at one time... We called it kitty break dancing.... That was sort of "in" back then... and he only did it once cause Mom got mad, but it was a sight to behold..... I would not recommend this for the household pet unless it was walking on a kitchen counter (WHICH IS WAY BEYOND GROSS) or a car. Perhaps Duct Tape if the cat is persistent.... |
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Kris McNeill wrote: Hey Bama! Alrighty I've got one for ya. My neighbor's cat keeps walkin' on my car. Little muddy kitty prints all over the car. Now, ya'll know I'm not a "dog person". I am a "cat person" but have seriously considered drastic measures on this one. So this is the first one for the "ASK BAMA" column.......what should I do? Put large amounts of cat food/ treats/ catnip on the opposite neighbors car/ yard area. |
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OK, Cracker - so I'll roll the car in duct tape tonight and see what happens. |
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Crackah wrote: I know you are asking the bama, but I might have a solution. Scotch tape Kris. Cats hate scotch tape on their feet... I know this ONLY because my brother, when we were teens thought it would be funny to put a piece of scotch tape on each of my cat's paws. The cat started spazzing out and shaking all four feet at one time... We called it kitty break dancing.... That was sort of "in" back then... and he only did it once cause Mom got mad, but it was a sight to behold..... I would not recommend this for the household pet unless it was walking on a kitchen counter (WHICH IS WAY BEYOND GROSS) or a car. Perhaps Duct Tape if the cat is persistent.... THE PREVIOUS POSTING WAS NOT SANCTIONED BY PETA. ♥♥♥ |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
I totally agree with you Cracker. I have a kitty but shem stays inside and would never, ever be allowed on the kitchen counter (gag!). I occasionally have a barfed up hairball to tend to and there's the whole litter box clean out ordeal (spoose mostly does that - thank you honey ) but it really bugs me that I have to deal with the neighbor's cat too. Maybe I could invite the neighbor over next time I have a hairball barf to clean up I like Bama's idea - I'll put kitty treats and duct tape all over their cars |
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OK.. there is this house in our neighborhood that was moved in from some other location... on a truck and which some developer then fixed up and sold. Because the house came into the neighborhood on a trailer, and because of the folks who originally bought it, the spoose, some other neighbors and I soon started calling this house "the trailer park." One day the 17 yr. old daughter who sports several huge tatoos and piercings came to my door (She had to cross the road... explaining my posting it on this forum) and asked me if I had heard gunshots. Now folks in my neighborhood might have guns, but they usually don't have ammo for them so I replied that Her friends wore their pants down to their knees and always sported some type of bandana....They were a scary bunch.... |
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macca wrote: Crackah wrote: WOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEE...........ROFLOL (and that other thing too) Cracker and Macca! I love kitties but actually this sounds like fun entertainment. My kitty is 20 years old though so I won't try it on shem. In himmer's younger days, shem could have taken it and I remember a few times when I would have done it too |
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HAHAH theres got to be some sort of joke or pun or just smart Alec comment here but I just can't put one together right now. Sorry. Im still laughing though. |
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I hate to bring it up, but aren't we dangerously close to being  ???♥♥♥ |
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Kris you werent one of those that "shotgunned" illegal-type smoke into your pets mouth were you. You didnt give your pets beer/liquor did you? You werent one of... well I think you get my drift. huh? were you? huh? [spotlight shines in face like a police interrogation] |
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Cracker, the answer is to put YOUR house up on blocks, call in the house movers and high-tail-it out of there. You will be RIDING on out of there going DOWN THE ROAD and we will be back ON TOPIC |
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bama80 wrote: Kris you werent one of those that "shotgunned" illegal-type smoke into your pets mouth were you. You didnt give your pets beer/liquor did you? You werent one of... well I think you get my drift. huh? were you? huh? [spotlight shines in face like a police interrogation] Well, that cat is 20 years old (what's that 140 in people years??!!) and still goin' strong Bama My kitty RAGES on (title of forum is ROAD RAGE - therefore, ON TOPIC) |
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And ANOTHER THING........same said cat neighbor has four (4) cars. (Three (3) drivers in the family, but I digress...) All four (4) cars park on the driveway (even though they have a two (2) car garage, sorry, again...) Why does their cat come and walk on MY one (1) car when it has four (4) cars right there on its own property to party down on? whew, I feel better.....off to get the duct tape 
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macca wrote: THE PREVIOUS POSTING WAS NOT SANCTIONED BY PETA. ♥♥♥ Well, mom did get mad... doesn't that count??? bama's answer might be more "peta-icallly" correct. |
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Kris McNeill wrote: Cracker, the answer is to put YOUR house up on blocks, call in the house movers and high-tail-it out of there. You will be RIDING on out of there going DOWN THE ROAD and we will be back ON TOPIC Those neighbors who lived across the ROAD have moved.... Thank goodness. They were forever flying into a RAGE and calling the police.... Not just the kids either... Once about a year later, there was some drama and the daughter was in a RAGE, screaming and yelling at the mother... I was in the yard across the ROAD, pretending to pull weeds so I could eavesdrop...I mean, if you are gonna put your business on the ROAD..... My spoose had just brought me the single with cheese value meal from Wendy's, but we couldn't tear ourselves away from the soap opera... We sat down on the front walk and had a Wendy's picnic while we watched the show.... They could see us too... Very brave in light of the past alleged gunshots in my opinion.... The kid, in a fit of RAGE actually busted the windows out of her mother's car and then picked up her baby.... (baby's daddy in prison.... literally) and left. Police came. We went inside. end of story. Oh except unfortunately that's how trailer parks get a bad name. |
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Kris McNeill wrote: Hey Bama! Alrighty I've got one for ya. My neighbor's cat keeps walkin' on my car. Little muddy kitty prints all over the car. Now, ya'll know I'm not a "dog person". I am a "cat person" but have seriously considered drastic measures on this one. So this is the first one for the "ASK BAMA" column.......what should I do?Kris put cat food at car tire....BACKUP......Cat taste like chicken |
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Cracker Jax wrote: macca wrote:Does Peta like chicken....THE PREVIOUS POSTING WAS NOT SANCTIONED BY PETA. ♥♥♥ |
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Kris McNeill Member
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Sing it for us Mr. Mike....
