Desperate retailers
Nov 13th 2008, 7:29 am
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Re: Desperate retailers
You big baby! 
It's not just the road size, but the fact that there's no hedges around them here that makes them look bigger I think.
I prefer the road manners of people at home compared to the area where I am too. There's random stupidity, and then there's total gross ignorance and couldn't give a toss about anyone else syndrome, I tend to see the latter on a daily basis here.
It's not just the road size, but the fact that there's no hedges around them here that makes them look bigger I think.
I prefer the road manners of people at home compared to the area where I am too. There's random stupidity, and then there's total gross ignorance and couldn't give a toss about anyone else syndrome, I tend to see the latter on a daily basis here.
Nov 13th 2008, 7:37 am
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Re: Desperate retailers
Nov 13th 2008, 8:01 am
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Nov 13th 2008, 8:11 am
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Re: Desperate retailers
I see the latter all the time. Particularly if I drive in to Virginia. The VA drivers seem to think they have more right to be on the road because their vehicles are bigger and they have a VA license plate. I see some ridulous things. One time on a major road, 3 lanes in each direction two idiots got out of their cars and started swinging at each other. One guy managed to back the other up in to oncoming traffic.
Half the cars round here in winter are from out of state anyway, and I don't know that anyone discriminates because the out of staters are just as bad, but ridiculous situations and general stupidity seem to abound on a daily basis on my commute, to and from.
Oh and Meux.. I had an Ontario plate scream past me in a 35 limit last week, he was about 70 years old and must have been doing around 60mph on the small single lane road we were on, stupid thing was he did it to turn into the "55 and over" mobile park about 1/3 of a mile further down the road. Bloody Canadians
Nov 13th 2008, 8:32 am
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Re: Desperate retailers
brother used to have one and a mate had one as a loaner and he's built like a brick shit house and he was able to fit in pretty well...so yeah a surprise. I wouldn't want one as it looks shite, but being a small motor isn't a detractor for it.
Nov 13th 2008, 8:35 am
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Re: Desperate retailers
Oh and Meux.. I had an Ontario plate scream past me in a 35 limit last week, he was about 70 years old and must have been doing around 60mph on the small single lane road we were on, stupid thing was he did it to turn into the "55 and over" mobile park about 1/3 of a mile further down the road. Bloody Canadians
Notice I live in the absolute opposite corner from Fla, and as far from Nova Scotia as I can?
Plus, I'm only half Canadian.
Seriously, Florida had some of the worst driving I've ever seen.
Nov 13th 2008, 8:52 am
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Re: Desperate retailers
And living that far away isn't gonna save you, there's a canadian invasion going on at the moment
Yeah, well if you dd the Miami thing, then I'd have to agree, I thought people were inconsiderate here until I drove down there for a few days!
Providence, RI was pretty memorable too, even the US driver from FL that was with us had trouble believing the nutters up there.. like being honked and waved to move forward by the car behind because you're in the middle of the city and WON"T go through that red light into the jam up of traffic that's already in the intersection?? Come on now. Or them refusing to let people into traffic when coming off the interstate and then flicking you off when you get forced into having to get in by the semi behind you? Crazy.
Don't even mention NYC.
