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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2004Windows are not friends anymore
Poor Shamrock. Last week, there was a car accident on the road in front of my house that ended up in my yard. The car hit lost control and hopped the curb and was headed toward my living room window where Shamrock was sitting watching. I was watching also. In disbelief, sort of (the guy was able to turn his wheel and miss driving into my house). Shamrock dove out of the windowsill and to this day, when a car or truck drives by too fast, he jumps out of the windowsill and turns around and stares. No one was hurt.  SignatureCheryl Aw, hope Shamrock gets over it soon. Windows are good things. Was the driver drunk? Jazz's mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Poor Shamrock. Last week, there was a car accident on the road in > front of my house that ended up in my yard. The car hit lost control [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > car or truck drives by too fast, he jumps out of the windowsill and > turns around and stares. No one was hurt. In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "lrulan" > Aw, hope Shamrock gets over it soon. Windows are good things. > Was the driver drunk? > Jazz's mama Thanks from Shamrock! No, the car that ended up in my yard was hit by a dump truck. I didn't see the impact (heard it) but the witness who stuck around for an hour and a half to give his report said the guy who was hit pulled into traffic without looking - and talking on a cell phone - right in front of the dump truck. SignatureCheryl >In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "lrulan" > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >who was hit pulled into traffic without looking - and talking on a >cell phone - right in front of the dump truck. I understand some places have made using cell phones while driving illegal - which I would fully support here. Driving down the rode it seems sometimes like every other driver is talking on the phone and paying only token attention to driving. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Steve Touchstone <stouchst@junksirinet.net> artfully composed this message within <news:sklcc010jhe7bs64osqbd2n6cn14befu4h@4ax.com> on 08 Jun 2004: > I understand some places have made using cell phones while > driving illegal - which I would fully support here. Driving down > the rode it seems sometimes like every other driver is talking > on the phone and paying only token attention to driving. gggggggrrrrrrrrrr I won't get started on driving and talking on cell phones!!! I drive the Capitol beltway in the DC area 2x per day for an hour commute each way. My pet peeves are talking on cell phones, and the woman I am behind who is putting on make up and doing her hair. major GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRR. I was even passed by a guy doing about 75 (at least) and he was shaving! SignatureCheryl > gggggggrrrrrrrrrr I won't get started on driving and talking on cell > phones!!! I drive the Capitol beltway in the DC area 2x per day for > an hour commute each way. My pet peeves are talking on cell phones, > and the woman I am behind who is putting on make up and doing her > hair. major GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRR. I was even passed by a guy doing > about 75 (at least) and he was shaving! After my most recent employment upset, I'm driving a semi-truck (have been for a few months now). I can't tell you the number of times I've had car drivers cut me off in traffic because they were too busy talking on their cell phones to pay attention to driving. Cutting too close in front of a truck weighing 80000 pounds (a little over 36000 kg if my math is working) travelling at 55 MPH is not an overly bright thing to do! Dan In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Dan M <dan@webfolks.us> artfully composed this message within <news:2in6s0Fon9frU1@uni-berlin.de> on 08 Jun 2004: >> gggggggrrrrrrrrrr I won't get started on driving and talking on >> cell phones!!! I drive the Capitol beltway in the DC area 2x [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dan They do that all the time here. The reason (or stupidly thinking) that to get behind a big truck while in rush hour traffic means that you are stuck behind a big truck that can't accelerate fast enough to keep up with the traffic in front of them, who will undoubtably come to a screeching halt within seconds in front of that slow truck anyways. Most of the fender-benders (and WORSE) are between small cars and big trucks who couldn't stop fast enough to keep from hitting the idiots. Can you tell that traffic is probably the main cause of the stresses in my life now? It's bad enough to have lost someone in a car accident but to see people risk their own life daily over stupid sh.t. SignatureCheryl /shaking head Dan M <dan@webfolks.us> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Windows are not friends anymore: >After my most recent employment upset, I'm driving a semi-truck (have >been for a few months now). I can't tell you the number of times I've >had car drivers cut me off in traffic because they were too busy talking >on their cell phones to pay attention to driving. Cutting too close in >front of a truck weighing 80000 pounds (a little over 36000 kg if my >math is working) travelling at 55 MPH is not an overly bright thing to do! AFAICT, Southern California drivers in general tend not to be bright. Tailgating, deliberately cutting off anyone stupid enough to actually *signal* a desired lane change, allergy to use of turn signals........ Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > Dan M <dan@webfolks.us> had some very interesting things to say about > Re: Windows are not friends anymore: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >front of a truck weighing 80000 pounds (a little over 36000 kg if my > >math is working) travelling at 55 MPH is not an overly bright thing to do! You sound like my husband when he was working driving a beer delivery truck. Cars behaving like the truck should be able to turn or stop on a dime. Worse however was getting into my little Honda Prelude with him driving on the weekend. He was used to driving the big ole truck and forgot the other drivers were not that intimidated by my little car.