Confessions of a Commuter

[BlueBomber]

Here you go. http://www.newenough.com/product_group_ ... gloves.htm

I watch this page every so often. I also get their newsletter. I bought my pair of these: http://www.newenough.com/joe_rocket_rev ... e_page.htm for 9$ in July this year!

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[CNF2002]

Tuesday
Miles: 9,907
Mood:
Confession #87- I wish I was in marketing.

Isn't spam the most interesting product? How do you suppose that an unpopular yet cheap form of preserved canned meat became the number one Internet topic of the early 21st century? Laws are being created specifically for spam. Companies are spending millions of dollars to control spam. There is not a single person in the world who does not know what spam is, except for maybe the Amish.

Somewhere surely there is a spam marketer wringing his hands together. Surely thousands of people, especially young people, buy a can of spam just because the name is associated with junk email. Surely there are cans of spam sitting on computer desks all over the country. How on earth did this meat become the name of junk email?

Okay commuters, quiz time. Here's your question. You are traveling on a 3 lane highway in the middle of rush hour traffic, and have positioned yourself in the middle lane. The lane to your left is traveling at 5mph, the lane to your right is traveling at 10mph. The speed limit is 60mph. The middle lane is completely empty and there is at least 60 yards of clear space between you and the next vehicle giving you plenty of room to travel at any speed you want to. What speed should you maintain?

A: 5mph
B: 15mph
C: 60mph
D: Stop in the middle of the road and enjoy your Starbucks

Have your answer yet? The red dodge pickup behind me answered C. He failed. When you are in the middle of 2 stopped lanes, you want to be going just a shade over the speed they are going. Why? Because at any moment someone can and probably will jump into your lane to take advantage of your situation, with or without looking first. If you are going 60, you are going to be dead.

So I answered B. Much to the anger of the guy behind me who rode my tail until we got to the slower traffic ahead. But at least my front end is still attached to my vehicle.

Some people are so stupid.

PS: The biggest joke is the scantron test, which you have just taken. There are always 5 bubbles, A-E. But teachers only use A-D. And, probably because they are underpaid, teachers are unable to come up with 3 reasonably logical incorrect answers so one of them is always idiotic and can immediately be eliminated. Leaving you with 3 possible answers. So you have a 33% chance of getting it right just by guessing. So how in the world are our kids test scores so low? Seriously.

[jstark47]

When you are in the middle of 2 stopped lanes, you want to be going just a shade over the speed they are going. Why? Because at any moment someone can and probably will jump into your lane to take advantage of your situation, with or without looking first. If you are going 60, you are going to be dead.

Just so! I prove this to myself on I-295 every morning. Mom taught me 30+ years ago, I thought she was way too conservative then, but she was right (..and probably smiling from Heaven now.) However, the moronic homicidal a$$hats on the road with me must've never learned the basics......

[CNF2002]

Wednesday
Miles: 9,927
Mood:
Confession #88- I love road trips!

There's nothing quite like the good old American road trip. It's a shame I can't do it on a bike! Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, I will be on the road before the crack of dawn on a 20 hour trip north. This time I am making sure to take pictures along the way. We've got the camera out in the open and ready to go. We'll see how that works out!

Since I won't be here on Thanksgiving Day, I wanted to wish everyone a good turkey day. No turkey for me on Thursday, that will have to wait.

However I am bringing a roll of aluminum foil and a carving knife. With all the turkeys fleeing for their lives, we just might get lucky and smack one on the highway. Yum. Engine-cooked turkey roadkill.

I wonder if cranberry sauce ever wanders into traffic?

[goahead500]

Man, what a good blog u got going here funny, interrresting and bloddy danm good written i look forwards for more, keep em coming

[skoebl]

Man...It's been like 16 days since you've updated....I need my fix....You're killing me!!

[ravnhaus]

I love this blog. Keep em coming!

[KarateChick]

CNF...


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YOU???



Long enough turkey break, road trip, etc, etc already... your blog fans await...

[froldt]

I wonder if cranberry sauce ever wanders into traffic?

Gosh, I hope he didn't hit a wandering cranberry sauce.

What would the insurance people say?

Edit: Come back, please!

[Wrider]

I wonder if cranberry sauce ever wanders into traffic?

Gosh, I hope he didn't hit a wandering cranberry sauce.

What would the insurance people say?

Ummm Ok sir... *click*
Wrider
PS Yes, come back, I need my fix too!!!