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"Brent P" > wrote in message
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> Get a load of these articles:
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> and followup:
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
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Invalid links--they seem to require registration.

In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:46:11 -0600,
> (Brent P) wrote:
>
> What we really need to ban are inane journalists who write about
> driving but don't know how to drive.
>
>>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
>
> "Sorry," wrote Jim Weisz, "but before you ban honking, you need to
> ban the sort of `off in their own world' behavior which causes folks
> to start honking--running red lights, changing lanes without looking,
> applying makeup/shaving/reading/phoning and otherwise driving while
> under the influence of stupidity."
>
> Easier to ban honking, Jim.


That was the one that was most glaring to me. I sent the author of the
column an email explaining the difference between real consideration and
"consideration".

In article >, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:

> Invalid links--they seem to require registration.

Make something up for registration, doesn't even have to be a valid
email, just in the form of an email address.

Daniel W. Rouse Jr. wrote:
> "Brent P" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Get a load of these articles:
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>>
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
>
>>and followup:
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>>
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> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
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> Invalid links--they seem to require registration.

Nope

Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Scott en
Aztl=E1n wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:46:11 -0600,

> > (Brent P) wrote:
> >
> > What we really need to ban are inane journalists who write about
> > driving but don't know how to drive.
> >
>
>>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,1,1396665.co=
lumn?coll=3Dchi-news-hed
> >
> > "Sorry," wrote Jim Weisz, "but before you ban honking, you need to
> > ban the sort of `off in their own world' behavior which causes
folks
> > to start honking--running red lights, changing lanes without
looking,
> > applying makeup/shaving/reading/phoning and otherwise driving while
> > under the influence of stupidity."
> >
> > Easier to ban honking, Jim.
>
>
> That was the one that was most glaring to me. I sent the author of
the
> column an email explaining the difference between real consideration
and
> "consideration".

I wonder if she's one of those drivers that I would find it necessary
to honk at.

nate

I love how the whole thing started, she rolls up to the
exit, "realizes her seatbelt is hanging" which means she
does not put it on before starting to drive, and perhaps
never puts it on, as she was "fiddling with it" not "putting it
on"
Then "a car appeared" behind her, she is so unaware of
her surroundings, that cars magically "appear" places,

This magic car then has time to honk four times,
according to her own story, while she sits blocking the exit to
a parking garage playing with her seatbelt (but not putting
it on, of course)

The writer of this story is the exact type of person who
should ride in cabs.

Bernard

Brent P wrote:

> Get a load of these articles:
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
>
> and followup:
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
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>
From the article:
" Right, right. It was wrong. I'm ashamed. It was even worse because I
was on my way to yoga class. "

Priceless..

And her picture says it all.....

C U N ext T uesday



--
Paul
'91 XL1200
'77 GL1000 (W.I.P.)
"I feel more like I do now than when I got here"

In article >,
Brent P > wrote:
>In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:46:11 -0600,
>> (Brent P) wrote:
>>
>> What we really need to ban are inane journalists who write about
>> driving but don't know how to drive.
>>
>>>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...l=chi-news-hed
>>
>> "Sorry," wrote Jim Weisz, "but before you ban honking, you need to
>> ban the sort of `off in their own world' behavior which causes folks
>> to start honking--running red lights, changing lanes without looking,
>> applying makeup/shaving/reading/phoning and otherwise driving while
>> under the influence of stupidity."
>>
>> Easier to ban honking, Jim.
>
>
>That was the one that was most glaring to me. I sent the author of the
>column an email explaining the difference between real consideration and
>"consideration".

We just need to replace horns with LOUD and vulgar taped messages.

1) "YO ASSHOLE, GO, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO"
2) "HEY MORON, HANG UP AND DRIVE"
3) "****HEAD, THERE'S A FRIGGING CAR HERE" (for lane-changers who
don't look)
4) "ONLY ONE LANE, ASSHOLE" (for lane-straddlers and drifters)
etc.

Perhaps Sylvester Stallone, Andrew Dice Clay, or even Gilbert
Gottfried could be hired to record a few of them.

Bernard Farquart wrote:
> I love how the whole thing started, she rolls up to the
> exit, "realizes her seatbelt is hanging" which means she
> does not put it on before starting to drive, and perhaps
> never puts it on, as she was "fiddling with it" not "putting it
> on"
> Then "a car appeared" behind her, she is so unaware of
> her surroundings, that cars magically "appear" places,
>
> This magic car then has time to honk four times,
> according to her own story, while she sits blocking the exit to
> a parking garage playing with her seatbelt (but not putting
> it on, of course)
>
> The writer of this story is the exact type of person who
> should ride in cabs.
>
> Bernard

Exactly. That's why I *enjoy* driving in Chicago, Boston, NYC, etc.
People like her get honked at, simply because it's illegal to PIT them
into the bushes, drag them from their vehicles, and set their vehicles
on fire - which is what you know most drivers are fantasizing about.
Driving as a means of actually getting to one's destination in a
reasonable amount of time - what a concept.
Have I mentioned I like Chicago?

nate