Re: Way, way OT: PC stuff/rant



In article <[email protected]>,
"aem" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nancy Young wrote:
> > "sarah bennett" <[email protected]> wrote
> >
> > > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >
> > >> What torques me off more than ANYthing else are people that go the speed
> > >> limit in the left (fast) lane on the freeway!!!
> >
> > > What is wrong with going the speed limit?
> >
> > In the passing lane? Everything, from pissing people off to obstructing
> > emergency vehicles to breaking the law that says keep right except
> > to pass.
> >
> Exactly. A friend of ours used to plant himself in the left lane on
> the freeway and drive the speed limit. Thought it was his "right" and
> claimed it inhibited all those illegal speeders who wanted to get
> around him. He did this for years until the highway patrol gave him a
> pretty large ticket for obstructing traffic. He took it to trial and
> the judge told him he was an idiot. Politely. My rule at any speed
> is, if I am not going faster than the cars in the lane to my right, I
> should move over. That's what 'slower traffic keep right' means.
> -aem
>

Yay!!! :)
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-*****." -Jack Nicholson
 
OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> Uh, almost nobody in the FAST lane does the speed limit. ;-)
> People driving in that lane have poor time management skills and are
> late to work.
>

Or jackasses like me that are incapable of driving the speed limit and must
always be over by 5 or 10 mph.

....unless it's middle of nowhere...then it's as fast as I can manage.

And if anyone doubts the importance of charm, I've been pulled over exactly
once. State trooper let me off with a warning. I had expired tags, a tail
light out and I was going 93 in a 55. Charm.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
 
"aem" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> In the passing lane? Everything, from pissing people off to obstructing
>> emergency vehicles to breaking the law that says keep right except
>> to pass.
>>
> Exactly. A friend of ours used to plant himself in the left lane on
> the freeway and drive the speed limit. Thought it was his "right" and
> claimed it inhibited all those illegal speeders who wanted to get
> around him. He did this for years until the highway patrol gave him a
> pretty large ticket for obstructing traffic. He took it to trial and
> the judge told him he was an idiot. Politely. My rule at any speed
> is, if I am not going faster than the cars in the lane to my right, I
> should move over. That's what 'slower traffic keep right' means.

(sigh) Stories like that do my heart good. (laugh)

nancy
 
"The Bubbo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> And if anyone doubts the importance of charm, I've been pulled over
> exactly
> once. State trooper let me off with a warning. I had expired tags, a tail
> light out and I was going 93 in a 55. Charm.
>
> --
> .:Heather:.
> www.velvet-c.com

What size are those charmers?
 
"sarah bennett" <[email protected]> wrote in message

> What is wrong with going the speed limit?
>

In the left lane it is unsafe and you can get run over and killed.
 
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "The Bubbo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> And if anyone doubts the importance of charm, I've been pulled over
>> exactly
>> once. State trooper let me off with a warning. I had expired tags, a tail
>> light out and I was going 93 in a 55. Charm.
>>
>> --
>> .:Heather:.
>> www.velvet-c.com
>
> What size are those charmers?
>
>

on one hand I thought it might be that, I was sharing some cleavage that day,
but on the other hand I had my boyfriend and my puppy in the car with me and
the puppy kept trying to crawl over me to get to the trooper.

Perhaps it was Ghengis' charm that helped...
http://www.velvet-c.com/images/partyg.jpg


--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
 
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 09:52:15 -0600, OmManiPadmeOmelet
<[email protected]> wrote:

<snip excellent 'comeuppance' story from maxine>

>Don't ya love it when there is a cop in the right place at the right
>time??? ;-D

YES. Years ago, I was driving in downtown Seattle, on 2nd Avenue,
which is one-way southbound. This was in the afternoon, fairly heavy
traffic. Car behind me was an SPD cruiser. This turned out to be
very handy--looking down the lane in front of me here comes a car
northbound. Two young women, chatting away. So, I found a hole in
the lane to my right and slid over while slowing. Last I saw of the
situation, the cop car was lit up with all its lights, stopped nose to
nose with the girls. They looked completely befuddled, kind of 'what
did we do?'

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge
 
On 3 Dec 2005 10:49:13 -0800, "aem" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Nancy Young wrote:
>> "sarah bennett" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>>
>> >> What torques me off more than ANYthing else are people that go the speed
>> >> limit in the left (fast) lane on the freeway!!!
>>
>> > What is wrong with going the speed limit?
>>
>> In the passing lane? Everything, from pissing people off to obstructing
>> emergency vehicles to breaking the law that says keep right except
>> to pass.
>>
>Exactly. A friend of ours used to plant himself in the left lane on
>the freeway and drive the speed limit. Thought it was his "right" and
>claimed it inhibited all those illegal speeders who wanted to get
>around him. He did this for years until the highway patrol gave him a
>pretty large ticket for obstructing traffic. He took it to trial and
>the judge told him he was an idiot. Politely. My rule at any speed
>is, if I am not going faster than the cars in the lane to my right, I
>should move over. That's what 'slower traffic keep right' means.
>-aem

Sounds like California. The CHP *will* ticket for 'impeding the flow
of traffic' even if the driver in question is well over the speed
limit. And this is as it should be--the driver going slower than
traffic is much the most likely (of sober drivers, that is) to cause
an accident.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge
 
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "sarah bennett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>
>>What is wrong with going the speed limit?
>>
>
>
> In the left lane it is unsafe and you can get run over and killed.
>
>

what are you supposed to do when you are passing someone who is going
*slow* but do not want to risk getting a ticket?

--

saerah

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a
disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
-Baruch Spinoza

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened."
-Douglas Adams
 
On 3 Dec 2005 00:24:02 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
<virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> rummaged among random neurons and
opined:

>Kate wrote:
>
>> All I can say is that sometimes it's a good thing I don't have a gun. Or
>> a tank - there are times I'd just love to ram someone or let some idiot
>> hit me. ;-)
>
>Check out "Why Johnny Can't Speed," by Alan Dean Foster sometime. Or the
>"Car Wars" game from Steve Jackson Games.

And check out Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55."

Had a situtation a while back where I was blasting along the freeway
well over the speed limit when a car jumped into my (outside) lane and
forced me to brake. I was about to go into PO'd when I realized he
was slowing me down right before a CHP on the side of the road.
Amazing.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd...still a lead foot, though
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"
 
On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 00:29:28 GMT, sarah bennett
<[email protected]> wrote:

>what are you supposed to do when you are passing someone who is going
>*slow* but do not want to risk getting a ticket?

If you're in the passing lane, the cops will virtually always allow
10-15 over the speed limit, so long as you slow back down once past
the vehicle you're passing. I actually had a State Patrolman
congratulate me on technique once--I'd come up on a 2-lane pack going
around 10 mph below the limit, moved to the left lane, went by at
about 70-75 (limit was 60), got a hundred or so yards past 'em, moved
over and dropped back to just over 60. Statie was in the middle of
that pack. I think part of why he stopped me was to admire the
car--was a 1957 Jaguar XK140 roadster, and this was in 1970 or so.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge
 
Denny wrote:

> I'd come up on a 2-lane pack going around 10 mph below the limit, moved to
> the left lane, went by at about 70-75 (limit was 60), got a hundred or so
> yards past 'em, moved over and dropped back to just over 60. Statie was
> in the middle of that pack.

Oh, now THAT'S one of my pet peeves: People REFUSE to pass a cop, no matter
how slowly the cop is driving. Or they'll automatically hit their brakes
whenever they come upon a cop by the side of the road, even if they're not
speeding.

