Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:16:26 -0700
Reply-To: Doug in CA <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
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From: Doug in CA <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject: Re: I get no respect
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Hey a prairie home companion listener?
Me, faithful every weekend listening to Garrison on NPR radio out here in
the bay area.
As well as the car talk boys.and wait, wait don't tell me.
I agree with Joy, get the books on tape and mellow out.
I drive my Porsche I see people go by as I pass them and hate getting behind
anything big which is everything on the road. Grrrrr gritting my teeth the
whole time driving.
I drive the vanagon I still get to see people go by, only now it's as they
pass me, and I am calm, no worries, running along about 60-65 and trying to
keep right and just get on down the road in one piece.
In a car you get there and "you - are - there"
In a vanagon, you get there and "there - you - are"
Something like that,
Especially if you have a fridge, and you brought your own place to sleep.
Cheers,
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: I get no respect
> Really good books on tape. You get engrossed, you have no desire to move
> fast because when you get where you're going you'll have to get out of the
> van and you won't get to keep listening.
>
> They're really good for traffic jams, too.
>
> At one point I was driving to work in traffic, and I was listening to
> Garrison Keillor read one of his books about Lake Wobegone. You have to
> like Garrison Keillor, of course, but he was just so mellow that I really
> enjoyed the daily traffic jam on the 14th St. Bridge into D.C.!
>
> But I don't think it's actually a problem. Stick in the right lane, drive
> at the speed limit, and enjoy yourself. If people pass you, they pass
you.
> If you're on a two-lane road and traffic is backing up behind you, you
might
> think about finding a spot to shift right so they can pass, but otherwise
it
> really is not a problem. I've just driven way too many miles in the past
> two weeks, from DC to Chapel Hill to Savannah and now to Norfolk, and no
one
> seemed bothered by my speed (or lack thereof). I stayed right, and they
> passed me. No big deal. So don't worry about it.
>
>
> Joy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> > Of Malcolm Stebbins
> > Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 8:28 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: I get no respect
> >
> >
> > I've been lurking on this thread and I'm a bit
> > worried. This comming July, I plan on visiting the
> > Major US cities on the east coast: DC, NY, Boston,
> > Phili etc. I know they drive FAST, and I know that I
> > drive slowly.
> >
> > Any tips, other than valium? malcolm
> >
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