GoddessOfGuinness
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Sun Sep-07-03 10:46 PM
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What ever happened to the friendly beep of the horn? |
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We've all had those moments at the red light where our minds slip into a reverie, or we adjust the radio, check the map, etc...
It used to be common practice to gently toot the horn when a driver's wandering mind needed to be awakened to the fact that the light had turned green. Now it seems as if 1/100th of a second's delay after the light has changed warrants a blaring HONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNK!!! accompanied by mind-jarring expletives if the horn-blower's window is rolled down.
Must be lotsa high blood pressure out there...
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Sun Sep-07-03 10:55 PM
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MiddleRiverRefugee
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Sun Sep-07-03 10:57 PM
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2. No...there are lots of |
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A$$-HEADS out there. (I believe you and I drive in the same part of the universe- DC area, right?)
Let 'em by. Give 'em room. Smile as they go by. Remember that 1) hell ain't half-full; and 2) if someone rear-end you it is THEIR fault.
Think "Schadenfreude."
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:05 PM
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to look perplexed and proceed s-l-o-w-l-y. After witnessing numerous intersection crashes while living in Houston I never jump on a green light......just mutter mantra "Horn blows and so does it driver".
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:27 PM
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I'm gonna remember that...
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Sun Sep-07-03 11:07 PM
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4. horns don't beep any more |
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they're an abnoxious two-tone discord
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GoddessOfGuinness
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Mon Sep-08-03 05:05 PM
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A lot of them seem to have been designed to express anger.
I find I can hit mine briefly enough to avoid sounding obnoxious...It's a 95 Lumina...
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