Boy, did I do a good deed today!

[Rich Grise]

I was on I-5, on my way back to Whittier from almost downtown LA, and
there's the standard traffic slow-up - when I finally got to the problem,
it was some guy with a stalled car with about 18" of the ass of the car
poking out into the traffic lane. It's on a curve, on an upslope, next
to an entrance ramp. There's a nice plaza sort of turn-out, so I pull over
and park, walk up to the guy, say hi, and he and I proceed to push it
up a mild slope onto the turnoff. Some truck stopped for us - everyone'd
been inching around.

When I walked back to my car, I was walking on air. I not only did a Good
Thing for some guy, I did a Good Thing for hundreds, maybe thousands of
people, simultaneously, albeit most of them don't even know it. :-D

Cheers!
Rich

 

[ptaylor]

I was on I-5, on my way back to Whittier from almost downtown LA, and
there's the standard traffic slow-up - when I finally got to the problem,
it was some guy with a stalled car with about 18" of the ass of the car
poking out into the traffic lane. It's on a curve, on an upslope, next
to an entrance ramp. There's a nice plaza sort of turn-out, so I pull over
and park, walk up to the guy, say hi, and he and I proceed to push it
up a mild slope onto the turnoff. Some truck stopped for us - everyone'd
been inching around.

When I walked back to my car, I was walking on air. I not only did a Good
Thing for some guy, I did a Good Thing for hundreds, maybe thousands of
people, simultaneously, albeit most of them don't even know it. :-D

Cheers!
Rich

Cool ;-)

I one thing that drives me nuts around here,if that these forking
mush-heads will STOP in the middle of the highway to look at something.
"ohh noo,theres a tire on the side of the road,we'd better do 35mph for
the next 6 miles." I swear.. That or the idiots that do 20 under the
speedlimit at all times..
Or my favorite,the twits that try to merge onto the freeway (remember
people,freeway speeds are 55+) going 30mph,and wonder why they nearly
get rear-ended,run off the road,flipped off,etc etc...
Nobody in this hippie state (Oregon) knows how to drive worth a $h*t..It
infuriates me to no end....and they just passed that lame "Road Rage"
law..I can't even flip these morons off anymore,cause *I* could be
arrested..Does that make any sense? Was *I* endangering others by doing
25 on the freeway,or by not looking where i'm going...
or
*talking on a cell phone,and not paying attention to where I have my 4
ton tank of an SUV pointed...*

Okay,I have one question,then I'll shaddup..
Why is it,that the second a person puts a cellphone to thier ear,while
driving,they loose all brain function?
It seems like all the idiots on cellphones around here can't multitask
(talk and drive) because while they are soo busy talking on thier
fucking phones,thier brain oozes out of thier other ear,and they turn
into instant vegetables behind the wheel!
Atleast 98% of the "morons" I get stuck behind on the road are too busy
talking on thier phones to even keep thier car in thier OWN LANE...
It's bad,phones need to be illegal while driving.
(They are illegal while driving in a small town about 3 miles from
here,but thats the only place around here,so far..)

Something about these damn Oregon drivers.. Wait,I'm an Oregonian..maybe
I'm the only one that can drive,and like,I dunno...*PAY ATTENTION!*

*shutting up now...*

 

[Gregory L. Hansen]

Okay,I have one question,then I'll shaddup..
Why is it,that the second a person puts a cellphone to thier ear,while
driving,they loose all brain function?

In one study, as a friend related it to me, people watched a basketball
game while talking to other people. One group were talking to friends
that were sitting right there with them, the other group were talking to
friends on cell phones. The group talking on the cell phones didn't
notice the man in the gorilla suit run out on to the court.

 

[DAW]

Yes, yes. You are a good boy and we are very proud of you.

 

[Tam/WB2TT]

..............................
Something about these damn Oregon drivers.. Wait,I'm an Oregonian..maybe
I'm the only one that can drive,and like,I dunno...*PAY ATTENTION!*

*shutting up now...*

Lady friend of mine was pulled over on the NJ Turnpike for reading a book
while driving...
Tam

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Lady friend of mine was pulled over on the NJ Turnpike for reading a book
while driving...
Tam

Well, obviously, if she couldn't keep an eye out for a cop she wasn't
paying enough attention to her driving.