Bob
 
"The Bubbo" <
>snip<
> on one hand I thought it might be that, I was sharing some cleavage that
> day,
> but on the other hand I had my boyfriend and my puppy in the car with me
> and
> the puppy kept trying to crawl over me to get to the trooper.
>
> Perhaps it was Ghengis' charm that helped...
> http://www.velvet-c.com/images/partyg.jpg
>
>
> --
> .:Heather:.
> www.velvet-c.com
============

Heather,

Your dog is beautiful!!! One can definitely tell that it is a 'charmer'!
--
Syssi
 
Syssi wrote:
>
>
>
> "The Bubbo" <
>>snip<
>> on one hand I thought it might be that, I was sharing some cleavage that
>> day,
>> but on the other hand I had my boyfriend and my puppy in the car with me
>> and
>> the puppy kept trying to crawl over me to get to the trooper.
>>
>> Perhaps it was Ghengis' charm that helped...
>> http://www.velvet-c.com/images/partyg.jpg
>>
>>
>> --
>> .:Heather:.
>> www.velvet-c.com
> ============
>
> Heather,
>
> Your dog is beautiful!!! One can definitely tell that it is a 'charmer'!

thanks, I love my dogs, they're total goofs
http://www.velvet-c.com/images/gm.jpg

today I crossed the line, I ordered custom holiday cards with a picture of the
dogs and then ordered postage stamps with that picture of Ghengis sitting on
the sofa with the beers.

This is what you do when yu are 32 and you have 2 dogs and no kids!
Also, how excited was I to find out that you custom print your own postage
stamps with your own pictures!!!

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
 
On Sat 03 Dec 2005 10:06:06p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it The Bubbo?

> Syssi wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> "The Bubbo" <
>>>snip<
>>> on one hand I thought it might be that, I was sharing some cleavage
>>> that day, but on the other hand I had my boyfriend and my puppy in the
>>> car with me and the puppy kept trying to crawl over me to get to the
>>> trooper.
>>>
>>> Perhaps it was Ghengis' charm that helped...
>>> http://www.velvet-c.com/images/partyg.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> .:Heather:.
>>> www.velvet-c.com
>> ============
>>
>> Heather,
>>
>> Your dog is beautiful!!! One can definitely tell that it is a
>> 'charmer'!
>
> thanks, I love my dogs, they're total goofs
> http://www.velvet-c.com/images/gm.jpg

Yep, beautiful dogs!

> today I crossed the line, I ordered custom holiday cards with a picture
> of the dogs and then ordered postage stamps with that picture of Ghengis
> sitting on the sofa with the beers.
>
> This is what you do when yu are 32 and you have 2 dogs and no kids!
> Also, how excited was I to find out that you custom print your own
> postage stamps with your own pictures!!!

I would love the cards. The postage stamps might be a bit over the top.
:)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
_____________________________________________

A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!
 
Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 03 Dec 2005 10:06:06p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it The Bubbo?
>
>> Syssi wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Bubbo" <
>>>>snip<
>>>> on one hand I thought it might be that, I was sharing some cleavage
>>>> that day, but on the other hand I had my boyfriend and my puppy in the
>>>> car with me and the puppy kept trying to crawl over me to get to the
>>>> trooper.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps it was Ghengis' charm that helped...
>>>> http://www.velvet-c.com/images/partyg.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> .:Heather:.
>>>> www.velvet-c.com
>>> ============
>>>
>>> Heather,
>>>
>>> Your dog is beautiful!!! One can definitely tell that it is a
>>> 'charmer'!
>>
>> thanks, I love my dogs, they're total goofs
>> http://www.velvet-c.com/images/gm.jpg
>
> Yep, beautiful dogs!
>
>> today I crossed the line, I ordered custom holiday cards with a picture
>> of the dogs and then ordered postage stamps with that picture of Ghengis
>> sitting on the sofa with the beers.
>>
>> This is what you do when yu are 32 and you have 2 dogs and no kids!
>> Also, how excited was I to find out that you custom print your own
>> postage stamps with your own pictures!!!
>
> I would love the cards. The postage stamps might be a bit over the top.
> :)
>

I did the cards through shutterfly.com. It was easy and cheap (like me!) and
the stamps were through endicia.com, but you can do them through stamps.com as
well.

