the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[MDS]

texans love talking on their phones and either going 100 mph over the speed limit or 100 mph under it.

[Sgt PSN]

I know you know this Sarge - but how nuts was the traffic in Peru? Total and absolute gridlock with people ignoring stop signs and lights and the traffic police. They do their own damn thing there. Whats funny is that its rare to see accidents. Despite the craziness they dont wreck. I am always amazed when I am there how so organized yet zesty it is.

That shtein was farging crazy man.  These people absolutely wear their farging horns out, but not in an aggressive pound on the horn way.  Just consistantly tapping on it.  But here's the crazy thing.....when people honk, everyone else gets out of the farging way or the slow down and let you in.  I really don't understand for the life of me how there aren't accidents all over the place.  But it works for them and they seem to be very alert drivers....constantly scanning the road in all directions.  It was chaos, but organized choas.   

[SD]

nothing pisses  me off more than when some icehole decides to put his turn signal on at the last second forcing you to wait for  all the other cars in the right lane to go by before you can passs. i flip people off who do that....its the worst on bustleton ave

[rjs246]

This is why public transportation and working from home are some of the best shtein ever. As soon as I stopped having to commute to work, my stress levels went down immeasurably. I don't get pissed off behind the wheel the way I used to at all.

[Diomedes]

I'm on the flip side of that.  I drive to wherever the job is, and it's not usually less than 45 minutes each way.  I regularly leave work tired but content only to arrive home angry.

Plus, I cannot read while driving.  I used to devour books on my commute.  Now I'm lucky to make it through one book a month.

[Sgt PSN]

Adjust your diet.  Eating more fiber = pooping more = reading more. 

I also hate "doesn't like to be passed" guy.  You know the guy.....he's in the left lane doing the speed limit or maybe a couple mph over and pull up behind him and he refuses to get over.  So after a minute of waiting for him to switch lanes, you move over to pass on the right and then he speeds up.  I want to punch that guy in the dick. 

[DH]

Houston leads the world in bad drivers (and uninsured) per capita I bet.

Jersey, hands down.

[PhillyGirl]

California drivers are atrocious.

[Diomedes]

Puerto Rico has some of the worst roads, signage, and drivers I've seen in all of America.

[Sgt PSN]

California drivers are atrocious.

I was expecting the worst when I moved out here but it's really not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.  Cali drivers aren't any better or worse than anywhere else in the country that I've lived......until it starts raining or during a rare snowfall.  It's to be expected though since they don't get very much of either in SoCal.  And I don't even see people driving stupid during inclimate weather, just extremely slow and cautious, which can be annoying but ultimately, I'd rather see people take their time and drive safe instead of driving like fools. 

The only thing I have never gotten used to and never will are these farging motorcylces and legal lane splitting.  I go out of my way on the roads to be courtious to bikers but man these fargers piss me off something fierce when they come flying right between me and the car next to me on the highway.   Because of the traffic, you almost never see them coming and even though everyone is going like 35-40 mph, they come through doing 60.  I swear to god, one of these days I'm going to see one in my rear view and I'm just going to open my door.  Farging clowns.

[Diomedes]

I swear to god, one of these days I'm going to see one in my rear view and I'm just going to open my door.

No you will not, tough guy.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I know you know this Sarge - but how nuts was the traffic in Peru? Total and absolute gridlock with people ignoring stop signs and lights and the traffic police. They do their own damn thing there. Whats funny is that its rare to see accidents. Despite the craziness they dont wreck. I am always amazed when I am there how so organized yet zesty it is.

That shtein was farging crazy man.  These people absolutely wear their farging horns out, but not in an aggressive pound on the horn way.  Just consistantly tapping on it.  But here's the crazy thing.....when people honk, everyone else gets out of the farging way or the slow down and let you in.  I really don't understand for the life of me how there aren't accidents all over the place.  But it works for them and they seem to be very alert drivers....constantly scanning the road in all directions.  It was chaos, but organized choas.   

Yep - like a drivers Morse code. They know whats up by the horn taps. I always joke with my girlfriend that if all of the horns in the entire country were removed they'd shtein themselves.

[Rome]

This broad in a wheelchair starts whining at a local deli about poor access this afternoon.  The deli owner is from Bridgeton so he's a bit of a wiseass.  Anyway she went on and on about it (it's really not bad at all) so finally she says 'you must not have people in wheelchairs here' and without missing a beat the guy says, no lady, we put them in box cars and ship them off to concentration camps for orderly disposal.   The woman literally turned her chair around and scooted her ass out the door. 

Funniest goddamn thing I've ever heard.

[Sgt PSN]

Access couldn't have been that poor if she managed to wheel herself inside.  And if she was able to abruptly scoot herself back out, then I assume that ease of egress from the deli was also acceptable. 

[charlie]

This broad in a wheelchair starts whining at a local deli about poor access this afternoon.  The deli owner is from Bridgeton so he's a bit of a wiseass.  Anyway she went on and on about it (it's really not bad at all) so finally she says 'you must not have people in wheelchairs here' and without missing a beat the guy says, no lady, we put them in box cars and ship them off to concentration camps for orderly disposal.   The woman literally turned her chair around and scooted her ass out the door. 

Funniest goddamn thing I've ever heard.

I hope for safety's sake it was a rear facing wheel chair.