\ Jo > AFAICT, Southern California drivers in general tend not to be bright. > Tailgating, deliberately cutting off anyone stupid enough to actually > *signal* a desired lane change, allergy to use of turn signals........ Sounds like Fayetteville.... We call a phenomena that we first saw in Northern California, a California exit... The joker cutting across six lanes of traffic without signaling, to make a last minute exit at a place that was advertised repeatedly for three miles.:P Unfortunately we see it all the time now. Pam S who wonders if she can drive like a normal person once she leaves the crazies of the I-95 corridor. Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Windows are not friends anymore: >> AFAICT, Southern California drivers in general tend not to be bright. >> Tailgating, deliberately cutting off anyone stupid enough to actually [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >signaling, to make a last minute exit at a place that was advertised >repeatedly for three miles.:P Unfortunately we see it all the time now. Yep, I see that here in CA, but don't recall seeing it anywhere else I've driven. >Pam S who wonders if she can drive like a normal person once she leaves >the crazies of the I-95 corridor. We can hope so. :-) Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL >Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> had some very interesting things to say >about Re: Windows are not friends anymore: [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >We can hope so. :-) Colorado Springs is full of crazies. My son is going to be rich someday since i have so much accidental death insurance on me. As much as I drive in my job, the odds are, I will die of an accident rather than in my bed. I often see the California exit. I get cut off regularly and have had the "bird" flipped at me for driving the speed limit. I encounter people passing me with a double yellow line and going up hill! Or they pass me on the shoulder. As well as all the other things stated upthread. Sometimes people come over into my lane like I am not there! I sure am glad i have a small car with good brakes and a powerful motor, so I can get the h*ll out of the way! -- CATherine In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", CATherine <pepsicola5cents@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> artfully composed this message within <news:bfcfc01rm6i0m3kim04fvttt56piv2unmn@4ax.com> on 09 Jun 2004: > Colorado Springs is full of crazies. My son is going to be rich > someday since i have so much accidental death insurance on me. > As much as I drive in my job, the odds are, I will die of an > accident rather than in my bed. I feel that way too. The ironic thing is that it could be in front of my house. The same busy road that prompted my OP is the one I have to sit and wait to pull into my driveway from. I watch the cars coming up behind me and cringe as they realize there is a car stopped and it isn't at an intersection. I often see the California exit. > I get cut off regularly and have had the "bird" flipped at me > for driving the speed limit. I encounter people passing me with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sure am glad i have a small car with good brakes and a powerful > motor, so I can get the h*ll out of the way! SignatureCheryl CATherine <pepsicola5cents@drop.me.bigsandytelco.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Windows are not friends anymore: >Colorado Springs is full of crazies. My son is going to be rich >someday since i have so much accidental death insurance on me. As much [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >like I am not there! I sure am glad i have a small car with good >brakes and a powerful motor, so I can get the h*ll out of the way! Stupid passing tricks are endemic in my part of California. So are the jerks who go ballistic if you're "only" doing 10mph OVER the speed limit. My biggest peeves are still tailgaters or the jerks who will *deliberately* cut off another car that's trying to change lanes. Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL >> AFAICT, Southern California drivers in general tend not to be bright. >> Tailgating, deliberately cutting off anyone stupid enough to actually [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Pam S who wonders if she can drive like a normal person once she leaves >the crazies of the I-95 corridor. Unfortunately, I think the "California exit" you describe, talking on cell phones, etc., has become a normal hazard pretty much wherever you are here in the States. Not saying the majority of drivers srive that way, just that you see it wherever you go. I grew and learned to drive in California, and for freeway driving I prefer Cailfornia drivers. Not to say I like driving on freeways. I prefer country roads even if it takes all day instead of a couple hours to get where I'm going. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >I prefer country roads even if >it takes all day instead of a couple hours to get where I'm going. I used to, but it seems lately all the accidents involving drunk drivers have been on the rural roads. I guess the drunks think they can avoid the highway patrol that way. Sherry Still remember when my in-laws picked us up at the Portland Oregon airport after our three year tour in Anchorage. I rode home from the airport in a near panic and with my eyes closed. This after I learned to drive on the Washington DC Beltway. and used to drive out the Dulles Airport for practice when I was 16. Jo > > AFAICT, Southern California drivers in general tend not to be bright. > > Tailgating, deliberately cutting off anyone stupid enough to actually [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Pam S who wonders if she can drive like a normal person once she leaves > the crazies of the I-95 corridor. > Still remember when my in-laws picked us up at the Portland Oregon airport > after our three year tour in Anchorage. I rode home from the airport in a > near panic and with my eyes closed. That is what all our friends who visit us do when we pick them up at the Bangkok airport! You have never seen crazy drivers or crazy traffic until you've driven in Thailand. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "badwilson" <BW@yahoo.com> artfully composed this message within <news:2ipv3uFovm8qU1@uni-berlin.de> on 09 Jun 2004: > You have never seen crazy drivers or crazy traffic until > you've driven in Thailand. Many of us in the DC area call the Capitol Beltway the US Autobonn. It even has curves that make people not used to driving it daily of a racetrack. It's nuts because the curves in the track are usually where the bumper-to-bumper breaks up and you're driving full speed (and faster to make up time). It even has a fork going in popular directions each way and there are always those idiots who wait until the last second to merge over to go right. SignatureCheryl >> Still remember when my in-laws picked us up at the Portland Oregon airport >> after our three year tour in Anchorage. I rode home from the airport in a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Bangkok airport! You have never seen crazy drivers or crazy traffic until >you've driven in Thailand. Tell 'em to pretend they're in an Indiana Jones movie. ;) Do you brake for elephants? Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ > After my most recent employment upset, I'm driving a semi-truck (have > been for a few months now). I can't tell you the number of times I've > had car drivers cut me off in traffic because they were too busy talking > on their cell phones to pay attention to driving. Cutting too close in > front of a truck weighing 80000 pounds (a little over 36000 kg if my > math is working) travelling at 55 MPH is not an overly bright thing to do! For some reason, people think that a large chevy van should be able to maneuver and stop like a mini-van, or worse a sub compact. We've had people who've had to leave the road and drive up on the side because they were either tailgating, or misjudged the distance that a large van can and will travel. We've also been rear-ended by someone who "didn't notice us." For crying out loud. We drive a chevy 1500, the same size as those used by your phone and cable companies. Sorry, end of rant. Pam S. >For some reason, people think that a large chevy van should be able to >maneuver and stop like a mini-van, or worse a sub compact. We've had >people who've had to leave the road and drive up on the side because >they were either tailgating, or misjudged the distance that a large van >can and will travel. We've also been rear-ended by someone who "didn't >notice us." Wonder if they were talking on one of those dang cell phones > For crying out loud. We drive a chevy 1500, the same size >as those used by your phone and cable companies. Sorry, end of rant. > >Pam S. Hence the "Right of Weight" rule I mentioned in the thread about Dave Y's accident. I don't know how widespread it is, but as a teenage motorcycle rider I often heard that play on words to stress the need for defensive driving. Basically, it just means that no matter who has the "right of way", when you're on a bike you seldom have the "right of weight", and if you get in an accident the "right of weight" (or mass) trumps "right of way" every time. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 18:04:33 GMT, Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >weight" (or >mass) trumps "right of way" every time. My parents once had a book containing various stories, poems, essays, etc., which had originally been read on the air on a 1930's radio show. I remember a poem which supposedly was used as an epitaph on a real tombstone: Here lies the body of Mike O'Day Who died defending his right of way His right was true, his will was strong, But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong! SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "lrulan" >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >I understand some places have made using cell phones while driving >illegal Yo, it's illegal here. But see if it stops some people. I swear, some people would rather have fingers ripped off than their cell phones removed from their ears. And nine times out of ten, they're talking to someone that they see all the time anyway, telling them where they are, and where they just were. I went from age 6 to age 40 and managed to live without reporting to someone where I was every five minutes, and I don't know why I should start now. :P Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ > Yo, it's illegal here. But see if it stops some people. I swear, > some people would rather have fingers ripped off than their cell [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > someone where I was every five minutes, and I don't know why I should > start now. :P Family rule, the passenger takes care of the cell. If there is no passenger, the driver will pull over to the side of the road, or into a parking lot before answering the phone. We've been in at least one near hit with an idiot on a cell phone. Pam S. > I understand some places have made using cell phones while driving > illegal - which I would fully support here. Driving down the rode it > seems sometimes like every other driver is talking on the phone and > paying only token attention to driving. It was made illegal here in the UK last December, it's still quite common though to see people driving and using the phone. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy, Milo & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > Poor Shamrock. Last week, there was a car accident on the road in > front of my house that ended up in my yard. The car hit lost control [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > car or truck drives by too fast, he jumps out of the windowsill and > turns around and stares. No one was hurt. Aww, poor Shamrock. Purrs that he can forget that terrible incident and enjoy windows again. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "Marina" <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> artfully composed this message within <news:2iktklFnvll4U1@uni-berlin.de> on 08 Jun 2004: > Aww, poor Shamrock. Purrs that he can forget that terrible > incident and enjoy windows again. I hope so too. It's just amazing what triggers fear in animals sometimes. You have to wonder what they see that we don't know they see that makes them act weird about certain things! Gracias for the purrs from Shamrock. SignatureCheryl > In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "Marina" > <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> artfully composed this message within [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > see that makes them act weird about certain things! Gracias for the > purrs from Shamrock. Poor kid. Purrs and good wishes that he gets over it soon. Berfert once refused to go through our kitchen in California, as he was entering the room when a sparrow committed suicide by window. It took him almost six weeks before he'd go through the kitchen and he wouldn't sit in windows for over six months. However, Berf is an extreme case of paranoia. Pam S. Mark Twain said something like: We must get out of experience only what it teaches us. The cat that sat down on a hot stove lid will never sid down on a hot stove lid, but then again she won't sit down on a cold one either. >> In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "Marina" >> <frankiennikki@yahoo.co.uk> artfully composed this message within [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Pam S. >Poor Shamrock. Last week, there was a car accident on the road in >front of my house that ended up in my yard. The car hit lost control [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >car or truck drives by too fast, he jumps out of the windowsill and >turns around and stares. No one was hurt. Poor Shamrock! It sure makes you wonder what's in their little brains. You think you're in a safe cocoon in your own little home, then whammo. I had a young woman knock on the door in the middle of the night. She & her boyfriend got in an argument and he soaked her in diesel fuel and tried to set her on fire, she got away from him & walked for miles. Nothing like that ever happens here. It has me totally freaked out, since DH works at night. She took a bath and put on some of my clothes. We took her to the police station then. Now I think *I'LL* start running under the bed when the doorbell rings. Sherry Poor woman! How awful! So glad she escaped. Purrs, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip> I had a > young woman knock on the door in the middle of the night. She & her boyfriend > got in an argument and he soaked her in diesel fuel and tried to set her on [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Sherry In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Jun 2004: > Poor Shamrock! It sure makes you wonder what's in their little > brains. You think you're in a safe cocoon in your own little [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Now I think *I'LL* start running under the bed when the doorbell > rings. OMG how horrible for the woman! I'm glad you were there, and I hope she never had to deal with him again. Sheesh. Sherry, you are not only a haven for the cats in trouble, but the hoomins, too. SignatureCheryl You > think you're in a safe cocoon in your own little home, then whammo. I had a > young woman knock on the door in the middle of the night. She & her boyfriend [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, that's just freaky. > You >> think you're in a safe cocoon in your own little home, then whammo. I had a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> Sherry > Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, that's just freaky. Pretty d*mn creepy if you ask me. But this stuff happens. I hope she put his *ss in prison!! Joyce > >> Now I think *I'LL* start running under the bed when the doorbell rings. > >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Joyce Real creepy. She looked to be hardly 20 years old, and lived about 150 miles from here. I haven't heard back from her. The plan was for her to call her parents from the police station and wait for them there. I felt kind of bad dumping her there but was too afraid of the boyfriend coming to my house looking for her. Sherry >> >> Now I think *I'LL* start running under the bed when the doorbell rings. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >looking for her. >Sherry Where do you guys live again? Do you know if she has, or can get, a lawyer? Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >Where do you guys live again? Do you know if she has, or can get, a >lawyer? > >Theresa Oklahoma. I got the distinct impression that she maybe either still lives with her parents, but at any rate there's a definitely family support system with the parents. She may not need a lawyer after Daddy gets finished with Boyfriend. Daddy may be the one needing a lawyer. Sherry > You > > think you're in a safe cocoon in your own little home, then whammo. I had a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Okaaaaaaaaaaaay, that's just freaky. I've always hoped that there is a special place in hell for men who do things like that. Men who physically abuse women are the absolute scum of the earth. I suppose to be fair I would hope that the place in hell is reserved for persons of either gender who abuse their partners, I don't think women do this sort of sh.t nearly as often and when they do, men almost always have the physical edge and the opportunity to get away. > > You > > > think you're in a safe cocoon in your own little home, then whammo. I had a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > women do this sort of sh.t nearly as often and when they do, men > almost always have the physical edge and the opportunity to get away. It can be as bad, and in a way worse for a man in a similar situation. And what do you think would happen if a man showed up at a strangers house in the middle of the night under similar conditions? Jo I do hope Shamrock gets over his fear really soon. Purrs, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Poor Shamrock. Last week, there was a car accident on the road in > front of my house that ended up in my yard. The car hit lost control [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > car or truck drives by too fast, he jumps out of the windowsill and > turns around and stares. No one was hurt. |
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