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Old 11-04-2003, 06:13 PM   #8 (permalink)
Jim
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Re: Cell Phones worse than DJs

Robert Chambers wrote:
> Yes ... indeed. Driving is a mundane and boring task. When I started this
> thread, I picked on cell phones, but I could as easily have picked on
> eating, applying makeup ... shoot, I think it would be special if they'd a)
> not allow anyone under 20 or so to drive and b) especially not allow
> carloads of teenagers with a teenage driver. But really, I was just trying
> to point out that, if we want to obsess about something, we have lots more
> we can obsess about than what a couple of idiot DJs have to say. While I'd
> never condone their call for violent acts against cyclists, I've been with
> plenty of cyclists on group rides who rode so discourteously and selfishly
> that it angered me ... and I was on a bike.
>
> But heaven help the cyclist who gets in my path when I have a bag of popcorn
> in the car and I drop a big, juicy kernel between the seats.
>
> All of this is a large part of the reason I just moved to the absolute
> middle of nowhere. I can do a 50 mile ride and be passed by maybe three
> cars. And there's no cell phone service!
>
> Bob C.



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