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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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12-15-2005, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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awesome
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Originally Posted by Pete_G
My favorite bumper sticker I've seen in Newport so far this year: "I'm not on YOUR vacation"
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thats rich Pete.....and thanks for posting it....you made my day
and its been a rough one.... thats for sure...
in fact i have to change my signature now...... too.  |
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12-15-2005, 05:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,705
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Pete,
Gotta love Newport!
My favorite sticker is still the oldie but goodie "Welcome to Newport,Now go Home" or "Tourists.They're not just for Breakfast anymore".
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12-15-2005, 07:46 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,164
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Aw, stop your griping---move to Lawn Guyland where you'll REALLY have a reason for grumpage   |
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12-15-2005, 08:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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I love it when you're doing 85 in the left lane and the jerk that you're towing flashes his headlights for you to move over. That's when he gets to see what 35 looks like. I slow down gradually so everyone on the right is wizzing by and flashy can't pass. He soon learns that I'm driving the car in front of him and not he. Only happens once a year, word gets around... I used to flash a blue light in reply to their headlights, that was fun but I figured it was only a matter of time before that trick backfired.  |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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12-15-2005, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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true but
quote: Sometimes I've been down to 20mph on the highway before the person will pass.
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i just put on my emergency flashers.....works much better and i loose no time.....or if i am driving my 20 year old car i slam on the brakes.
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12-15-2005, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 18
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Originally Posted by Raven
quote: or if i am driving my 20 year old car i slam on the brakes.
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I only reserve stuff like that for the really flagrant, aggressive tailgaters. A lot of the time it's more of a passive thing, when the person clearly was going about 15 mph faster than you until they get up to your car. Then, rather than taking a little bit of initiative and passing you, they just hang behind you at the same distance. You speed up, they speed up. You slow down, they slow down. 
Last edited by hank8001; 12-15-2005 at 09:39 PM..
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12-16-2005, 09:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,990
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If you guys are in the left lane and tried that "slow down" %$%$%$%$, youd have a real fun time with me.
If someone wants to go faster, get the %$%$%$%$ OUTTA THE WAY!!!!!
Who do you think you are?
LIers are a pleasure compared to the a-holes I run across in New England.
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Sooner or later you're going to realize just as I did that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. - Morpheus
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12-16-2005, 09:48 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Newport, RI
Posts: 2,316
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Originally Posted by Krispy
If you guys are in the left lane and tried that "slow down" %$%$%$%$, youd have a real fun time with me.
If someone wants to go faster, get the %$%$%$%$ OUTTA THE WAY!!!!!
Who do you think you are?
LIers are a pleasure compared to the a-holes I run across in New England.
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I'll second that Krispy, the "high speed lane" is actually a passing lane. EVERYONE should basically stay out of it unless you're passing or really flying down the highway. There isn't any good excuse for riding up on someone in a slower lane though. Unless of course someone is roadblocking the passing lane. 
If you're in the high speed lane, matching the speed of the vehicles to your right, effectively creating a roadblock, there's going to be trouble.
Slower traffic to the right. It's always been that way as far as I know. 
I'm going to ASSUME we all have somewhere we'd rather be then driving, observing basic traffic laws generally would get us there quicker. |
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12-16-2005, 02:24 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,225
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Originally Posted by Krispy
If you guys are in the left lane and tried that "slow down" %$%$%$%$, youd have a real fun time with me.
If someone wants to go faster, get the %$%$%$%$ OUTTA THE WAY!!!!!
Who do you think you are?
LIers are a pleasure compared to the a-holes I run across in New England.
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So If I'm driving in the fast lane and going faster than the other 3 lanes but you feel the need to go 90 mph.......I'm just supposed to get in a slower lane so you can get by.....I think not.
I agree that if I'm in the fast lane and driving the same pace as the rest of the traffic I should move over but if I'm going faster and just waiting to pass the slower traffic....then the guy driving up my ass and hitting the brights can basically pucker up and Kiss mine....I'm not moving.
Its like George Carlin said "Everyone going slower than you is an idiot, everyone going faster than you is an a$$hole" |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-16-2005, 04:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Originally Posted by Krispy
If you guys are in the left lane and tried that "slow down" %$%$%$%$, youd have a real fun time with me.
If someone wants to go faster, get the %$%$%$%$ OUTTA THE WAY!!!!!
Who do you think you are?
LIers are a pleasure compared to the a-holes I run across in New England.
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If I'm passing everything in sight and you glue yourself to my back bumper, who do you think you are? You think I'm gonna get stuck in the middle lane behind Ma and Pa Kettle just for you? |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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