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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:14 PM
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8 out of 10 people I saw DRIVING today, were on the damn cell phone!
What is it with people? Do they HAVE TO make a fucking phone call as soon as they put their damn SUV in gear? I almost got hit twice today and was forever in back of someone, usually in a damn SUV, who wasnt focused on driving and where they were going,and going slow or just stopping in traffic!
AARRGGHH!!!! Whats with people?????
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:16 PM
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1. Sorry on the phone
I'll respond in a little bit :evilgrin:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:17 PM
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2. Lemme guess, 85% of them were doing 45 mph
in the fast lane of a major freeway.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:28 PM
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3. Yes!
Or sitting on green lights clogging the roadways.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 08:02 PM
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7. I've noticed that when pedestrians are walking and talking
they aren't aware of what's going on around them. I've seen them step into the street against the light and meander across intersections as if they had half the day to get moving. They bump into people without apologizing, because they're too engrossed in conversation.

Very odd.
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:36 PM
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4. That is now illegal in the UK.
The law passed last year.

Good thing too.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:38 PM
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5. I thought is was illegal in CA.
If it is then its not enforced.
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frylock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 07:44 PM
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6. hey, did you get your truck repaired?
I was gonna suggest a mechanic at the top of Fletcher Pkwy, but didn't catch your post till this morning.
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intrepid_wanderer Donating Member (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 09:31 PM
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8. It's not really a problem to me just yet...
... although it may become one...

I'm more concerned that people are so uncomfortable being 'alone with themselves' that they really don't even talk TO the person on the other end of their cell... almost as though it's just a pacifier... seems sad Any thoughts?
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 10:13 PM
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13. No not yet. I'm planning on replacing the alternator tomorrow.
I havent gotten greasy in a long time.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 09:34 PM
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9. I always use a headset
and I'm that aggressive Masshole driver in the passing lane doing 80 mph. People who can't walk and chew gum at the same time shouldn't drive and talk on the phone.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 09:37 PM
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10. I always try to pull over but, as a mom, there are times when the phone
rings, it's my kids and I'll answer that immediately driving or not. Sorry to have bothered you if it was me in front of you. I'm still going to answer it. :hi:
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 09:41 PM
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11. I went to a Target store last weekend and I swear
half the dam people walking around in the store were on the damn phone, Just seemed so silly to me that people are paying major bucks for their cell phone, when there was a pay phone on the wall. They must feel obligated to use it to justify paying those high monthly rates.

People if you need a cell phone for emergencies, I recommend a tracphone.. Yearly rate and cheap..
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 09:43 PM
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12. The other day, I ended up behind a Lexus doing 50 in the middle lane
on the freeway. I look over as I'm passing her (mind you we're coming up on one of the most bogus pieces of high speed roadway in Seattle-I-5 under the convention center) I look over. Not only is the biatch on the phone, SHE'S TAKING NOTES!:nuke: :grr: :nuke:
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WMliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 11:03 PM
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14. you only saw ten people driving?
Man, you must live out in the boonies!
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