From the privacy of my truck cab I am calling you people names

[OriginalGeek]

no, not YOU DU people - the people here in Florida who see a traffic intersection with no working lights and just cruise right on through because THEY'RE TOO FUCKING STUPID TO BE DRIVING. Light's out? IT'S A FOUR WAY FUCKING STOP! There are hundreds of intersections here without power and normally I wouldn't even know it but I have to actually get to work because people need my support.

Imma be HELLA PISSED if I live through a hurricane just to be taken out by some privileged fuckstain talking on their cell phone and blowing through intersections because they don't know what the fuck they are doing. OR they believe stopping is for us peons.


Thank you for allowing me this vent. Continue with your regularly scheduled kitties. (like Yara Greyjoy here. Actually I think her name is "Cloud" because that's what my granddaughter named her but since it doesn't matter to the cat anyway I'll just keep calling her Yara.)

[brokephibroke]

1. LOL. Nice!

Judging by the 2016 election, many Floridian are too stupid to vote too....

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. You're mistaken. You're not in Florida; you're in my home town.

I have seen ample evidence of this.

[KT2000]

3. selfish people

taking advantage of a situation for themselves. I remember once when a line of cars pulled over due to sirens and red light, some ass used that as an opportunity to pass the cars in front - but that was in Washington state.

[True Dough]

4. Well,

I certainly hope you're not driving around town with kitty in hand! That's little better than a cellphone!




Deep breaths, Greenmans!

[OriginalGeek]

15. Kitties are safe at home

The other one got named Fiona. I was overruled yet again.

She'll always be Yara to me.

Hey remember how I was all excited I got to draft D Johnson in a different league? lol.

So far so good though. 3 leagues, 3 wins. It's a nice start.

[True Dough]

16. Who are your other RBs in the league with David Johnson on your roster?

I went 6-2 in my eight leagues (it's too many but I can't say no to a draft). Won a couple of them by a whisker, including our DU league. It was looking like a blowout in my favor for a while but Sam Bradford made things interesting on Monday night.

[OriginalGeek]

21. My second pick in the DJohnson league was Zeke

I have Zeke and CJ Anderson and just picked up Kerwynn Williams off waivers from AZ. None of my leagues use an IR spot so I gotta wonder if I should drop DJ at some point. I wish they'd just say they won't play him but I guess it depends on how close they are to playoff contention when he comes back.

I'll be pretty OK I think but man, I sure did want that 1 2 punch.

oh, and DAMN lol. I would need new blood pressure medicine to run 8 leagues 3 is plenty stressful.

[True Dough]

24. You dodged a bullet with Zeke

That 6-game suspension looked imminent for a while. All leagues should have at least one IR spot. The DU league has two, by the way.

If you have more injury issues, dropping DJ is going to be hard to avoid.

Sounds like you're having enough blood pressure issues on the road, no need to compound the problem with too many fantasy football leagues. Stay safe out there!

[Afromania]

5. The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,

It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

-TS Elliot

[sdfernando]

10. Extra points for anyone that can name a movie that quotes...

most of this, but ISN'T CATS...that's not a movie anyway.

[Afromania]

11. Logan's Run

It immediately popped into my head when I read the OP. I never realized it was an entire actual poem. I was just looking to post the bit the old fella said.

[sdfernando]

12. I'm actually surprised anyone got it!

Kudos to you!

[OriginalGeek]

14. This is awesome

thank you!


And whaaaaaat? It's been many years but I loved Logan's Run. Don't remember this bit in it though. Must be time for a Blu-Ray upgrade. (Or 4K if I can find it).

[Dave Starsky]

20. Must be the Peter Ustinov character who says it.

That blew me away, as well.

I need to see this movie again. My wife used to model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, where they shot much of it. Brings back memories.

[OriginalGeek]

22. I grew up in Dallas

and never knew it was shot there.

[Dave Starsky]

30. Also at the Water Gardens in Fort Worth

That's where the big climactic ending takes place.

Dallas used to be looked at as being pretty futuristic for its time. I believe it also provides a stand-in for Detroit in the original Robocop.

[Sedona]

6. Atlanta suburbs, same shit

I duly make my 4 way stop and the asshole behind me lays on the horn.

[OriginalGeek]

13. Oh I have special names for those ones

Words so foul if I were covertly recorded saying them out loud and it got out it would dash any hope I had of becoming president.

And we all know how low THAT bar is.

[greymattermom]

28. Yep

Crazy 4 way stop for the I285W on ramp from Buford Highway northbound yesterday. Scary.

[Ohiya]

7. 4 way stops

A comedian said they tried four way stops in NYC, but there were too many four car collisions.

[Lochloosa]

8. You just have not learned the rules yet. If your lane is moving, don't stop.

Works here in Jacksonville.

[OriginalGeek]

23. lol, maybe if I had an old army-style Hummer

like I saw cruising along this morning. That guy had no damns to give. Top down no shirt rolling along without a care. But at least he stopped at the intersection like us good drivers did.

But I just got a shiny new truck and it ain't in "don't give a damn" status yet.

[unc70]

9. In most states it's a four-way yield

I agree that everyone should proceed with caution, but the absence of working lights does not generally revert to a four-way stop. Yes, if the two streets are roughly equal, then a four way stop (or yield) is appropriate. If the streets are very different (for example, a minor side street with a multi lane through street, the through street has priority. Sort of a flashing red, flashing yellow equivalence.

It still does not mean anyone should be speeding through a disaster zone.

[GeorgeGist]

17. Damn, you gotta ceiling fan and a front door ...

in your truck cab?

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. A fan with no blades! Must be one of those 150 inch bunks;

[Yavin4]

18. Is this your post, OriginalGeek? Or is it the cat's post?

Is that the galaxy on the cat's collar?

[OriginalGeek]

25. no it's just a bell

but now that you mention it, I'm going to find one. Because that would be awesome.

[Turbineguy]

26. Are you saying

that drivers in Florida have started stopping for red lights?

It's the end of the World as we know it.

[OriginalGeek]

27. lol, only some of them

but I guess that is better than before...

[Fla Dem]

29. Beautiful cat, and the guy's not bad looking either.

[OriginalGeek]

34. YOU

are my new favorite.

[demigoddess]

31. Hey I have idiots driving like a bat out of %&*

down my residential street and we have kids in our neighborhood and the street is curved so you can't see very far ahead. Nuts are just more numerous today.

[ailsagirl]

32. Yara is a gorgeous feline!!!!

[hibbing]

33. Sounds dangerous

Be careful out there, pretty cat.


Peace