On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round |
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Kris you sing so well....where your hat, I'll put a dollar ($$Texas) in it... |
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Looked like there was a head-on collision on I-40 right near the mall this morning. I thought I saw skid marks from Eastbound lane into grass through fence thing and then there were 2 cars in Westbound lane that were all banged up both in their front. Yikes, Id hate to have been part of that. Traffic was backed up for like 23 billion million thousand miles. ANyone see this on the news or anything. PAppy did you get it on the CB. 10-4 buddy come on back. |
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Bama, I always HATE to hear about bad wrecks!!! Hope everyone is okay. I haven't heard about anything, but I haven't watched any TV news since early this a.m. There were a couple of icy patches on our residential road (small neighborhood, little traffic) and I worried a little about kids on buses. I always wish that Guilford would follow Rockingham's lead when it comes to delaying and closing schools, since our weather pattern follows theirs. There seems to be a storm line that goes right thru the northwest part of the county. |
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bama80 wrote: Looked like there was a head-on collision on I-40 right near the mall this morning. I thought I saw skid marks from Eastbound lane into grass through fence thing and then there were 2 cars in Westbound lane that were all banged up both in their front. Yikes, Id hate to have been part of that. Traffic was backed up for like 23 billion million thousand miles. ANyone see this on the news or anything. PAppy did you get it on the CB. 10-4 buddy come on back.Bama you know Pappy loss his CB licence for Cussing out that smokie the bear on the radio. Pappy at a 10-100 don't know his 10-20.....Good buddy Last edited on Feb 20th, 2006 11:05 pm by StewartM |
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Negatory on that 10-50, Bama. Reckon them skid marks spelled out $$$TEXAS for somebody. Hope it wasn't a 10-50 PI, come on. |
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WOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEE Pappy! You're gonna need a NAP! You have been prolifically profound today RIVETING! |
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Hee hee! That one was Macca's idea! All photography courtesy of Studio Macca. |
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Pappy, Bama drives a Honda......well he is a State fan... |
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That's GREAT Pappy! If bama's gonna be a pappy though, himmer's gonna have to trade the Honda in for a LOSER Cruiser (MINITURE VAN) like the rest of us parents...... Oh himmer will fight it for a couple of years.....
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Actually I drive something not as good as a Honda. I love the pic though. You would definitely know if it was you in front/beside of me on the road. Im not the calm cool collected person I am on here. hahah. And we have already obtained a chrysler T&C with sto n go. its pretty sweet. lotsa gadgets. I dont like the color though. I wont go into details about the color. It is a very bad color! nuff said bout that. |
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bttt to get that other one out of sight |
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Don't worry... my lips are sealed. I won't say anything at all to Kris about your baby (not Carolina) blue loser cruiser.
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What ya'll doin' over here in ROAD RAGE this moanin'? I'm feelin' nice - Bama if it makes you feel better, the McTarheel Family owns a STATE RED Mazda and used to own a STATE RED Minivan (way back when...) haha. |
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awesome. hahah. guese we all cant have what we want. huh. |
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Bama was that you on 220 this morning??
