The Good Banter Thread

[addy1]

Are some people in your area impatient and beep their horns unnecessarily at stop lights and turn lanes? Is there any common demoninator among such drivers?

Florida non stop horn honking, here in frederick maryland very seldom

 

[sissy]

I think it also depends on the traffic congestion .Down here they consider 10 cars to be a traffic jam in NJ it was hundreds of cars on a highway and hours of sitting in it :cheerful:

 

[HARO]

Are some people in your area impatient and beep their horns unnecessarily at stop lights and turn lanes? Is there any common demoninator among such drivers?

Those are the people who hit their 'snooze' button once too often, and now have to make up for lost time or get fired for showing up late for work every day this week! :banghead3:
John

 

[Carolyn22]

I do think it depends on where you are.....

I live in a small town and have found the drivers are very rude. I spent a number of years in Rochester NY and the drivers there are rude as well, but probably not as rude as my home town.

I have driven in downtown Boston and although I hear the horns, I find the drivers for the most part to be more apt to let a person in and be courteous enough to use a turn signal and I have also stuck my head out the window at a stoplight to ask if another driver if I can get into their lane - they always oblige.

I have always tried to treat other drivers on the road as I would like to be treated. I remember years ago, when I was living in Rochester, there was construction on a bridge and the bridge was around a bend, so essentially it came out of nowhere. I was stopped at this construction and I heard it before I saw it, there was a car that was skidding to a stop going every which way and he was in my lane. I watched him approach thinking to myself that he was going to hit me and the gas tank was in the back of the car. When he finally did come screeching to a halt behind me, my first inclination was to roll down the window and give him a good 'what for'. Then it dawned on me that he was probably as scared as I was while I watched the entire thing. I never said a word to him.... :bye2:

 

[j.w]

Once in awhile they will give a beep here if they are waking up someone who is sleeping at a stop light w/ a short switch time. Pretty cool around here but there is always a crazy exception now and then w/ the lunatic who thinks time is not on his side..............notice I said HIS.........

 

[sissy]

my neighbor brought me over a big bowl of snow peas from her mothers garden and washed them and now sitting here eating them raw and gosh are they sweet ,sweet SWEET yummy good

 

[addy1]

love snow peas

 

[gardengirl]

well decided instead of going to NJ I decided to go to Cherokee NC for 3 days and go to Harrah's and stay in the mountain tower luxury rooms .A view of the Smokey Mountains and I have never been there .I am going to feel like a queen ,geeze Any one have an extra crown laying around :cheerful:

I wish I had known sooner I would have liked to meet you there. Me and my hubby go every couple months. Its about a 2 hr drive from our house. I love the trip thru the park. If we leave early enough we always see the elk near Cherokee.

 

[sissy]

sorry addy I ate them all while swinging on the front porch with the dogs .Wanted to save a few of the smaller pods for a salad so still have them

 

[sissy]

We are going for 4 days now since we have comps for the room .I hope to see some of the not so touristy sights .Our room is in the smokey mountain view rooms .4 1/.2 hours from our house but on the way back we are going to hit Asheville NC for lunch going to leave early since check in is not until 4 pm .gosh 2 hours for you .

I wish I had known sooner I would have liked to meet you there. Me and my hubby go every couple months. Its about a 2 hr drive from our house. I love the trip thru the park. If we leave early enough we always see the elk near Cherokee.

 

[CountryEscape]

I pretty much grew up in small towns, 13 years in a town of only 1200, then the last 35 or so years in 15,000 people town. I live in the country, but when in town, seems most people "share" very well, if you need to change lanes. It seems to me in the big cities, on the interstates, people ride the bumper of the car in front of them just so you can't move over a lane. It's disgusting! At the county fair 2 weeks ago, everyone leaves at the same time after the evening shows. Seems everyone knows the rule ... one from this direction, then one from that direction. Share and share alike. I love that about my "small town USA". Seems people in the big cities have to drive farther to work, always traffic jams, and how much quicker will you get there because you were zooming in and out of traffic on the interstate? I have to remind myself of that fact when I sometimes want to pass on a 2 lane highway, just few miles from the town where I will turn off. Does it really matter I'm going 5 mph slower than I want to go? Gets me there maybe 10 seconds sooner. :blueflower: Life is just too short to worry about little things like that. Slow down and enjoy the scenery!
Here's a pic, maybe some of you have seen this type of thing before. Driving home on a country road, spotted what I think were hibiscus flowers blooming in the road ditch every now and then, and then noticed the length of this corn field was solid white, pale and darker pink flowers! Are these wild hardy hibiscus? This is the type of thing others drive by daily, and never even notice.

 

[gardengirl]

We are going for 4 days now since we have comps for the room .I hope to see some of the not so touristy sights .Our room is in the smokey mountain view rooms .4 1/.2 hours from our house but on the way back we are going to hit Asheville NC for lunch going to leave early since check in is not until 4 pm .gosh 2 hours for you .

We were just there last Friday and my sister and her husband were there Monday. Small world afterall. (Disney)

 

[sissy]

They are hibiscus ce and white ones are hard to find around here

 

[sissy]

This is the first time we have been there hubby wanted to go to Atlantic City but that 9 hour trip may be to much .I love going to AC because I have friends who live on the Black Horse pike and the White Horse Pike and I get to go to my fav. restuarant The east bay and get there sarasota salad ,with out ham of course .It is a meal in itself .Plus I miss Shop Rite.oh darn firefox stopped working before and can't get to my pics

 

[sissy]

well have to go to internet explorer not sure why i cannot access my pics through mozilla