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Re: In town the rest of the week
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp
Date: 
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 22:28:12 GMT
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Jeff Stembel wrote:
> 
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Chris Phillips writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > > Chris Phillips wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Lesson #1 when driving in Massachusetts -- never try to be a "nice guy."
> > > > 
> > > > 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.
> > > 
> > > You know that old Puritan saying:  "If you're not part of the problem, you're
> > > part of the pavement."
> > 
> > Or Larry's favorite.  "If theres traffic on road, jump the curb and drive on
> > the sidewalk.  The pedestrians will get out of your way."  :-)
> > 
> > Eric
> 
> Reminds me of something that happened in my drivers ed class:
> 
> Instructor: "Always aim for the softer target."
> Friend: "So if we have the options of hitting a brick wall and a pedestrian, we
> should hit the pedestrian?"
> Instructor: "Yes."
> 
> Now that's what I call good advice.  :)

I'm being cruelly maligned. I would never hit a pedestrian on purpose.
And I never would have hit that curb, either, if it hadn't have jumped
out in front of me because I was trying to be a nice guy.


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(...) Reminds me of something that happened in my drivers ed class: Instructor: "Always aim for the softer target." Friend: "So if we have the options of hitting a brick wall and a pedestrian, we should hit the pedestrian?" Instructor: "Yes." Now (...) (27 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)

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