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I thought he blew by me on 68 there at Pleasant Ridge on Wednesday!!!!♥♥♥ |
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most likely was me on 68. I live in Stokesdale remember mike. So i go down 68 to I-40. So I am at Pleasant Ridge by about 7:30ish. Sorry if I tailgated or talked to your rear iew mirror. haha I am a different person by the time I go that far down 68 in the AM. well and the PM .hahah |
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Well, we can't just let this one go, can we???? It's funny, every time I see those signs about "merge right" or "single lane ahead" I always think of my friends here! And I almost NEVER let anyone in front of me....♥♥♥ ANyway, I KNOW I heard this on the news this morning (although I haven't heard it again and just googled trying to find something about it and can't). The report was that someone had done a survey about people using turn signals, and some people said they just didn't bother with it, some just didn't think about it -- I don't really remember all the details.... But what I did remember was that there was a percentage of people who deliberately didn't use their signals because they wanted to add to the excitement of driving!!!!! I think we definitely need to add more danger into the experience!!! Nothing like using a 3,000+ pound weapon irresponsibly to add some excitement to your day!!!! ♥♥♥(I'm sure no one who uses this forum responded to that survey!) |
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Yep Macca, after posing as a FIRETRUCK, non-use of turn signals is another one on the list for me too! Of course, there is also the issue of the people that leave their turn signal ON. If I'm trying to make a turn, I never know if I can trust an oncoming vehicle with their turn signal on. But, all-in-all, I think turn signal use is a good thing |
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Yes Park! Yes Summerfield! Yes turn signals!
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I'd be happy if folks would realize that when you're turning left, you're supposed to yield to oncoming traffic. At least, that was in MY copy of the NC Driver Handbook! Apparently, that part was omitted in plenty of other copies. |
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Welcome to the forums, Alicia! Glad you've joined us!❤❤❤ |
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Thanks. I was glad to see the Road Rage topic. I apparently drive the invisible bright red truck that no one can see as they are turning out in front of me! I have a feeling I'll be venting my spleen here on occasion. |
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Okay, for those of you who missed the notification TODAY was apparently Turn Signal Amnesty Day in North Carolina. At first I thought it was just Northwest Guilford, but I quickly learned that it was in Kernersville, too. I can only presume that it was a state-wide thing. I made this astute observation after the 7th person jammed on their brakes to make a turn in front of me. Days like today make me glad that I never take up my father's offer to provide me with a handgun. |
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Alicia C. wrote: Thanks. |
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Alicia C. wrote:Days like today make me glad that I never take up my father's offer to provide me with a handgun. |
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macca wrote:
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macca wrote: Alicia C. wrote:Days like today make me glad that I never take up my father's offer to provide me with a handgun. Yep. It takes a constant iron will to refuse that offer. |
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macca wrote: (I'm sure no one who uses this forum responded to that survey!) <-doesnt respond to turn signals either. muu hahahah Turn signals just let people know that you are about to get in front of them and so wehn they see your turn signal, they speed up to not let you in. Therefore, I jsut swerve right in. |
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bama80 wrote:<-doesnt respond to turn signals either. muu hahahah You gotta be kiddin' me, cowboy. |
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bama80 wrote: macca wrote:(I'm sure no one who uses this forum responded to that survey!) Bama, that's the kinda thing you do - but you don't TELL anybody that you do it!
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StewartM wrote: Pappy could I get a cowboy hat put on this thing. And give the eyes a wild and crazy look instead of an angry look. haha. Please. Thanks. |
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bama80 wrote:StewartM wrote:Pappy could I get a cowboy hat put on this thing. And give the eyes a wild and crazy look instead of an angry look. haha. Please. Thanks. Dang, Bama. Pappy'll whittle on it if you'll try not to kill ever'body in the meantime. These boys, these boys... |
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FatPappy wrote: bama80 wrote: Might as well slap a leather jacket on him while you're at it Pappy! Tee hee!! |
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haha yeah and some of those fancy leather drivin gloves that show your white knuckles. awesome! |
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StewartM wrote: Thought my mother had come to town ?!?!? One of those Yankee drivers !!! |
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MESSAGE FROM CAR #537: Ok.. I know it's a free country, but could you folks who are coming from 220 on Old OR Rd. and then turning LEFT at the Mega stoplight onto Summerfield Rd. in the morning between 7:30 and 8:00 am please consider going another way??? I'm sure you've noticed that the protected light only happens about once every 5 minutes and there's not even a slim chance that you are gonna get to turn with out it. The 723 cars lined up behind you wanting to turn right or go straight would really appreciate it. |
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bama80 wrote:StewartM wrote:Pappy could I get a cowboy hat put on this thing. And give the eyes a wild and crazy look instead of an angry look. haha. Please. Thanks. PAPPY!!! WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THIS PROJECT?? WE'RE ANXIOUSLY WAITING!!!! ♥♥♥ |
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OH, PAPPY WILL COME THROUGH FOR US!!! ♥♥♥ |
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<cough> <cough> Goodness! No wonder I couldn't find this place! It was buried in April!!!! Just read Vicki's "Watch out for Tractors" editorial. Good Job Vicki!
Most folks who've been around here a long time were as used to seeing tractors on the roads as they were to seeing cows in the pastures beside the road. Both are scarce nowadays.
Glad you pointed this out to folks who might not be used to it and you're watchin' out for our farm workers!!
