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Comments on: I’m So Old https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30774 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:36:26 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30774 your great-great uncle sounds a lot like the people i was running into in the northeast. 🙂

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30764 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:56:23 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30764 I’m still willing to put our local drivers against bad drivers anywhere, even without the assistance of my great-great uncle Chris who argued that he didn’t need a driver’s license because they didn’t exist when he started driving [true]. and refused to acknowledge the existence of new innovations like speed limits, traffic signs, and stop lights. His spirit lives on in north Okaloosa County, even though he lived his entire life in upstate New York.

]]> By: Cookie Jill https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30761 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:20:31 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30761 you mean we’re supposed to have working break lights? 😉

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30753 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:08:00 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30753 ack! typo! that should be “my drivers license…”

jill, i’ve lived in boston and miami, and driven in nyc, and the new yorkers are definitely in third place behind the other two. between boston and miami, it’s a tough choice, but i think the miami drivers might be slightly worse. my driving has actually mellowed somewhat since i left miami.

bryan, i never drink and drive. alcohol slows the reactions and impairs the judgment, making it that much harder to hit one’s intended targets. 😈 also, another toughie, but i think the small-town massachusettsians might be worse drivers than the small-town florabamians.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30750 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:01:18 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30750 Hipparchia, it is important that Wal-Mart know how many speeding tickets you’ve had to know what kind of peanut butter to sell you and whether you’re going to need work gloves for the community service associated with the DUI arrest.

Jill, they only rate cities, forgetting the wonderful mix around the big military bases in the South where along with tourists, out of state military, and retirees you have older locals who still act like the main roads are still two lanes dirt roads and working brake lights make it hard to shoot raccoons at night.

]]> By: Cookie Jill https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30742 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:36:46 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30742 Drivers with licenses in Boston have been proving your wrong for decades.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/news/2007/05/miami_has_countrys_worst_drive.html

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/comment-page-1/#comment-30741 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:26:41 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2007/10/27/im-so-old/#comment-30741 ny drivers license proves only that the examiner was smart enough [or too chicken] to ride with me a second time.

as secure as a passport? as secure as the rfid chips that can be read from several feet away by a something that can be assembled from parts available at your local radio shack? that secure?

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