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   Message 615 of 2,177   
   Roy Witt to Roger Nelson   
   Motorcycles (was Value ta   
   02 Dec 11 18:22:26   
   
   01 Dec 11 09:25, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN>> My concentration is solely on what is going on around me because of   
    RN>> the idiocy of some drivers in this area.   
      
    RW>> Try telling that to the police officer writing you a ticket for   
    RW>> driving with headphones on.   
      
    RN> I hear there is a move on in New York by mayor Bloomberg (I sent this   
    RN> to your email address this morning) to deprive prople of having a gun   
    RN> if they have a traffic ticket of any kind.  That isn't going to stand   
    RN> up at the USSC.   
      
   I also got an email from the NRA-ILA about that. Fortunately, they have a   
   handle on Bloomberg's rants...   
      
    RN>> I was driving to WallyWorld and was behind a woman in an SUV who was   
    RN>> on her cell phone the whole time.   
      
    RW>> Been there, got the T-shirt. 8^)   
      
    RN> I didn't!  (-:   
      
    RW>> She's the arc-typical person that has caused state legislators to   
    RW>> pass laws prohibiting driving while talking on a cell phone.   
      
    RN> I'm all for that.  If a call is so important, pull to the shoulder of   
    RN> the road where you won't endanger others.   
      
   People like that have to experience an accident, either being in it or   
   causing it, and have an officer site her for driving while talking on a   
   cell phone. That's the only way they'll get the message.   
      
    RW>>> Unless of course, the volume on the radio or CD player is so high   
    RW>>> that they can hear you coming for miles.   
      
    RN>> Like a ghetto-blaster?   
      
    RW>> Boom box in the trunk! I can hear them coming for miles.   
      
    RN> There is one in the '99 Yukon here and I haven't figured out which   
    RN> wires to disconnect.  That's why I drive the 1996 M-B.   
      
   I would too.   
      
    RW>> That's why the tell you to use both hands on the wheel, but with   
    RW>> them placed at 10 and 2 o'clock. You don't have to let go of the   
    RW>> wheel that way.   
      
    RN> My cross handed style back then confused some passengers and   
    RN> frightened others.   
      
   LOL! I'll bet.   
      
    RN>>> I haven't had a babe in 5-years.  Too bad.  I really liked her.   
      
    RW>>> They're nice to have, most of the time. There are other occasions   
    RW>>> however.   
      
    RN>> Yes.  (-:   
      
    RW>> Gotta love um anyway... 8^)   
      
    RN> Isn't that what they're for?  (-:[   
      
   Absolutely...besides, there's no alternative.   
      
      
                   R\%/itt   
      
      
     ,,,By the time you find greener pastures, you can't climb the fence!   
      
   --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000-10   
    * Origin: SATX Alamo Area Net * South * Texas, USA * (1:387/22)   

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