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If anyone has ever wondered whether the statement "All Men Are Created Equal" is true or not, just take a trip to the DMV and you'll see that we are all treated with the same amount of courtesy.... Wait.... "courtesy" was not the right word..... |
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Vicki White-Lawrence Member
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Well, my rage is not exactly "road;" it's more parking lot, and specifically at one apartment complex but I guess REALLY at the person/s who broke into my son's vehicle last night. Not only did they damage the ONLY thing that is really HIS, they stole from him his treasured music system. He used money he had saved for most of his life to choose exactly what he wanted... and now it's gone. He feels as though his car isn't his any more and says he doesn't plan to invest in the equipment again. He had his car locked, parked in the parking lot of the apartment complex he has lived in for ONE MONTH.... He parked on the campus of UNC-G all of last year with no problem. It's not as though he has a new car -- It's 10 years old, but it looks pretty sporty and he takes care of it. Unlike my old clunker, which is the same age. I hide stuff when I park it, but I've (knock on wood) never had anyone break into any car I've owned. Of course, the apartment managers offer nothing except advice to call the police and insurance company. Of course, we didn't carry comprehensive insurance on it, and the police department takes their report via the phone now... A deputy is supposed to call him... In the meantime, we had to take the car to the repair shop we normally use because he couldn't leave it unprotected..... There was no window in the driver's door and the lock on that door and the trunk are damaged. His car alarm was activated, but probably no one heard it because of the air conditioners and/or appliances running. Even if anyone had heard it, these folks were likely experts. It was likely at least 2 people, just because of the weight of the woofers and tweeters (or whatever they were) in the trunk. There's one pawn shop in Greensboro that takes car systems.... Don't you just love it? I just hate it for my son. It's a hard lesson to learn at any age, emotionally as well as financially. At least it was just "stuff" and he's okay, physically at least. |
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Vicki, I'm so sorry for your son Maybe the police will be able to track something down. Was his music system marked with name, serial number,etc? Last edited on Jul 21st, 2006 04:41 pm by Kris McNeill |
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Well, we got the call Friday about what it'll cost to fix the car -- just over $800, which doesn't include the dashboard. That's for the locks, window and side mirror. The police report lists it as "more than $200." Of course, no word about his precious cargo. Lots of "If I'd done this..." or "If I hadn't done that...." Scott bought him one of those titanium high security steering wheel locking tools ..... |
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Vicki White-Lawrence Member
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Oh, yeah. This isn't really "road rage," more of an observation, I guess. Our younger son went to "Physics Camp," at the Natural Science Center last week. The first morning I just went straight down 220 to get there, but then went home via Lawndale/Lake Brandt Road. From then on, that was my morning route, with variations if I picked him up, since I might have other places to go. I much prefer the "scenic route" any time I travel, and I believe it was faster as well, with very little traffic and no traffic lights most of the way. My observation has to do with the light at Lake Brandt and Highway 150. Since I was on Lake Brandt, I was very aware of the backup there. It was always 5 - 6 cars. I guess I'm surprised some of you who travel it all the time haven't groused about it at least a little -- or maybe I just noticed it because I was trying to get the little one somewhere on time! |
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How about a new road rage story.... My daughter & I were riding along Pisgah Church Road about 5:15pm on Tuesday & these boys in a light Gray Toyota Scion came up beside us on the left lane and threw something stinky at us! Whatever it was that was thrown hit my windshield.... I tried to get a tag# but they began speeding away... we followed them for a bit to try to see the tag & ended up on Old Battleground where they turned into a neighborhood... if anyone knows a red headed kid with a friend that drives this type of car... I'd love to speak with their parents! I called the police, but without a tag# I doubt they can determine who these kids were. |
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DT I know you didn't "Ask Lacka" but I feel I need to give my advice on this one. Let me just make sure that I have this right, they threw something stinky? What in the world did they throw????? Here is what I would do. I would run over to CVS and get a couple of pieces of poster board, I would say that three would make a nice visual statement. I would select one of the neon colors to get everyone's attention. I would put on the poster board: Number one: A description of the car in large letters so that everyone can read it Number two: A description of the boys as detailed as possible Number three A description of what they did, and a description of the stinky Borrow some tomato stakes from Pappy and head on over to the neighborhood that they vanished in. Put the signs in a position so that everyone can see them as they leave for work that morning. If you can't go early in the am, do it on a Saturday. Now you will want to do this before school starts because I am betting that they are teenagers who sleep late and you do not want to risk them seeing the signs that morning before the rest of the neighborhood. Chances are that mom and dad will see the signs, recognize the description, turn around and go yank those kids out of the bed.........If the parents don't see it chances are that nosey neighbor will see them and will be more than pleased to get the information back to the proper parents...... Last edited on Aug 16th, 2006 02:28 pm by Lacka |
