Stijn!!

[Porsche-poor]

Flame thrower time. Had those where I grew up as a kid. We used to hunt for them.

[tweezers74]

And why do kids love otter pops? I used to love those things as a kid and find them disgusting now. My boys love them and choose them over yummy ice cream.

[Flieger]

How is the munchkin enjoying school?

[Porsche-poor]

Cause they are kids.

[nynor]

i love otter pops. disgusting. but good.

[nynor]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

Flame thrower time. Had those where I grew up as a kid. We used to hunt for them.

scorpions freak me out. really. like spiders and those that are arachnaphobic. i hate em.

i also find them oddly fascinating and i love to poke at them with whatever is at hand.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by tweezers74

And uggggggggg!!!! I have found two scorpions in my house this last month. Maybe I need to get my house sealed again.

I went outside to look for my cat before I went to bed last night...and while waiting for him to show up after I called for him I found 3 black widows in the front yard. Squished
'em all.

Dave, if you start making wooden shift knobs, I'll gladly place an order for one for my car.

[Porsche-poor]

Black widows all so a flame thrower issue.

[nynor]

what i meant by 'insulation' was that the wooden shift knob was the insulation.... anyway.

i am off to bed. you all have a good night!

d.

[Porsche-poor]

Night

[Flieger]

Good night D.

[Noah930]

There are a lot of a-hole drivers out there, I noticed today. Grand prize went to a dude who tried to race me on the highway. Only I didn't realize we were racing.

He was in some late-model Jaguar XJ sedan with some sort of Russian sticker on the back. (Maxim?) He had come zipping along in the fast lane while I had been trundling along in one of the slow lanes (I wasn't in any hurry, and I was thinking ahead of the offramp I had to take from one highway to another). On the two-lane wide transition road I admit I came flying up on him...but in the other lane. I didn't do it to catch him, but rather because it's fun to go fast around corners in a 911. I slowed as there was traffic in front of me in my lane. I didn't crowd anyone.

As the transition road narrowed down to one lane, I dropped back a bit to let the Jag have space to merge. He was tailgating the car in front of him. Again, let him go first; I was in no rush.

So as our line of about 5 or 6 cars merged onto the next highway, there happened to be a line of cars in the "slow lane" preventing immediate merging. This merging area (two parallel lanes) goes on for at least 1/2 a mile, so there's no immediate rush to merge onto the highway proper. I was the last car in line, so as timing went, I let the line of cars in the (#4) slow lane slip by and merged onto the highway. A-hole Jag pilot just couldn't stand it that I might get in front of him (apparently), and instead of waiting for traffic to pass by to allow him to merge, he forced his way into the 1/2 car space between two others on the highway. As in: he only had 1/2 a car length on the guy next to him. Poor red car had to swerve half-way into the next lane to avoid the accident, leaning on his horn the entire time. Jag didn't care or back off. I mean, the cars were door handle to door handle for a good 50 yards.

After that banzai move, he did a similar thing for his next lane change, whipping his car into a spot in traffic 2 feet longer than his car. And then he swerved into the next faster (#2) lane over, which was free of traffic. As soon as he "broke free" into the traffic-free #2 lane, a couple car lengths in front of me (I had just gradually mosied on over three open lanes into the #1 lane while he was divebombing through the slow lanes), he finally drove normally. Only to then skitter across two lanes to exit the highway shortly later.

WTF? I always hear of stories how guys claim everyone wants to race them in their Porsches. In my 7 years of ownership, that's happened to me maybe once. A 25 year-old Porsche doesn't merit a 2nd glance in L.A. Does s h i t like this really happen?

[porsche4life]

I haven't had anything like that happen. But I was nearly side swiped 2x today pulling my demo trailer by jerkoffs going way faster than traffic, weaving in and out, and generally driving like Aholes. I thought houston drivers were the worst I'd seen....


Then I went to Nola. There are times that I fear my Durango isn't big enough down there, they all drive like idiots....

[slodave]

I had some dude decide to pass me at a stop sign in a residential last night. I guess he didn't like that I made full stops. There was a minivan in front of me that wasn't going very fast. I stop, he moves to my right and runs the stop sign, only to slow behind the minivan. I spent about two minutes yelling profanities at him at the next stop light. He avoided eye contact at all costs. Looked at me and my middle finger only once. I was so pissed, I cut him of as soon as the light changed. Total road rage moment.

[porsche4life]

I used to not believe in road rage.... Now......


Well its definitely plausible....

[Rick V]

Sounds like normal driving conditions for these parts.

[RKDinOKC]

anyone that drives faster than me is crazy. Anyone that drives slower is a moron.

[RKDinOKC]

They are bringing in my oldest brother from Tulsa to help take care of me. I may end up in prison before this foot is healed. He just doesn't know when to shut his mouth and quit asking more stupider questions than the last one.

[GH85Carrera]

Good morning folks. Richard, I feel for you. Some of the stories you told me about him would drive me to murder him as well.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by tweezers74

And why do kids love otter pops? I used to love those things as a kid and find them disgusting now. My boys love them and choose them over yummy ice cream.

Otter pops?