what have i gotten myself into?
so far, i have thoroughly enjoyed my move to the boston area. i love where i live, and the friends i have made. anyone who knows me knows i really only have one thing negative to say about it here. and that is: the drivers. well, i found something that makes me even more irritated: massachusetts drivers in TWO INCHES OF SNOW!
it is certainly one thing to pull out in front of someone who is going 30 mph with little more than a second's notice. it's quite another to force yourself into a different lane when there isn't enough room for you. but please, for the love of ted williams, try to minimize this activity when the roads are icy. i just ran a 30 minute errand that took me a little under 3 hours, and no fewer than 7 vehicular attempts on my life. HAVE SOME FRIGGIN' PATIENCE PEOPLE!
i have driven in snow since i was 15, so none of this "you'll get used to it" malarkey. i shouldn't have to get used to nearly dying every time i need to run to blockbuster. i know what i'm doing out there. i'm sure that most of the folks on the road know what they are doing. so why is it no one appears to know what the hell is going on?
so, thanks to the suicidal-ice drivers and the fact that, today i officially realized that the heater in my car is broken; i get to stay trapped inside my apartment for the next 2 months. thank God for the internet.
it makes me want to resurrect an old friend just to prove a point. the old friend i'm referring to is my white 1983 mitsubishi tredia or "the dawn tredia" as we called it. sure it's long dead. sure, it had the tendency to catch on fire from time to time. sure, its engine was a rube goldberg contraption made up of twine and tin cans. but that thing was physically indestructible. i could easily drive around beverly and surrounding areas just crashing into anyone who thought it would be a good idea to pull out in front of me. that's my kind of "right-of-way." man, that would be awesome. i would have to make one adjustment to the car first. but then i could rule this town in any weather.
it is certainly one thing to pull out in front of someone who is going 30 mph with little more than a second's notice. it's quite another to force yourself into a different lane when there isn't enough room for you. but please, for the love of ted williams, try to minimize this activity when the roads are icy. i just ran a 30 minute errand that took me a little under 3 hours, and no fewer than 7 vehicular attempts on my life. HAVE SOME FRIGGIN' PATIENCE PEOPLE!
i have driven in snow since i was 15, so none of this "you'll get used to it" malarkey. i shouldn't have to get used to nearly dying every time i need to run to blockbuster. i know what i'm doing out there. i'm sure that most of the folks on the road know what they are doing. so why is it no one appears to know what the hell is going on?
so, thanks to the suicidal-ice drivers and the fact that, today i officially realized that the heater in my car is broken; i get to stay trapped inside my apartment for the next 2 months. thank God for the internet.
it makes me want to resurrect an old friend just to prove a point. the old friend i'm referring to is my white 1983 mitsubishi tredia or "the dawn tredia" as we called it. sure it's long dead. sure, it had the tendency to catch on fire from time to time. sure, its engine was a rube goldberg contraption made up of twine and tin cans. but that thing was physically indestructible. i could easily drive around beverly and surrounding areas just crashing into anyone who thought it would be a good idea to pull out in front of me. that's my kind of "right-of-way." man, that would be awesome. i would have to make one adjustment to the car first. but then i could rule this town in any weather.
posted by cade at 3:58 PM
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another good one from today's adventure:
a plow truck backs straight out of a parking lot crossing 3 lanes of busy traffic on 114. he then proceeds to turn to the right into oncoming traffic (the lane i was in) to go 10 feet to pull back into a different entrance to the same parking lot he just backed out of.
horns and fingers were flying.
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