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Hey... what a great idea, Lacka! It is worth the cost of the poster board & my time x10 if it works... I'll have to try it! This gives my daugher & I a good project this week...... |
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They are being punished enough if they are riding around in one of those UGLY Scion cars. YUK! Just kidding.... I think Lacka's idea is a good one! |
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This particular Scion is not one of the "box" looking types... rather this one looks a lot like the Corolla... small and sporty. I actually thought it was a regular Toyota until my daughter (who has better vision than I) pointed out it was a Scion. Dang youngins! I hope their parents DO find out about this mess... I thought surely they'd messed up my paint job! |
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So, DToney... Have you decided when/if you're going to anything else to try to track these characters down? You'll have to let us know how it all turns out!! ♥♥♥ |
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Wish I could find a smiley doing the cabbage patch, I would send it to you DT. I think you should go for it!!!!!!! Teach those kids a lesson........ |
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macca wrote: So, DToney... Have you decided when/if you're going to anything else to try to track these characters down? You'll have to let us know how it all turns out!! we've had so much going on... hubby just got back from AL & we had hair appts last night... I really have not had time to do anything. maybe we can whip together something ... thought about posting some fliers around the area with a downloaded pic of the car! Or even had one suggestion to do posters in the area where it happened to alert parents their "Little Johnny" has been up to no good with the hopes of someone recognizing the car! With this "out of sight out of mind parenting" that is so popular these days... even if mom & dad were to recognize the description of the car... I wonder if they would do the "Not my kid" thing.... it really upsets me that kids are so disrespectful sometimes... kinda reminds me of Vickie's son's break-in! Last edited on Aug 18th, 2006 10:09 am by DToney |
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I think I remember that she wrote something in the NW Observer another time about his car being "egged" one night... Was it eggs that these boys threw at you? I can't believe this happened in such a well-traveled area in the middle of rush hour! Had they done anything before they threw whatever it was? Any idea why they chose you? Oh! I just had an idea! Maybe you could put up some kind of sign in the area where it happened and ask if another driver got more identifying info. Maybe someone else got the license #, or at least part of it. I would think it would be helpful even if it was just a partial, but I'm just basing that on stuff I've seen on TV! ♥♥♥Last edited on Aug 18th, 2006 11:34 am by macca |
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we were almost beside them... could not see their faces & the red headed kid on the psgr side flung something out of the window... don't know what it was... smelled like permanent hair solution or ammonia or something.... really upsetting... i've held off on buying a "brand new" car & to have someone else do something to mess it up... well, you know... (ggrrrrrrrrrrr!!) |
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Tee Hee! |
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DToney wrote:we were almost beside them... could not see their faces & the red headed kid on the psgr side flung something out of the window... don't know what it was... smelled like permanent hair solution or ammonia or something.... really upsetting... i've held off on buying a "brand new" car & to have someone else do something to mess it up... well, you know... (ggrrrrrrrrrrr!!) So, DT, whatever happened with this????♥♥♥ |
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You've never heard that???? No one's ever sung that song to you??? The "Made the Monkey Look" song???? One of the kids says "Look Cracker!" I turn my head to look and they sing "Made the Monkey look!" Just one of those nanny nanny boo boo kind of kiddie things. ACtually just wanted to be sure I post on RR from time to time to keep bama's memory alive (so SMS doesn't move it to the forum graveyard) and in the process I thought I'd see if I could catch a monkey in my trap.
Looks like you're the first monkey macca..... We'll see who else I catch!
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Reminds me of bama.... Wonder how he's doing??? Does he ever think of his old playground pals???!!!??? Wow! Talk about getting a life!!! I can't imagine having a baby to take care of again!!!♥♥♥ |
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DToney wrote:we were almost beside them... could not see their faces & the red headed kid on the psgr side flung something out of the window... don't know what it was... smelled like permanent hair solution or ammonia or something.... really upsetting... i've held off on buying a "brand new" car & to have someone else do something to mess it up... well, you know... (ggrrrrrrrrrrr!!) So, DT, whatever happened with this????♥♥♥ ummmm... I dare say I did nothing.... I know... I am ashamed of myself! Dang youngins... they'll get it one day! Last edited on Sep 7th, 2006 04:22 pm by DToney |
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Saving Road Rage from being swept under the rug. SMS is on a housecleaning rampage again.
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Dear CJ I went back & double checked to make sure I hadn't made a mistake on the date thing with the 60 days.............however, the comment specifically said: Anything that has not had a posting in 60 days, ie Aug 15th or older, is going to be closed, and moved to closed topics. Now then, some topics are sacred, and will never die: Such as
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I knew the deadline date. I was just making SURE that Road Rage didn't become Road Kill!
