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Old 08-08-2008, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselAddict View Post
Brian has a good point though about people racing to the red light. I see it all the time too. People sometimes even pass me on the way to the red light, then I pass them as the light turns green. What a bunch of morons.
On the long stretches of one way streets in downtown Seattle, most are timed for making the lights w/o a stop if you drive moderately. It became a sport for me, during my years of cab driving there, to watch people race to each light, hit the brakes, and then race to the next one.

They're in a rat cage, food is dispensed if they learn a certain task, and these fools can't figure out how to get the food to fall out.

Of course, don't get me started about the kind of fuel I used to waste driving those big Chevies around town, looking for small amounts of loose cash.
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