Good to know this, while I'm heading towards Atlanta tomorrow from
Amsterdam!
Cheers,
Hans
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Bass [mailto:bassg@hawkaccess.com]
Sent: zondag 31 december 2000 14:43
To: bill king; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: A Little WinterWonderland Fun
I won't dare comment on Tenn drivers, but at least it takes Snow to make
them bad. Here in good 'ol Atlanta GA. it only has to RAIN just a little bit
to make it look like a demolition derby has taken place. I've driven all
over the world and Atlanta and Paris have the absolute worst drivers I have
ever seen. (I'm from Atlanta BTW)
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of bill king
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 7:20 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: A Little WinterWonderland Fun
According to my Nashville sister that pretty much sums up Tennessee drivers.
After all you are allowed to drink and drive as long as you don't throw the
cans out the window.
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Schnittke <schnittke@mindspring.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, December 30, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: A Little WinterWonderland Fun
>Several weeks ago winter came to Nashville. I woke up one morning to find
>the car doors locked shut with ice and a thin layer of snow and the roads
>covered with it, too. I know this may piss off several of our readers in
>varied parts of the American continent, but I'm sorry I can't control the
>weather either. After pouring hot water down the door cracks to melt the
>seals so I could get the doors open I got the B started and warmed up. As I
>pulled out of the drive I gunned the engine briefly and touched the brakes
>to check the traction or lack of, found I had quite enough to drive to work
>and cooked on.
>
>Several blocks later I fell in behind a Jeep travelling at a low rate of
>speed. Like, five miles a week. The thing had enough ground clearance for
>me to drive under. Each tire was the size of Willie Nelson's tax bill. And
>moving at a snail's pace. We finally got through to a stretch of road by
>Vanderbilt University where there was a turn lane in the center so I pulled
>to the left a little to see if there was a line of traffic. Nothing. Here
>was this guy in a car built for this kind of weather, joking along as if he
>was carrying strawberries to James Bay on an old lumber road, and I'm
>sitting in a twitchy, light assed, rear wheel drive MGB. After a second or
>two of thinking "what the heck is this guy doing? He's in a JEEP
>forchristssake!" I pulled out to pass him. Keep in mind I'm only doing
>about 25 mph at his point. As I got about even with him he opened up his
>(cloth) door and screamed "HEY! FUCK YOU!!"
>
>Wow.
>
>I get a little farther on towards the center of town and get stuck behind
>ANOTHER Jeep travelling at five miles a week. This time he/she has a good
>dozen cars behind waiting to get by and just keeps plodding along until the
>road turns into two lanes and everyone passes. Hmmmmm.
>
>End of part one.
>
>Part Two
>
>Last night the second wave of winter hit us. Snow/sleet and icy roads. I
>got home after slipping and sliding in and out of downtown to find my wife
>out of cigarettes and me out of beer, so I head out again for the grocery
>store. As I turn the corner I find another Jeep (it sure looked like the
>first guy, but I'm not making any assumptions) sitting crossways in a side
>road spinning all four wheels, unable to get straight and moving. After
>that store, passing my house on the way to the next, I get behind a
>neighbor in a Chevy Suburb trying desperately to get out of the drive and
>get stuck behind him at, again, five miles a week. All the way to the end
>of the road and into the Mapco parking lot. Leaving the Mapco I look in the
>rear view and all of a sudden there's a Jetta behind me gaining ground like
>he's on the way to the delivery room. I pulled over and watched him run two
>stop signs without even a hint of brake lights.
>
>Is this a trend?
>-----------------------------------------
>Glenn Schnittke
>schnittke@mindspring.com
>Home: 615-385-2800
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