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04-14-2004, 11:26 AM

On 14 Apr 2004 17:54:15 GMT, David Reuteler <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>it was a 1995 nissan sentra. coincidentally the exact same year and model
>as my car. please don't insult my car. it takes such things personally.
>it's very temperamental. it still starts and even runs consistently. hell,
>it runs pretty well. nice car. nice car.

I think I recently mentioned that my preference is for Saabs over
150,000 miles. Unfortunately three self-destructed in the same week
(pinion gear on one and two turbo casings cracked by cold rain water).
The last two left my wife stranded, one after the other. And then she
borrowed her father's Lincoln and it proceeded to break down for the
first time in a decade.

So now I drive a 2003 Saab 9-5 and she drives a Pontiac Vibe, both
with extended warranties, and I'm waiting for her to get over that one
week to get back to Saabs that are decently broken in. Like one of the
last of the 9000s. Or even that 96 from the 50s...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

04-14-2004, 12:24 PM

Zippy the Pinhead <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.

Not sure if he is a repeat, but he was pretty sauced: initial BAC test
came in at 0.3%. Before 11:30 AM. See
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] . That is some
serious pre-noon drinking.

- rick

04-14-2004, 12:24 PM

Zippy the Pinhead <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.

Not sure if he is a repeat, but he was pretty sauced: initial BAC test
came in at 0.3%. Before 11:30 AM. See
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] . That is some
serious pre-noon drinking.

- rick

04-14-2004, 12:24 PM

Zippy the Pinhead <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.

Not sure if he is a repeat, but he was pretty sauced: initial BAC test
came in at 0.3%. Before 11:30 AM. See
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] . That is some
serious pre-noon drinking.

- rick

04-14-2004, 12:24 PM

Zippy the Pinhead <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message news:<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>. ..
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.

Not sure if he is a repeat, but he was pretty sauced: initial BAC test
came in at 0.3%. Before 11:30 AM. See
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] . That is some
serious pre-noon drinking.

- rick

04-14-2004, 05:43 PM

Ken <nospam@spam.no> wrote in message news:<Xns94CA7828C5A10jy99@216.251.47.166>...
> "Bill" <bill@nospam.com> wrote in news

lWec.39039$M3.27062
> @twister.nyroc.rr.com:
> > Here's an update on this sad story:
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> > Turns out the driver is a lawyer.
>
> This is a real sad story. The victim was a young MIT graduate who raced in
> triathalons and volunteered as a swimming and water polo coach.

Its sad when any young life is lost. More so for someone who is a
real asset to society, an engineering graduate of MIT who volunteered
his spare time.

Tom

04-14-2004, 05:43 PM

Ken <nospam@spam.no> wrote in message news:<Xns94CA7828C5A10jy99@216.251.47.166>...
> "Bill" <bill@nospam.com> wrote in news

lWec.39039$M3.27062
> @twister.nyroc.rr.com:
> > Here's an update on this sad story:
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> > Turns out the driver is a lawyer.
>
> This is a real sad story. The victim was a young MIT graduate who raced in
> triathalons and volunteered as a swimming and water polo coach.

Its sad when any young life is lost. More so for someone who is a
real asset to society, an engineering graduate of MIT who volunteered
his spare time.

Tom

04-14-2004, 05:43 PM

Ken <nospam@spam.no> wrote in message news:<Xns94CA7828C5A10jy99@216.251.47.166>...
> "Bill" <bill@nospam.com> wrote in news

lWec.39039$M3.27062
> @twister.nyroc.rr.com:
> > Here's an update on this sad story:
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> > Turns out the driver is a lawyer.
>
> This is a real sad story. The victim was a young MIT graduate who raced in
> triathalons and volunteered as a swimming and water polo coach.

Its sad when any young life is lost. More so for someone who is a
real asset to society, an engineering graduate of MIT who volunteered
his spare time.

Tom

04-14-2004, 05:43 PM

Ken <nospam@spam.no> wrote in message news:<Xns94CA7828C5A10jy99@216.251.47.166>...
> "Bill" <bill@nospam.com> wrote in news

lWec.39039$M3.27062
> @twister.nyroc.rr.com:
> > Here's an update on this sad story:
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> > Turns out the driver is a lawyer.
>
> This is a real sad story. The victim was a young MIT graduate who raced in
> triathalons and volunteered as a swimming and water polo coach.

Its sad when any young life is lost. More so for someone who is a
real asset to society, an engineering graduate of MIT who volunteered
his spare time.

Tom

04-14-2004, 05:49 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] says...
> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:32:35 GMT, "xkred27" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
> wrote:
>
> >(Note quote: "He had not realized that he struck the
> >bicyclists")
>
> I'll bet this guy is a repeat DUI, or 502 in California.
>
> I have lost friends to drunk drivers, and I say this with all
> sincerity.
>
> One offense, and you become a lifelong pedestrian.
>
> Do it again -- even ONCE again, and your eyes get put out. Poked
> right out of your head.
>
> That is the ONLY deterrent for these morons.

WRT drunk driving sentences, there was a story on our local news tonight
about one of these cases. The guy had been drinking and also did a line
of coke, then got in the car with two of his friends and went out and
raced another guy down the road. He crashed and killed both of his
passengers.

Today he was sentenced to 12 years in jail.

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