I had to bring Maddie (the shar pei) to the vet this morning. Afterward I took
her over to Petsmart to get treats and supplies. I made her sit in front of
the endcap with all the christmas costumes on it and explained to her that if
I were a mean dog owner, i'd buy her a reindeer costume to wear.

Instead, I bought her pig ears, rawhides, milkbones, a squaeky hippo and that
goofy toy they feature in the commercial with the dachshund (all to be shared
with the other dog of course).

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
 
On 3 Dec 2005 22:50:06 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
<virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:

>Denny wrote:
>
>> I'd come up on a 2-lane pack going around 10 mph below the limit, moved to
>> the left lane, went by at about 70-75 (limit was 60), got a hundred or so
>> yards past 'em, moved over and dropped back to just over 60. Statie was
>> in the middle of that pack.
>
>Oh, now THAT'S one of my pet peeves: People REFUSE to pass a cop, no matter
>how slowly the cop is driving. Or they'll automatically hit their brakes
>whenever they come upon a cop by the side of the road, even if they're not
>speeding.

Yeah, and I think some cops laugh their tails off when they're driving
along way below the limit, and nobody'll pass.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge
 
On 3 Dec 2005 22:50:06 -0600, "Bob Terwilliger"
<virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> rummaged among random neurons and
opined:

>Oh, now THAT'S one of my pet peeves: People REFUSE to pass a cop, no matter
>how slowly the cop is driving. Or they'll automatically hit their brakes
>whenever they come upon a cop by the side of the road, even if they're not
>speeding.
>
How about the maroons in the far left passing lane and the only thing
they're passing are the stripes on the road and have cars stacked up
behind them like cordwood? Or the guy driving the Little Engine That
Can't up and down some of the hillier sections of SoCal - they crawl
their underpowered piece of cr*p up the hill in the outside passing
lane, although once to the top, they move it along, but can they move
it over going uphill? Noooooo.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd...who drives the 73 and *hates* UPS
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"
 
Squeaks wrote:

> How about the maroons in the far left passing lane and the only thing
> they're passing are the stripes on the road and have cars stacked up
> behind them like cordwood? Or the guy driving the Little Engine That
> Can't up and down some of the hillier sections of SoCal - they crawl
> their underpowered piece of cr*p up the hill in the outside passing
> lane, although once to the top, they move it along, but can they move
> it over going uphill? Noooooo.

Damn, Squeaks, have you and Nancy been bugging my car? First Nancy comes
out with "leading the parade," which I've been known to mention, then you
come out with "underpowered piece of cr*p" -- though my exact term is
"underpowered shitmobile." And the place where I first used that phrase was
the spot on southbound I-805 right after it crosses I-8 and starts climbing
toward El Cajon Boulevard.

Bob
 
In article <0Slkf.3718$Y%[email protected]>,
sarah bennett <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Uh, almost nobody in the FAST lane does the speed limit. ;-)
> > People driving in that lane have poor time management skills and are
> > late to work.
> >
> > The speed limit is too damned slow!
> >
> > There are 3 lanes. If you want to go the speed limit, use the center
> > lane.
> >
> > Please? ;-D
>
> hehe. I do. However, occasionally, the folks in all the right lanes are
> going below the limit, so the only way to get anywhere is to travel in
> the left lane. I usualyl speead a little on the freeway, but only 5 or
> 10 over. I cannot stand it when I am already speeding and some jerk
> starts tailgating me because I'm not going fast enough for *him*.
>
> --
>
> saerah

I generally only go 10 mph above the limit so I'm ok with that. ;-)
And, cops will generally only pull you over if you exceed that.

And yeah, I know what you mean about the tailgaiters that want to go 90!
I try to let them around me.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-*****." -Jack Nicholson
 
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