So on the way home from the vet in Spearman an 18 wheeler starts to go off the road while he is just at that exact distance and time frame where I have no time to react and he begins to OVERcorrect and starts to get in my lane. That was about as close to a head on collision as I have had in quite awhile. I laughed because the first thought that went through my brain was, "that sure would have been a waste of $209.18 for a veterinarian services we just completed a few minutes ago."
AND then as I was getting back to Borger a highway patrolman passes me way above the speed limit right before the circle at Lorene's, and proceeds to drive 55 mph south down Cedar Street in a 40 zone, no lights flashing to indicate any special need. He stops at the light at 10th street where I catch up to him then its more zooming on south out of town switching lanes as he/she passes people doing the speed limit. License tag 04960.
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I get earthquake reports for the state of Oklahoma automaticaLLy. A recent report listed an earthquake 0 miles east of Stillwater. So I laughed and thought, um, "Doesn't that just mean 'Stillwater'?"
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I started watching Mad Men on Feb 23rd. I am in season 4 now. I think season 7 starts in a few weeks. But now I am suddenly bored by it ...
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At a restaurant on the road I mentioned that I reaLLy like the wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. My wife responds, "It's probably the bread."
AND then as I was getting back to Borger a highway patrolman passes me way above the speed limit right before the circle at Lorene's, and proceeds to drive 55 mph south down Cedar Street in a 40 zone, no lights flashing to indicate any special need. He stops at the light at 10th street where I catch up to him then its more zooming on south out of town switching lanes as he/she passes people doing the speed limit. License tag 04960.
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I get earthquake reports for the state of Oklahoma automaticaLLy. A recent report listed an earthquake 0 miles east of Stillwater. So I laughed and thought, um, "Doesn't that just mean 'Stillwater'?"
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I started watching Mad Men on Feb 23rd. I am in season 4 now. I think season 7 starts in a few weeks. But now I am suddenly bored by it ...
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At a restaurant on the road I mentioned that I reaLLy like the wheat toast at Cracker Barrel. My wife responds, "It's probably the bread."
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I have been hit twice head on by folk while driving, and run down once as a pedestrian, it seems a little unfair as I feel I have had more that my fair share.
Oooooooooo I have also been hit twice from behind while driving.
I have however come to conclusion that on the law of averages I am now safe (I hope).
The worst of these crashes did rather batter myself and my family but we all made it.....
I hope Cooper was not too stressed by his trip to the vet. Pets always seem to cost loads at the vets. That is very noticeable in Britain as we have a National Health Service so most human treatment is free.
Rob: "Wow" - you should be like a super hero or something, that's alot of accidents and dents.
I did have a diffiicult time getting him to get in and out of the vehicle. I knew he was eXcited to go because he responded super positively when I told him that "Ernie and Cooper are going bye-bye". He started running through the house yelping and my son said, "Wow, he's really excited!" But then he was unsure of himself getting in and out of the SUV. So it took a half hour to load him, a few seconds to unload him at the vet, then about fifteen minutes to get back in after experiencing anesthesia then another half hour to get out of the vehicle back home. Luckily it was a warm enough day. I think the trick to getting him out of the vehicle the last time was that I pretended I was going to leave him in the vehicle! I stepped inside for about three seconds to leave his field of vision, and went back out to the vehicle and he got right out.
Glad you all made it unscathed off the road. Good grief- the ones who are supposed to be protecting us are sometimes the ones who make it more dangerous~
I once saw a Detroit police woman driving down Jefferson while eating french fries. Did not give me a boost of confidence.
fmcgmccllc: Which aspect bothered you more:
the act of eating while driving
-OR-
that she was eating French Fries
Shelly: That was my thought when I saw the patrol car go around me. I rarely see patrol cars which bothers me now that they raised the Borger-to-Amarillo speed limit up to 75 mph. Its getting wild out there for us slaw abiting denizens.
The fact that at any given second she could be heading up a high speed chase with greasy fingers.
fmcgmccllc: (slight delay) hahahahahahahaha
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