Topic: HEADLIGHTS (Read 28602 times)

bk · « **on:** June 21, 2008, 12:14:36 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes had headlights, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're using their headlights during the day and now their cow batteries are dead.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2008, 12:15:31 AM »

And the word of the day is: CHOLER!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2008, 12:16:26 AM »

Nobody here but us chickens - and seven GUESTS.

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2008, 12:37:34 AM »

Make that ten GUESTS.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2008, 01:27:59 AM »

HEADLIGHTS DURING THE DAY:

"I’m sure someone will have an explanation and I’m sure it will make no sense whatsoever."

If you insist:

A. If there is a mist and drivers use their wipers, they are required to turn on their headlights.

B. When going through tunnels or through long underpasses, headlight use is often desireable.

C. Whenever a driver has been through event A or B, they aften forget to turn their lights back off.

Many has been the time I have left LA through the Pasadena tunnel and forgot to turn off my lights when heading North on I5.

der Brucer

singdaw · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:02:08 AM »

They're called "Daytime Running Lights," and most newer cars have them. They've been proven to reduce accidents, and if your car has them, you'll probably get a discount on your car insurance. You DO have the option of turning off the feature, if you wish, but the default is that they turn on automatically when you start the car. They're actually separate bulbs from [or in addition to] your regular headlights.

singdaw · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:05:35 AM »

TOD:

Aggressive highway drivers

People who DON'T turn on their headlights at dawn or at dusk or when it is raining.

People who don't stop at stop signs, but roll right through.

People who throw their cigarette butts from their cars onto the road - or pedestrian smokers who throw them on the ground.

And I'm just getting started!

Who knew I was such an angry person?

Druxy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:28:50 AM »

It's 4:15 in the morning. I'm in San Antonio, TX, staying at a charming B&B, and a half hour ago, the $&^#@% smoke detector started chirping.

No smoke. No fire. The battery was going.

So, my wife and I are awake. I get dressed. Go down to the lobby and wake up the owner, and he gets dressed, comes to our room with a ladder and removes the smoke detector.

Now, we're lying here awake, hoping there won't be a fire.

Was that smoke I smell?

How's that for a pet peeve?

Druxy · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:33:10 AM »

Wide awake.

If we only had a deck or cards, we could play some gin rummy.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:44:00 AM »

Hi, Druxy! Sorry to hear about your interrupted sleep!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:45:07 AM »

I don't know how to turn off my daytime running lights. bk, not everyone has their headlights on just to annoy you!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #11 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:47:17 AM »

I'm sure this must have been posted when it appeared, but I just saw this for the first time. Kevin Spirtas singing "If Ever I Would Leave You", after doing a backflip!
Isn't he multi-talented?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eog3kX_3gXU&feature=related

singdaw · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:48:28 AM »

Today's NY Times, on last week's Tony telecast.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #13 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:48:29 AM »

I guess bk would also object to anyone who flashed him their "hi beams".

Edisaurus · « **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:48:54 AM »

Good morning, Sing!

singdaw · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:49:07 AM »

You think bk would object to being flashed?

Edisaurus · « **Reply #16 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:49:38 AM »

I hate not being able to turn off my headlights, especially when entering the drive-in or sneaking home when it's late!

singdaw · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:49:56 AM »

Good morning, Edi. I hope that your kitties have the courtesy to keep you company, after waking you so early and Unseemily.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #18 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:50:32 AM »

I also hate it when someone has their brights on, and you flash them, and then they flash even brighter lights at you!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #19 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:51:21 AM »

Oh yes, my big love cat has been on my lap trying to make out with me for the past half-hour. I'm sure we will be returning to bed momentarily!

singdaw · « **Reply #20 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:52:34 AM »

Edisaurus · « **Reply #21 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:52:50 AM »

At least I don't indulge their whims this early, like their demands for brushing or playing with them. I don't want to make matters worse!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #22 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:54:04 AM »

Bailey, the big love cat, likes to go into another room and then howl, to see who will come and check out what's wrong. I think he likes the sound of his own voice.

singdaw · « **Reply #23 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:55:13 AM »

It will be interesting to see if a negative TOD ["What I hate..."] inspires more posts than a positive one ["What I love..."].

Why does negative political campaiging work, when people say that they loathe it?

singdaw · « **Reply #24 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:56:10 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on June 21, 2008, 02:54:04 AM

I think he likes the sound of his own voice.

There's a few humans I'd like to introduce Bailey to...

Edisaurus · « **Reply #25 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:56:11 AM »

I share some of Singdaw's pet peeves, especially people throwing their cigarette butts out the window. For one thing, it's hazardous during a drought, and for the other...I have to look at them. Smokers will tell you that the butts are biodegradeable, but how many years do I have to look at them before that happens?

Use your ashtrays, people. That's what they're there for!

singdaw · « **Reply #26 on:** June 21, 2008, 02:58:03 AM »

A former college roommate, who I haven't really connected with since school, just tracked me down via Facebook. That's kind of fun!

singdaw · « **Reply #27 on:** June 21, 2008, 03:00:48 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on June 21, 2008, 02:56:11 AM

Use your ashtrays, people. That's what they're there for!

People are just too darned lazy, and they DON'T CARE.

I've written this before here, but I have this fantasy that I have a stack of pre-made, bright orange bumper stickers that say: MOTHER NATURE IS MY ASHTRAY. And they're made with an insidious glue that doesn't let go. And when I get to the next stop light, I jump out of my car and affix one to the back of the offending vehicle.

singdaw · « **Reply #28 on:** June 21, 2008, 03:01:53 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on June 21, 2008, 02:56:11 AM

the butts are biodegradeable

I know mine is.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2008, 03:03:02 AM »

I hate drivers who think they are the most important thing on the road and that all traffic should revolve around them. These include people who don't signal, people who tailgate you dangerously when you aren't going fast enough on the highway (which is still over the speed limit and they could easily pass you!) people who fly down the highway at very high speeds, weaving in and out of traffics but passing on the right side (why do people do this when they oculd get in the fast lane and have a straight shot?) and people who get in the wrong lane and then hold up the rest of the traffic waiting for someone to let them into the correct lane. I don't blame anyone who makes a mistake, but I just want them to keep moving instead of holding everyone else up.

Also, people who are driving badly while on their cell-phone---and you can always tell who they are!

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