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DToney Member
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Thanks for keeping our good sites from going down the tubes Crackah! Especially this one.... I need somewhere to vent my frustrations after a 45 minute commute sometimes! I still have not gotten used to folks treating speed limit signs like mere "suggestions"... |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
No postings in two full months??? Everybody has been happy driving in the Christmas crowds, stuck in morning traffic, going around bicycles for two solid months now????????? Hmmmmmmmm |
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EEK! I forgot that you were house cleaning! |
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We have all learned to cope so well with our Road Rage thru this forum that we just haven't needed to post so often.... We just go back and read about it, and SNAP!! We're cured!! I still avoid Wendover as much as possible, also 220.... Much prefer the back roads .... Nicer scenery as well as less traffic, although you do occasionally get behind someone who isn't driving quite as fast you'd like to.... I like finding new and shorter/faster ways to get to places I have to go to a lot... ♥♥♥ |
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Maybe if you post where you need to go Macca, somebody can tell ya how to get there faster!!! For instance, if you need to go to Garden Ridge (Best Buy or any others on that street) out near Wendover, you take Guilford College Rd. to Hilltop, turn left onto Bridford and right into the Home Depot parking lot. Cut thru the parking lot on the left side of Home Depot and you are at Garden Ridge! (There's a cut through street beside that Shopping center, but the parking lot is faster...) You never have to go near Wendover! It's one of my life's missions to do the Wendover stores without going onto Wendover. |
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Cracker Jax wrote:
I didn't realize other people did that, too! (Avoid Wendover at all costs!) I didn't know about the cut thru to Garden Ridge, but that's definitely one I'll make note of.... I just pretty much been avoiding that side of Wendover as much as possible! I do always use Guilford College Road to get to Target, Linens & Things, Wal-Mart, etc.....Good idea about asking the gang for advice on shortcuts! I've learned a couple of good ones to/from Guilford College during rush hour traffic.... ♥♥♥ |
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macca wrote: I just pretty much been avoiding that side of Wendover as much as possible! Yea, it seems that EVERYBODY uses Guilford College to get out to the Wendover shops. EVERYBODY also turns on that road that runs between Macy's and Dick's and the traffic for that turn has been a NIGHTMARE lately. I've found if you go past that road to Hilltop, the traffic isn't as bad. I just do that side of Wendover and then scoot across to the other side if I need to go Walmart or Target or something. |
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This is slightly off topic..........but since it's not worth it's own thread, I'll do it here CASH REGISTER RAGE My wife has dragged me all over the place the past two days, and as we aimlessly walked the aisles, I started making mental notes on those stores with under used cash registers, didn't write it down, but a couple stuck in my mind. TJ MAXX Battleground - 10 registers, 4 in use, 23 people in line Old Navy - Wendover - 8 registers, 4 in use, 8 in line Home Depot & Lowes - didn't count, but they always have a string of registers with few manned regardless of the line. Home Depot just put in the self check out gizmo's. The christmas season is supposed to be the "busy season", why don't these stores gear up for busy seasons? Maybe somebody has a different slant on this subject?? I should state the only store I saw where all the registered were fully operating was Sam's Club on Wendover. Last edited on Dec 24th, 2006 12:56 am by Steve Adkins |
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Okay, so this isn't exactly road rage (although under different circumstances, in the past, it might have been....), but it's a lot closer than Steve's cash register rage! So, my husband Scott had a stroke in October, his 2nd (possibly 3rd) in a year. All of them have affected his vision. I've always done most of the driving, which is fine. I like to drive and am a better driver than passenger. I'm also pretty good with directions, and most of the time can remember how to get somewhere once I've been there before. Scott has always been directionally challenged (he is a man, after all! ) and has trouble remembering things. (He really is like the absent-minded professor in lots of ways... I've spent a lot of time during the past 25 years helping him find things.) It seems that he has suffered some additional, although minor, memory loss following this most recent stroke. Anyway, I had driven him to this vision specialist last year about this time. After this stroke, he called and set up another appointment for last Thursday. I had looked up the address online and then pulled up a map to refresh my memory. Thursday morning I told him I had pulled up a map but he said he had found the one from before so I didn't need to print out another. I knew he had had a folder of information from the prior visit, so I figured he'd found that. We stopped in Greensboro for some lab work, then dropped our younger son off with my folks for the day and headed for Durham. As we approached the exit, I said, "We're making good time. This is our exit, and we've still got 45 minutes." He said, "No, this isn't it." I figured, he's got the map in his hands and maybe I just remembered wrong. (What was I thinking???) Anyway, he tells me the exit to take, and I said, "Oh, I think this is the exit we took last month when we went to the Apple store at that mall." When we got to the light, I pointed out to him where we had turned to go into the mall area and he told me to go the other way. Then he told me we were looking for Renaissance Street, but it wasn't where he thought it would be on the map. At this point he was ignoring the written directions and just going by the map. I told him that Renaissance was one of the roads into the mall and he showed me that if we could just get to Renaissance then we should be able to find the doctor's office b/c it was shown with a star..... I pointed out that the doctor's office is on ACADEMY Street.... He seemed confused about why that wasn't showing on his map until I pointed out to him that the map he brought was the one showing how to get from our house to the Apple store..... I guess when you're going somewhere, any old map will do! Not only did he have the wrong map, he didn't have the address or phone # with him.... Fortunately, I was able to figure out how to double back to where we needed to be and then drove directly to the doctor's office. I believe we could've gotten to it from where we were without doubling back, but it would've been much more stressful until we figured out we were indeed heading in the right direction, and there was enough stress in the car as it was.... Although it was also kind of humorous, except that he was feeling pretty embarrassed about it all. At least we were early (wonder of wonders!) so didn't have the added stress of running late! |
