Traffic rant
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Yeah you're right. Thought about that after I posted, just needed to vent. Best part was I finished my coffee (about 3 cups) before I hit the backup...then got to sit for another 3 hrs. Let's just say it was close:-O
lintybits wrote:
Let's just say it was close
At least you had empty cups lying around, just in case!
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Matthew Faithfull wrote:
2 miles from where I work, but it happens to be the other side of a major river with very few bridges. Monday this week it took me 1 hour
That's absolutely insane! Why not just walk? Probably faster. I live two miles from work and takes 5 minutes. Seven if I hit the red lights.
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I can do a lot of cool stuff, including some things with macros you would not believe, but I can't walk on water. That's why I need a canoe, the road and the only footpath, which is a swamp even in the summer and blocked for bikes, go miles down the river to the next bridge. I'd have to walk more or less the same way I drive and it would take ~1 hour. I love where I live and I love where I work but commuting is, as you say 'insane'. Still I used to cycle into London in the rush hour from outside the M25 so who am I to talk about sanity :omg:
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Can someone explain to me why people feel the need to slow down to look at accidents on the other side of the freakin highway? :mad: I live/work in Portland Maine. Every couple of weeks I have to be in corp. HQ, which is in Southern Mass. - approx 130 miles each way. I leave fairly early so it usually takes around 2 hrs. This morning it was almost 4 1/2hrs. Ran into a 20+ mile backup going south, the cause of which ended up being an accident on the NORTH BOUND SIDE of the highway. It was pretty much cleared by the time I got to it, but it looked like a simple 2 car non fatal/minimal damage rear ending type of thing. Beyond that, the road was completely clear. great way to start the day, ugh.
Which bits are linty? :rolleyes:
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Which bits are linty? :rolleyes:
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lintybits wrote:
Let's just say it was close
At least you had empty cups lying around, just in case!
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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great way to end the day when 30 000 Rolling Stone fans decide they have to take the road that I take at the same time I leave work... X| (that was Tuesday)
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lintybits wrote:
Let's just say it was close
At least you had empty cups lying around, just in case!
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Can someone explain to me why people feel the need to slow down to look at accidents on the other side of the freakin highway? :mad: I live/work in Portland Maine. Every couple of weeks I have to be in corp. HQ, which is in Southern Mass. - approx 130 miles each way. I leave fairly early so it usually takes around 2 hrs. This morning it was almost 4 1/2hrs. Ran into a 20+ mile backup going south, the cause of which ended up being an accident on the NORTH BOUND SIDE of the highway. It was pretty much cleared by the time I got to it, but it looked like a simple 2 car non fatal/minimal damage rear ending type of thing. Beyond that, the road was completely clear. great way to start the day, ugh.
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Can someone explain to me why people feel the need to slow down to look at accidents on the other side of the freakin highway? :mad: I live/work in Portland Maine. Every couple of weeks I have to be in corp. HQ, which is in Southern Mass. - approx 130 miles each way. I leave fairly early so it usually takes around 2 hrs. This morning it was almost 4 1/2hrs. Ran into a 20+ mile backup going south, the cause of which ended up being an accident on the NORTH BOUND SIDE of the highway. It was pretty much cleared by the time I got to it, but it looked like a simple 2 car non fatal/minimal damage rear ending type of thing. Beyond that, the road was completely clear. great way to start the day, ugh.
Hey, at least the traffic slowed for a reason. There's a spot on the freeway on my way to work where everything comes to a halt for no reason most days. Unfortunately, every now and then, this results in a multi-car accident (almost had one myself this morning--first time in ages I've locked up my brakes. I'm just glad the van in back of me had good brakes as well.)
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lintybits wrote:
Let's just say it was close
At least you had empty cups lying around, just in case!
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne