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From: cuhulin on 18 Mar 2010 21:17 http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=285832 I once drove a van for Poney Express.You have to do the speed limit and then some. I think that Highway Patrol guy was waiting on me. cuhulin
From: phaeton on 19 Mar 2010 13:46 I'll agree with Nate. Also, some years ago I drove through Wyoming, where the speed limit is 75. Unfortunately, there was a massive headwind, and the best I could do by myself was about 47mph, getting about 17mpg instead of the usual 30. This was 4th gear, almost full throttle. If I put it in 5th gear I would just slow down. When I was lucky, I could catch the back of a tractor trailer and draft along at about 60. But sometimes, a gust of wind would hit the trailer from the side, and it would swing out into the next lane over. This exposed the front of my truck to the headwind, and it was just like slamming on the brakes. It only took about half a second before I was out of the draft (never to return), and I'd have to meander along at 47mph and wait, sometimes an hour, for another tractor trailer to come by. fun fun. -J
From: cuhulin on 19 Mar 2010 18:15 Nowadays, high speed traffic makes me nervous.That is why I stick to the slow poke back roads.There are a few talk radio shows I like to listen to.I don't turn on my radio when I am driving though. cuhulin, the nervous
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 19 Mar 2010 20:33 On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:17:09 -0500, cuhulin wrote: > http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=285832 > > I once drove a van for Poney Express.You have to do the speed limit and > then some. > I think that Highway Patrol guy was waiting on me. cuhulin Massachusetts one of the "slowest"? Not where I live. If it is one of the slowest it's a good thing, because half the people in Mass can't drive they're way out of a paper bag, and the other half rides the "T"...
From: Nate Nagel on 19 Mar 2010 21:17 On 03/19/2010 08:33 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:17:09 -0500, cuhulin wrote: > >> http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=285832 >> >> I once drove a van for Poney Express.You have to do the speed limit and >> then some. >> I think that Highway Patrol guy was waiting on me. cuhulin > > Massachusetts one of the "slowest"? > > Not where I live. If it is one of the slowest it's a good thing, because > half the people in Mass can't drive they're way out of a paper bag, and > the other half > > > rides the "T"... > > > I'd rather drive through Boston over DC any day. The Boston drivers seem much more purposeful, clueful, and skillful. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
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