tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post116137999715925671..comments2023-10-14T09:11:30.472-04:00Comments on (Parenthetically Speaking...): R*A*G*ESerenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161473806092195602006-10-21T19:36:00.000-04:002006-10-21T19:36:00.000-04:00Steve, I got arrested in Frankfurt for jaywalking ...Steve, I got arrested in Frankfurt for jaywalking on an empty street, we had to pay a 50 dm fine, right there and then....Rex Zeitgeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642575223837309912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161453819059078632006-10-21T14:03:00.000-04:002006-10-21T14:03:00.000-04:00Regards to Betty, Liz. LOL.PublishAmerica is what...Regards to Betty, Liz. LOL.<BR/><BR/>PublishAmerica is what amounts to a back-end vanity press. They don't charge any fees up front, but by the time their authors have bought their own books and paid for their own promotion, many pay more than they'd have paid an honest vanity press. The hell of it is that PA denies up one side and down the other being what they are.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161453639100267852006-10-21T14:00:00.000-04:002006-10-21T14:00:00.000-04:00I know what you mean, Steve. I can deal with old ...I know what you mean, Steve. I can deal with old people; they just get muddled and don't know any better. It's the daredevils whipping from one lane to another, stereo blaring at deafening volume, running lights, etc., that drive me berserk. I don't show them sign language any more, but I sure am muttering some fine adjectives from the driver's seat.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161451396802271152006-10-21T13:23:00.000-04:002006-10-21T13:23:00.000-04:00I've never heard of Publish.America. Is it a sort ...I've never heard of Publish.America. Is it a sort of vanity publisher? <BR/><BR/>"Drivers who think of their cars as male or female purportedly scored significantly higher on verbal aggression, physical aggression, and pejorative labeling."<BR/><BR/>I don't think the people who did that survey could have taken into account drivers of little white Beetles called BettyLiz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161392387677314592006-10-20T20:59:00.000-04:002006-10-20T20:59:00.000-04:00I drive a little bitty metallic blue thing that I ...I drive a little bitty metallic blue thing that I sometimes jokingly refer to as The Smurfmobile. It's definitely a "girl." LOL.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161391061073969372006-10-20T20:37:00.000-04:002006-10-20T20:37:00.000-04:00I never followed up on it and I never heard from t...I never followed up on it and I never heard from the police about it again....<BR/><BR/>BTW I drive a 96 STS cadi, and he is male....Dark metallic greenRex Zeitgeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642575223837309912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161385683621647382006-10-20T19:08:00.000-04:002006-10-20T19:08:00.000-04:00Oh, geez, what a freaky experience. I don't flip ...Oh, geez, what a freaky experience. I don't flip off idiotic drivers any more and I only blow the horn when they're being so stupid I just can't stand it another second -- because you just never know who's packing heat these days. In your case, you'd think they could have caught the guy pretty easily with a plate number.Serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798532682456165053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28555288.post-1161382852375152012006-10-20T18:20:00.000-04:002006-10-20T18:20:00.000-04:00I learned my lesson about road rage the hard way.....I learned my lesson about road rage the hard way....One day I was late for a open house and I ahd to borrow a co works key card to the get the keys out of the lock box....She needed the key card back so I rushed over to the house, got the keys and headed back towards the office.....Well this punk kid pulled out right in front of me and was going about 5 mph in a 40 mph zone.......I flashed my lights and he flipped me off......BAD MOVE ON HIS PART....<BR/><BR/><BR/>I flipped him off, I flashed my lights, I pulled up besides him......Then he pullled over...He got out of his car....He was tall and skinny, a total punk kid....he was yelling and screaming and jumping up and down....Until I got out of the car... I am as wide as I am high, I don't think the kid was expecting that.....He quickly ran back towards his car and opened the door....<BR/><BR/>He was acting like he was reaching for something and I moved closer....As I got to within 10 ft of his car he pulled ot a gun and pointed it at me....I said, 'you win' and got back in my car...I got his license plate number and called the police but nothing ever came of it...<BR/><BR/>I never confronted anyone with road rage again...I am lucky that kid didn't shoot me dead in the street right there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com