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Michael]

Cool ;-)

I one thing that drives me nuts around here,if that these forking
mush-heads will STOP in the middle of the highway to look at
something. "ohh noo,theres a tire on the side of the road,we'd better
do 35mph for the next 6 miles." I swear.. That or the idiots that do
20 under the speedlimit at all times..
Or my favorite,the twits that try to merge onto the freeway (remember
people,freeway speeds are 55+) going 30mph,and wonder why they nearly
get rear-ended,run off the road,flipped off,etc etc...
Nobody in this hippie state (Oregon) knows how to drive worth a
$h*t..It infuriates me to no end....and they just passed that lame
"Road Rage" law..I can't even flip these morons off anymore,cause *I*
could be arrested..Does that make any sense? Was *I* endangering
others by doing 25 on the freeway,or by not looking where i'm going...
or
*talking on a cell phone,and not paying attention to where I have my 4
ton tank of an SUV pointed...*

Okay,I have one question,then I'll shaddup..
Why is it,that the second a person puts a cellphone to thier ear,while
driving,they loose all brain function?
It seems like all the idiots on cellphones around here can't multitask
(talk and drive) because while they are soo busy talking on thier
fucking phones,thier brain oozes out of thier other ear,and they turn
into instant vegetables behind the wheel!
Atleast 98% of the "morons" I get stuck behind on the road are too
busy talking on thier phones to even keep thier car in thier OWN
LANE... It's bad,phones need to be illegal while driving.
(They are illegal while driving in a small town about 3 miles from
here,but thats the only place around here,so far..)

Something about these damn Oregon drivers.. Wait,I'm an
Oregonian..maybe I'm the only one that can drive,and like,I
dunno...*PAY ATTENTION!*

*shutting up now...*

In my experience - Oregon drivers are some of the safest and most courteous
drivers out there. California drivers on the other hand - are near
opposites.

Michael

 

[ptaylor]

Lady friend of mine was pulled over on the NJ Turnpike for reading a book
while driving...
Tam

Ohh god,I saw a woman reading while driving on the freeway a year or two
ago..I sped up to get the heck away from her,kinda scary..

 

[Leo (Bing) Whiteway]

Yes, yes. You are a good boy and we are very proud of you.

I wonder what part of this has anything to do with SLACKWARE!

 

[Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\]

Lady friend of mine was pulled over on the NJ Turnpike for reading a book
while driving...
Tam

I like to read, but I value my life more than a book.

You ought to buy her a gift certificate to one of the 'talking book'
stores, where she can rent an audio tape of her very favorite book.

Or else help out with the insurance premiums after the first few
accidents. ;-)

 

[Watson A.Name - \Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\]

news:[email protected]: [snip]

Atleast 98% of the "morons" I get stuck behind on the road are too
busy talking on thier phones to even keep thier car in thier OWN
LANE... It's bad,phones need to be illegal while driving.

You can't legislate away Stupidity.

[snip]

In my experience - Oregon drivers are some of the safest and most courteous
drivers out there. California drivers on the other hand - are near
opposites.

That's because most of those drivers are from out of state.

Michael

Yesterday I drove (on surface streets) to a couple electronics stores
near Disneyland. I saw several 'foreign' license plates, including one
from Wyoming(!)
Whenever I see one of those out-of-state license plates I prepare for
the worst. Yesterday one @$$hole wanted to get on to the onramp, so he
cut me and two others off as he made a diagonal across all three lanes,
ZIP! as if he was King and we, his servants!

 

[Rich Grise]

news:[email protected]: [snip]

Atleast 98% of the "morons" I get stuck behind on the road are too
busy talking on thier phones to even keep thier car in thier OWN
LANE... It's bad,phones need to be illegal while driving.

You can't legislate away Stupidity.

[snip]

In my experience - Oregon drivers are some of the safest and most courteous
drivers out there. California drivers on the other hand - are near
opposites.

