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Ginding away- stop putting sand in my oil... Part 4

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bigblue_dl said:
Today, on the way to work, traffic was heavier than normal.
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Must be related to the position of the planets or something... at 5:30 this morning the traffic on my way to work was horrendous (in the roughly 10 miles between home and work I usually see no more than 3 other vehicles; today was easily a couple of dozen). The *show I witnessed was a pair of garbage trucks doing some sort of tango at a 4-way intersection on my route. Pull ahead, back down the side street while the other truck mirrored that move on the other side. Then, as traffic started to move the BOTH pulled out onto the main road narrowly missing each other and then each proceeded to back down the where the other had been.

I actually found it comical even though it was irritating but the witch in front of me wasn't amused (or she thought both drivers were #1).
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I think 90% of my gear grinding could be eliminated if people didn't drive like complete idiots.

Today, on the way to work, traffic was heavier than normal. I approached a stoplight, where the traffic on the other side of the intersection was backed up, if I would have crossed the intersection, I would have been sticking out into the intersection, so I stopped before the intersection, even though the light was green, like any non-retarded person would do. Only a few seconds after I stopped, the light turned yellow, then a few seconds later a car comes up behind me, blares the horn at me, swerves around me, goes throught the now red light, and pulls into the middle of the intersection, blocking it. I wish that ***** would have been t-boned by a Mack truck.
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I hate those people. I've waited through 3 cycles of a green light before because of morons like that on the cross street.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
I hate those people. I've waited through 3 cycles of a green light before because of morons like that on the cross street.
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Blocking traffic like that should be a felony. Just like rear-ending someone on the highway between 4 pm and 6 pm.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Blocking traffic like that should be a felony. Just like rear-ending someone on the highway between 4 pm and 6 pm.
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Actually in MN now it is a ticketable offense to block traffic in an intersection. I've seen it happen at least a hundred times since it was passed into law, including a couple where cops have been nearby, but have yet to see anyone actually get a ticket for it.

MarkEagleUSA said:
Must be related to the position of the planets or something... at 5:30 this morning the traffic on my way to work was horrendous (in the roughly 10 miles between home and work I usually see no more than 3 other vehicles; today was easily a couple of dozen). The *show I witnessed was a pair of garbage trucks doing some sort of tango at a 4-way intersection on my route. Pull ahead, back down the side street while the other truck mirrored that move on the other side. Then, as traffic started to move the BOTH pulled out onto the main road narrowly missing each other and then each proceeded to back down the where the other had been.

I actually found it comical even though it was irritating but the witch in front of me wasn't amused (or she thought both drivers were #1).
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24 cars over a 10-mile stretch constitutes "horrendous" traffic in your world? Honestly?
 
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johnnypohlfan said:
Actually in MN now it is a ticketable offense to block traffic in an intersection. I've seen it happen at least a hundred times since it was passed into law, including a couple where cops have been nearby, but have yet to see anyone actually get a ticket for it.
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That's only a gross misdemeanor at worst. I'd much, much rather see it a felony.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
I think 90% of my gear grinding could be eliminated if people didn't drive like complete idiots.

Today, on the way to work, traffic was heavier than normal. I approached a stoplight, where the traffic on the other side of the intersection was backed up, if I would have crossed the intersection, I would have been sticking out into the intersection, so I stopped before the intersection, even though the light was green, like any non-retarded person would do. Only a few seconds after I stopped, the light turned yellow, then a few seconds later a car comes up behind me, blares the horn at me, swerves around me, goes throught the now red light, and pulls into the middle of the intersection, blocking it. I wish that ***** would have been t-boned by a Mack truck.
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I also hate it when people see that a person wants to make a left turn, the cars in front of them are all standing still, yet they still pull into the space that the other person needs to use to complete his/her left turn anyway. Finally I saw the classic: a person is waiting to turn left, so the cars behind stack up....except going the other way, another person wants to turn left a bit further up the road, and the cars also stack up. Now, neither person can complete their turn and no one can go anywhere.
 
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People who pronounce "thank you" with a short I sound, so it sounds like "think you."
 
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Something that really [sniff] annoys me no [sniff] end is people [sniff] who have a cold, yet [sniff] don't blow their [sniff] nose! and instead [sniff] just keep making [sniff] annoying noises regularly [sniff] for an indefinite [sniff] period of time. :mad:

especially on a long train ride! I've taken to carrying packages of Kleenex to hand out to people when necessary.
 
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FreshFish said:
Something that really [sniff] annoys me no [sniff] end is people [sniff] who have a cold, yet [sniff] don't blow their [sniff] nose! and instead [sniff] just keep making [sniff] annoying noises regularly [sniff] for an indefinite [sniff] period of time. :mad:

especially on a long train ride! I've taken to carrying packages of Kleenex to hand out to people when necessary.
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THIS!! my FIL comes to dinner ever week and does this through dinner. Makes me want to suction his nose! Just use your medicine because when you do this goes away! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
 
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people who act like they're mother effing theresa by gracing you with their presence and letting you know they'd rather be somewhere else. know what? I'd prefer you were somewhere else too.
 
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Another driving one, though this time it wasn't other drivers:

Deciding to do a road construction project, on the busiest non-freeway in the state, in the middle of the week in rush hour, thus forcing one lane to be closed, when the project is small enough that it could have been done overnight or on the weekend. It took me 45 minutes to go less than a mile. :mad:
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Another driving one, though this time it wasn't other drivers:

Deciding to do a road construction project, on the busiest non-freeway in the state, in the middle of the week in rush hour, thus forcing one lane to be closed, when the project is small enough that it could have been done overnight or on the weekend. It took me 45 minutes to go less than a mile. :mad:
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65 under construction again?
 
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Nah, 65 is fine north of 105th. South? Total fu*k of cluster variety.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Nah, 65 is fine north of 105th. South? Total fu*k of cluster variety.
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That's about where it turns into bbdl-country, right? ;)

I think it'll take longer to fix 65 than it took to fix The Devil's Triangle of 81/169/85th Ave.
 
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65 is usually fine, even south 105th, with the exception of days when there is an accident or an occasional bad day. It is packed with cars, but still, I'm able to get from work in Fridley to home in Ham Lake in about 30 minutes on 65, that isn't too bad.

They were re-surfacing the 65-Bunker Lake intersection, only about 200 feet worth. It could have been done in the evening or on the weekend.
 
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