{"id":8198,"date":"2015-02-10T03:42:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T09:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=8198"},"modified":"2015-02-09T13:21:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T19:21:48","slug":"more-of-it-seen-not-quite-all-of-it-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commotioninthepews.com\/?p=8198","title":{"rendered":"More Of It Seen, Not Quite All Of It Yet."},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I was travelling down the highway when a Prius<\/a> pulled out in front of me, in the left lane, with emergency flashers going and two pieces of particle board strapped to the roof. <\/p>\n

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This is on a road under construction, lane restrictions, average speed 55+. He’s going maybe 18.7, passenger and driver both have outside hand out the window holding down the boards. Tied down with at least two wraps of cheap twine. <\/p>\n

Every time I witness such an exhibition I despair for the driving public. There are maroons, and then there are maroons, to cite that eminent philosopher Buggs Bunny<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I think Buggs would be a better driver. I was in Florida for the past week. I think Elmer Fudd<\/a> has a shot at being a better driver. This is largely due to the demographic: older than me. Elmer’s covering the younger demographic: road ragers.<\/p>\n

I might have some road rage if I drove here long enough. Younger drivers lose it after a while due to the heart-pounding adrenaline dumps you get when seniors pull out in front of you at freeway speeds. I have learned to keep my idiot box about 5x it’s normal size this past week. I will be as bad, or worse, when my hearing and sight decline to the level of my motor skills. This is just aging taking its toll.<\/p>\n

The Prius, however, topped the cake.<\/p>\n

I’m going to risk it all in a few minutes and head out to a local restaurant with my mom and wife. I will set the blog to post automatically tomorrow – just in case I don’t make it back.<\/p>\n

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I have a favor to ask of my readers: would you kindly share this blog with your friends, family, and colleagues? We hit a million views in 2014, and while the readership continues a nice growth trend, it could be a lot better. Just hit the Facebook like button, share it on your timeline, tweet the blog with a link, and tell that person at the next desk that there’s this lunatic who writes about all sorts of stuff that they might like. <\/p>\n

I appreciate your help. When we hit 2,000,000 readers I will give away something cool to a drawing from the subscribers (that’s the box on the right toward the top) who have helped promote this mess. No used sheets, probably not honey, more likely gift cards. Be a part of it. I’ll update from time to time where we’re at in the count. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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