That's because most of those drivers are from out of state.

Michael

Yesterday I drove (on surface streets) to a couple electronics stores
near Disneyland. I saw several 'foreign' license plates, including one
from Wyoming(!)
Whenever I see one of those out-of-state license plates I prepare for
the worst. Yesterday one @$$hole wanted to get on to the onramp, so he
cut me and two others off as he made a diagonal across all three lanes,
ZIP! as if he was King and we, his servants!

That's the kind of guy who says, "Am I a native yet?"

 

[Rich Grise]

I wonder what part of this has anything to do with SLACKWARE!

I was on a trip to exchange a monitor for a system that I use to
test my Slackware installation.

;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

I like to read, but I value my life more than a book.

You ought to buy her a gift certificate to one of the 'talking book'
stores, where she can rent an audio tape of her very favorite book.

Or else help out with the insurance premiums after the first few
accidents. ;-)

No, that's all wrong.

Give her a car with no seatbelts or airbags, and a 9" needle-sharp
spike pointing out of the center of the steering column right
at her chest.

She'll pay attention to the road!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Pat Ford]

I was on I-5, on my way back to Whittier from almost downtown LA, and
there's the standard traffic slow-up - when I finally got to the problem,
it was some guy with a stalled car with about 18" of the ass of the car
poking out into the traffic lane. It's on a curve, on an upslope, next
to an entrance ramp. There's a nice plaza sort of turn-out, so I pull over
and park, walk up to the guy, say hi, and he and I proceed to push it
up a mild slope onto the turnoff. Some truck stopped for us - everyone'd
been inching around.

When I walked back to my car, I was walking on air. I not only did a Good
Thing for some guy, I did a Good Thing for hundreds, maybe thousands of
people, simultaneously, albeit most of them don't even know it. :-D

Cheers!
Rich

I've been to 2 accident scenes where good samaritans became good road
pizzas, use great care when you get between a hard place and a bunch of
people with cell phones.
Also most mechanics have a blown knee from pushing cars.

Good deeds are like peeing in dark pants, you get a warm feeling but no one
notices.

The world would be a better place if more people stoped to help.
Pat

 

[R. McDonnell]

Congrats.

What would the world be like if everybody tried to do at least one good
thing every day.

 

[N. Thornton]

I was on I-5, on my way back to Whittier from almost downtown LA, and
there's the standard traffic slow-up - when I finally got to the problem,
it was some guy with a stalled car with about 18" of the ass of the car
poking out into the traffic lane. It's on a curve, on an upslope, next
to an entrance ramp. There's a nice plaza sort of turn-out, so I pull over
and park, walk up to the guy, say hi, and he and I proceed to push it
up a mild slope onto the turnoff. Some truck stopped for us - everyone'd
been inching around.

When I walked back to my car, I was walking on air. I not only did a Good
Thing for some guy, I did a Good Thing for hundreds, maybe thousands of
people, simultaneously, albeit most of them don't even know it. :-D

Cheers!
Rich

So a daily good deed is good for everybody. Now that question I find
just weird is, why dont we teach people this stuff??

Regards, NT

 

[Jack Strangio]

What would the world be like if everybody tried to do at least one good
thing every day.

Nah. The rule says "No good deed goes unpunished".

<g,d and r>

Jack

 

[Rich Grise]

So a daily good deed is good for everybody. Now that question I find
just weird is, why dont we teach people this stuff??

We don't know how.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Oppie]

Wasn't that the idea in the movie "pay it forward"?

It is a mindset. I'm the guy that always stops to help change a tire, push a
dead car out of traffic, pick up road debris or jump start a dead battery. I
just hope that if I am ever in need that the favors will be returned.

In rush hour traffic yesterday, as I approached a busy intersection, I heard
a siren. Though the light had just turned green for me, I inched forward and
saw an ambulance trying to get past on the cross street. I had left plenty
of room for it to pass but the cars behind me were honking for me to go.
Talk about clueless...

Walk a mile in another man's shoes (but first make sure he doesn't have
Athlete's foot)

Oppie