Tee hee... at least it looks like the traffic's moving in your neighborhood, Stu!
I've read more cutesy/annoying/politically correct and incorrect/dumb/my kid- honor student bumper stickers while sitting in traffic (nearly $4/gallon for gas now here) than I care to remember. It's a good thing I'm a patient person with only a 6 mile commute... and only 30-40 minutes to get there, what a deal! I just keep my doors locked and try to avoid hitting locals who wear dark clothing and run across the highway at dusk.
--MJ
My sister lived in Fairfax VA and did her residency in a hospital nearby. She used to drive the 4 miles to work, but soon found out that running was a lot faster. She was a runner anyway so that was how she commuted. I can see why. I went down there in mud season to help her build a shed since I could not log during the month of April due to the mud. That was an experience.
I actually got pulled over by a cop for being patient. You see I was going to Home Depot and stopped at a red light. When it went from red to green, by the time I got my truck out of neutral, in a gear and started rolling, some woman behind me was blowing her horn like mad. It was like a 2.5 second delay...
So naturally I did as most Mainers would do, I stopped the truck, folded my arms up and waited so the woman behind me would really know what a delay was. I guess a cop saw all this and asked me why I was stopped. When I explained that I was giving the woman a good reason to get upset and blow her horn, he laughed and said I had to get going, but never gave me a ticket or anything. Of course in Maine the woman would have go a ticket for "excessive noise of a motor vehicle."
Anyway, I finally get to Home Depot, get my stuff and begin to check out. So I look at the cashier and say "So how are you doing today?" She just looked at me funny and said "You aren't from around here are you?" It wasn't my accent that thew her either. My sister says no one down there chit chats to strangers and stuff. As it was, I doubt she knew half the people on her little street.
Not trying to knock your corner of the world there MJ, I just couldn't figure it out. Around here a clerk that did not chit chat with her customers would not be employed for long, and I think most people down there use their horns more in one day then I have ever used a horn in my life...actually never even saw a reason to have a horn on a car to tell you the truth, but I digress. The real strange thing down there though was their lawn mowing...never saw anyone mow the lawn in the rain until I went there.