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Vicki White-Lawrence wrote: Scott has always been directionally challenged (he is a man, after all! Ok, now I see why someone in another topic was accusing you of male bashing. Yeah, well, if the shoe fits (and the MAN can find it !!) My wife & I enjoyed meeting your hubby before the holidays, we wish him speedy recovery. |
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And as Road Rage sails off into the wild yonder, it is good to know that all the local's have gotten religion from learning in this topic how their bad habits are annoying others............................................................................................. |
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SCREEECHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! You can't send Road Rage to the junkyard! Let me think of something.... uh... ok... How about those concrete medians they've put in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD up there on 220 and Horsepen Creek??? Are they gonna kill somebody or what? And that tire slashing metal thingy that's sticking up in the middle of the road in the same area? Can't they glop some tar around those sharp edges or something? whew! did I save it? |
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Yeah they finaly put a lil bit of asphalt around that thing so it is not so sharp. But it still is not great. I think it would still do some damage. |
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Yea... at the very least I'd think it could whack your car out of line or something.... I've got a new driver in the family and I've been trying to teach her the art of "straddling" things such as that and dead possums and such... She hits that thing every time. I need one of those old timey cars with a hood ornament that acts as a "sight"..... That's how I learned.... lined the sight up with the offensive object and scooted right over it. |
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Was on my way home on wed. the 7 and saw the world famous NWO cracker box van? waiting to get onto 68 from the village store, a certain editor looked like road rage was building up.( I was in a hurry and had the green light, sorry) |
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ff12 wrote: Was on my way home on wed. the 7 and saw the world famous NWO cracker box van? waiting to get onto 68 from the village store, a certain editor looked like road rage was building up.( I was in a hurry and had the green light, sorry) Well, ff12, if you had let me out onto 68, perhaps you wouldn't have seen that brewing rage on my face. No telling how long I'd been sitting there. (If I'd know that was you in that red Mustang, I'd have pulled on out because I'm SURE you would let me in. ) Sometimes just getting out of our parking lot is a challenge, and I don't see that getting better any time soon. If you are going north on 68, certain times of day you generally have to just sit there and wait until somebody is nice enough to let you out as they stop for the stop light. If you're going south on 68, forget even trying to pull directly out. Then we pull out behind the CVS onto 150, but if you're trying to turn left to go west, that's sometimes a challenge too because traffic is lined up there. I've been known to turn right, go down past the Academy and turn around, just so you can get behind the line of traffic. |
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no red mustang for me , chevy man all the way. |
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macca Member
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I think she was referring to your avatar!! ♥♥♥ |
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They FINALLY paved over the square thing that no one had the common sense to dodge LOL. I thought it was funny how everyone would slam on brakes and try to cause an accident day after day over that stupid thing. For now I will take Pleasant Ridge Rd and Carlson Dairy to avoid all the traffic. I can't wait until that Harris Teeter opens up. They are so FRIENDLY. BreBre |
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BreBre wrote: They FINALLY paved over the square thing that no one had the common sense to dodge LOL. I thought it was funny how everyone would slam on brakes and try to cause an accident day after day over that stupid thing. For now I will take Pleasant Ridge Rd and Carlson Dairy to avoid all the traffic. I can't wait until that Harris Teeter opens up. They are so FRIENDLY. I can't wait until that Harris Teeter FINALLY opens up. that stupid traffic day after day. bama80bama80 |
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bama80 wrote: BreBre wrote:They FINALLY paved over the square thing that no one had the common sense to dodge LOL. I thought it was funny how everyone would slam on brakes and try to cause an accident day after day over that stupid thing. For now I will take Pleasant Ridge Rd and Carlson Dairy to avoid all the traffic. I can't wait until that Harris Teeter opens up. They are so FRIENDLY. YEAH! And that wonderful new apartment complex should really keep congestion in check! It will be a REAL relief to go into the most expensive grocery store in Greensboro and see all those happy people! It'll just be a perfect world. summerfieldrdsummerfieldrd |
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summerfieldrd wrote: bama80 wrote:BreBre wrote:They FINALLY paved over the square thing that no one had the common sense to dodge LOL. I thought it was funny how everyone would slam on brakes and try to cause an accident day after day over that stupid thing. For now I will take Pleasant Ridge Rd and Carlson Dairy to avoid all the traffic. I can't wait until that Harris Teeter opens up. They are so FRIENDLY.
