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Originally Posted by Baz
I've never seen a Vette driver drive at [let alone go above] the speed limit.
Never.
Nor have I seen any take a turn or a curve at speed.
I think they are afraid they will break their car.
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Ha! On a highway east of here a few years back, I observed a couple of C3s sitting at the top of the on ramp. One guy was just getting into his car. I was watching them and my odometer and, as I passed a point 1 mile past the overpass, he started to join the highway. By the time I was another mile down the road, he had overtaken me! Since I was traveling at 60 mph, that, in my book is averaging 120 mph from a standing start.
On the pet peeve side: I followed an old lady into town the other day. She stopped her car and parked on top of the X which was painted at the entrance to the main intersection in town, got out and walked across the intersection into the bank. I know Bridgetown isn't very big, but ....
Pet peeve number 2. A couple of years ago, I deposited two cheques in an envelope in a banking machine for my bank. A week later I get a letter from my bank saying there was only one cheque in the envelope. I got the my MIL, who had written the cheque to determine if it had been cashed, (it hadn't) and she issued me a new cheque, which I deposited.
Two weeks ago, I deposited two cheques at another branch of my bank. Yesterday, I got another letter from my bank saying they only had one cheque. The second cheque was (you guessed it) from my MIL.
I'm not sure I want to be dealing with a bank whose employees can not count to two!
Les