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Subject:	Re: In town the rest of the week
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp
Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 1999 18:56:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes: > Eric Kingsley wrote: > > > > In lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, Todd Lehman writes: > > > Larry Pieniazek wrote: > > > > I WOULDA been there on time if my rental hadn't had a flat. > > > > > > I thought that rentals only got flats when people drove into curbs. ;-) > > > > Only when the curb is in your direct path. Those darn Massachusetts civil > > engineers just can't seem to put those curbs in the right place. ;) . > > ... > > This was one of these where I was in a 2.5 lane wide lane, trying to be > a nice guy so people could pass me and wham, the road narrowed suddenly > and the curb just jumped out in front of me. So to speak. > > ... Lesson #1 when driving in Massachusetts -- never try to be a "nice guy."

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		Re: In town the rest of the week
(...) I'm not going to change my internal morality because of where I happen to be. :-) I'm just sweetness and light and MA will have to deal with it. If they don't like it, tough. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

		Re: In town the rest of the week
(...) Lesson # 2 when driving in massachusetts -- oldest & rustiest car has the right-of-way. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

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		Re: In town the rest of the week
(...) I'll say. In fact, the whole "how many lanes wide is this road" seems to be kind of a lost question... we have roads that wander from 1 to 3 lanes worth of pavement with little or no warning, lane markers that peter out for no reason, etc. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

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