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You would think with a 5 million dollar Ampiteeter they could put in better turning lanes ......... |
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A few years ago I heard that they were supposed to start widening hwy 220 in 2009, I think. When the 300 apartments & the AmpiTeeter open up, I will make sure to avoid hwy 220 during the "rush hours." That would be the smart thing to do.BreBre |
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Pappy brought these news items over from MAAN, since they both are about road and rage. First, they say the McCoys, of Hatfield/McCoy fuedin' fame, have been sufferin' fer years with some disease that makes 'em mean an' short-tempered. I wonder if they just went with that theory 'cause none o' the researchers were left to dispute it. Second, a national study ranks worst drivers by city, with (surprise!) Greensboro, North Carolina comin' in at third worst in the country, behind Columbia, SC, and St. Looie. Sorry, bama, they didn't mention Stokesdale. |
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FatPappy wrote:.... a national study ranks worst drivers by city, with (surprise!) Greensboro, North Carolina comin' in at third worst in the country, behind Columbia, SC, and St. Looie. Sorry, bama, they didn't mention Stokesdale. I saw that driving study too, Pappy. Used data about seatbelt usage, accident rates, etc. I think I even saw something about turn signals... If that's the case, surely some of our area drivers were caught on that one while driving in Greensboro. Wonder if there's a study about telepathy, and the rest of us just haven't gotten the message yet? (We're supposed to be able to read their minds and know that they are turning....) |
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PAPPY!!! GMTA!!!♥♥♥ I thought I had posted mine in the wrong place when I saw yours at first, then I realized we had both done the same thing!!! |
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Whoops! Hey, Macca, since we both had the ideer to move that post over here but didn't know t'other one was doin' it, does that mean the telepathy is workin' or not workin'? Hee hee! |
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Tee hee, Pappy!!! Tee hee!! ♥♥♥ |
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Thanks Bama for creating this vent-free space. I am getting sick and tired of traveling Brookbank road twice a day 5 days a week and having to fight the careless, speedy 16 yr old and up drivers. Not only is it the speed demons but it is the drivers who pull out in front of me from Henson Farms. Why must they do that---I know they see me --but still insist on being in front.What really grips my butt is the big SUV woman driver who deliberately pulls out, stomps on the gas just to be first and then fumbles around trying to locate her sunglasses (mind you that it was cloudy yesterday afternoon--not even a glare!) And then not only did she pull out in front of me, but she did not even STOP at the stop sign at Oak Ridge Road---she slowed down --took a quik look and proceeded to pull out. Come on lady , be considerate of others on the road---I have a baby on board. She is more important than your cool looking sunglasses. |
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haha ^ I know that lady- not specifically her but her type.. they do that to me numerous times on my way to/from work. I drive an hour each way, so I see alot of things. haha. oh and no offense to women.. I am just referring to bad drivers in general. |
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I saw a movie or read a story about a woman who lived in the suburbs and loved her 40 minute work commute into the city because it gave her time for a manicure. Well, bless Patty (not the cow kind)if I didn't spot a woman doing just that. She was pulling up to a stoplight, car rolling, wrists steering, filing her nails. Lots of times I've seen people reading books at stoplights. 'Course, that's not much worse than talking on the phone. OK, I'm guilty, too. I promise myself about once a week that I WILL NOT answer the phone while driving, but the phone usually wins. |
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I gotta confess Starcatchr.... If I hit the mailbox on the way out on a Thursday, I usually read the NWO (at least the first 5 pages, starting at the back of course BAD CRACKER! |
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We went to LOWES in Kville Fri. afternoon late (supper time ) asked my wife if that is why we usually stay home on Friday nites. Saw a little old lady whip across 3 lanes of traffic just to cuss some guy in a van, soon as she had her say she went to Target. |
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ff12 wrote:We went to LOWES in Kville Fri. afternoon late (supper time ) asked my wife if that is why we usually stay home on Friday nites. Saw a little old lady whip across 3 lanes of traffic just to cuss some guy in a van, soon as she had her say she went to Target. Actually, it was 4 lanes, and I was just thanking him for being such a courteous driver!! |
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Too Funny Macca!!!!! |
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I saw your ORMA post, Macca, an' I had a similar incident at Food Dawg, so I thought I'd put it in Road Rage, even though it's really parkin' lot rage. I deployed my drag chute an' pulled in the lot from the 220 side an' was pullin' up in front to drop Mammy off while I ran up to the post office when here comes a teenage girl walkin' right out on front of us. She had a cell phone to her ear an' never looked left or right, just walked out from the drink machine area. Didn't even look. Just walked right out. Still hasn't looked. If it wasn't fer my nerves o' steel an' lightnin' reflexes...well, I don't wanna think on it. Why doesn't anybody look anymore? People used to look. I sware they did. I don't understand it. |
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You should have done a big ol' honk of the horn. Scare the cell phone right out of her hand! Of course she probably would have used her now-free-hand to give you the finger or some thing equally lovely. |
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Is there a stop sign there that would lead her to assume that cars would automatically stop? Wonder if this happens a lot there? I tend to go to Lowes Foods in OR more, and don't recall seeing this kind of thing happen. There are stop signs (although not everyone obeys them) and a large clearly lined area in front of the store for pedestrians. Even though it's there, I see people stop and make sure drivers see them before proceeding across. I'm not a regular shopper at Food Dawg, but I wouldn't frequent a place that I thought had a hazardous parking lot. Of course, some people are just oblivious to their surroundings and figure no one will run over them.... Parking lots can be dangerous! |
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