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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:56 AM Original message |
Have we forgotten how to be aware of our surroundings? |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's not just youth...we had a profressor killed in DC...he was too busy texting as he walked |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Goes against all the rules |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It could be stress...I've been in two near misses last couple of weeks |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Can relate to that |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. My brother was damn near killed by a car right in front of my eyes.. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. On another level, improving technology will reduce the need for direct attention to the device. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm not sure that is the solution I'm grasping for... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Not to be argumentative .. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That's because they're RACE CAR DRIVERS. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. People die doing all sorts of things, mountain climbing, scuba diving, hang gliding.. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. I cycle in city traffic and I constantly see other cyclists and pedestrians |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yeah, I'm sure there's an element of that |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I hear you |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. So you're offended that the woman was upset that your dogs were disturbing her at a private moment? |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Must admit to laughing quietly at |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Or, her "petty misery" found her there... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That's a fine soap opera |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Gave a ride for a friend, cleaned a lockerroom, hosed down a pool deck, vac/mopped floor, wiped equi |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. It seems life has been unfair to you |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. "who have often complimented and thanked me for my hard work" |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'm not your enemy |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I accept your sincerity, but you should understand that to me you came off as aloft. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. nobody looks up at the sky either, it seems. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'm sure they still teach it |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yes. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. MAKE ELECTRONICS ILLEGAL!!!!!!! |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Man, I stared at that topic, having a brain fart |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. We will be heralding the new iHelmet. Your own private world, as you pass through. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
23. Or.. Build more sensors into the phones... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I like your thinking |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Yeah, there's a reason I got out of engineering |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The 5,000 year thing |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. They said the same thing about airbags |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. LOL.. You think people can't text or phone driving a stick? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Eventually, maybe |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. I didn't even read the post before I thought of this- |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's assuming we're in control of our time of death nt |
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