ChrisL Posted April 18, 2018 Share #1 Posted April 18, 2018 Let me set the stage: I'm driving to an appointment this morning and I'm on a residential street one lane each direction and parked cars along the curb on both sides. There are no stop signs/lights nearby so im cruising along at around 30 MPH. Coming the other direction towards me is an old dude on a motorized scooter and hes looking over his shoulder, he then executes a U turn directly in front of me! Now I've got nowhere to bail out so I lay on the horn & brake hard and dude dumps it in the street and I miss him, but just barely. Old man gets up, I get out of my car and ask if he's OK. Mother fucker why don't you watch where you are going!!!!! Now that's him, not me!?!?!? I said excuse me, you made a U turn directly in front of me?!? Fat old dude has his hands clenched in a fist, chest flared and is walking towards me. Me, sir what the hell do you think you are doing? I suggest you relax, pick up your scooter and move along before you do something you may regret. Fat old dude stops, says you are lucky I'm not gonna kick your ass and picks up his scooter (barely had the strength to do so) and scoots away. I look around thinking I just got pranked or such but nobody comes out with a hidden camera. I shake it off and drive away. WTF was that all about!?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F_in Ray Of Sunshine Posted April 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted April 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: WTF was that all about!?!? He works for an outfit that sells dash cams. He’s trying to convince you you need one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chris... Posted April 18, 2018 Popular Post Share #3 Posted April 18, 2018 Share the road Chris 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted April 18, 2018 Share #4 Posted April 18, 2018 People are stupid. Also, they don't like to accept responsibility for their idiocy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted April 18, 2018 Share #5 Posted April 18, 2018 Get off my lawn you damn'd kids. Man hollers at bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 18, 2018 Share #6 Posted April 18, 2018 Was he wearing a jacket that looked like this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted April 18, 2018 Share #7 Posted April 18, 2018 You missed the opportunity for 10 points. Better luck next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 18, 2018 Share #8 Posted April 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, Tizeye said: You missed the opportunity for 10 points. Better luck next time. And old slow fat guy who dumps his moped in front of your grill is not worth 10 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted April 18, 2018 23 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Was he wearing a jacket that looked like this? No but maybe i should get one! His actions were sure a mystery to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted April 18, 2018 Share #10 Posted April 18, 2018 1 minute ago, ChrisL said: No but maybe i should get one! His actions were sure a mystery to me. Maybe you could just borrow @jsharr's jacket. Save some coin. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted April 18, 2018 Share #11 Posted April 18, 2018 I've been astonished by the strange and dangerous vehicle moves made in front of me lately. Here's one of many: There's an entrance ramp on the right side of a two lane highway and there are always assholes who fly down the left lane and then try to cut into the long line of traffic in the right lane to get to the ramp. Today, there were about empty 10 car-lengths behind me but a car didn't get behind me and wasn't even satisfied trying to squeeze-in in front of me. He flew several cars ahead to the point where the entrance ramp was separating from the highway, the dotted line became solid and he wasn't supposed to cross it. But he did and there was NOT a single car-length between the cars where he was going. The car in the rear had to slam on his brakes because the asshole was going onto the ramp, accident or no accident. It was lucky there wasn't a chain-crash but the cars behind the brake-slammer, including me, saw what was happening and slowed down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend_Maynard Posted April 19, 2018 Share #12 Posted April 19, 2018 I was almost hit head on last night by an asshole who used the left turn lane to fly by a bunch of people waiting to go straight and then tried to cut back over into the straight lane. We were in the left turn lane facing this, so when he had no where to go because the cars in the straight lane didn't let him in, he had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting us head on. Of course, this asshat driver was shaking his fist and yelling like it was other people's fault that this was happening. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #13 Posted April 19, 2018 2 hours ago, Reverend_Maynard said: I was almost hit head on last night by an asshole who used the left turn lane to fly by a bunch of people waiting to go straight and then tried to cut back over into the straight lane. We were in the left turn lane facing this, so when he had no where to go because the cars in the straight lane didn't let him in, he had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting us head on. Of course, this asshat driver was shaking his fist and yelling like it was other people's fault that this was happening. he was ranting about the zipper merge being better and fairer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #14 Posted April 19, 2018 18 hours ago, ChrisL said: WTF was that all about!?!? When the heck did @donkpow get a scooter???? Tom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #15 Posted April 19, 2018 Blind and stupid is no way to go through life! Dean Wormer was a wise man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted April 19, 2018 Share #16 Posted April 19, 2018 18 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: People are stupid. Also, they don't like to accept responsibility for their idiocy. That's true but I think that you shouldn't be too hard on Chris....it can happen to anyone. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share #17 Posted April 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Blind and stupid is no way to go through life! Dean Wormer was a wise man. I was watching that movie last night. Classic. My wife was like yeah I'm going upstairs... Women just don't get it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #18 Posted April 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: I was watching that movie last night. Classic. My wife was like yeah I'm going upstairs... Women just don't get it... Yup! Daughter #2 sat there stone faced through it. It did seem a little juvenile to me, NTTIAWWT! Tim Matheson and his buddy really blew me away with their characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted April 19, 2018 Share #19 Posted April 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Yup! Daughter #2 sat there stone faced through it. It did seem a little juvenile to me, NTTIAWWT! Tim Matheson and his buddy really blew me away with their characters. It's one more movie full of lines that I don't feel right laughing at anymore. "The issue is not whether we broke a few rules, or....." <wink> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #20 Posted April 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, TrentonMakes said: It's one more movie full of lines that I don't feel right laughing at anymore. "The issue is not whether we broke a few rules, or....." <wink> It produced a ton of very quotable lines. I like that. "You effed up. You trusted us." (Clip NSFW ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted April 19, 2018 Share #21 Posted April 19, 2018 36 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: When the heck did @donkpow get a scooter???? Tom "I'm an excellent driver." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted April 19, 2018 Share #22 Posted April 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: It produced a ton of very quotable lines. I like that. "Would you tell those assholes to shut up?" damn, that whole scene is a riot. Wormer's facial expressions are hilarious. It will be a long time before I watch it with my daughter though... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #23 Posted April 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, donkpow said: "I'm an excellent driver." Did you ever see the avatar from the Olde Country of Parr8 on a scooter? It was comedy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #24 Posted April 19, 2018 1 minute ago, TrentonMakes said: Wormer's facial expressions are hilarious. He does frustration a lot like Oliver Wendell Douglas on Green Acres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted April 19, 2018 Share #25 Posted April 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Did you ever see the avatar from the Olde Country of Parr8 on a scooter? It was comedy gold. Dredge it! Consider this the challenge of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #26 Posted April 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, TrentonMakes said: It will be a long time before I watch it with my daughter though... She was over 18. But both daughters did love Dracula Dead and Loving It. We could watch that when they were kids, except for a scene or two that were a tad uncomfortable. My favourite thing to watch with the daughters was Angry Beavers. Loved that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #27 Posted April 19, 2018 1 minute ago, donkpow said: Dredge it! Consider this the challenge of the day. I don;t think The Internet Wayback Machine has it. Maybe @dennis still has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted April 19, 2018 Share #28 Posted April 19, 2018 Please....no more stories about old, fat and stupid people. I'm feeling a little uncomfortable as an unintended target. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted April 19, 2018 Share #29 Posted April 19, 2018 24 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I don;t think The Internet Wayback Machine has it. Maybe @dennis still has it. If you can't do it, you can't do it. There's not much shame in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #30 Posted April 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, donkpow said: If you can't do it, you can't do it. There's not much shame in that. I am more frustrated than ashamed. Our bits are like Dust In the Wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted April 19, 2018 Share #31 Posted April 19, 2018 1 minute ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I am more frustrated than ashamed. Our bits are like Dust In the Wind. It's not your fault Ralph. It's the people who run the internet. They just don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #32 Posted April 19, 2018 Just now, donkpow said: It's not your fault Ralph. It's the people who run the internet. They just don't care. Bastards! Probably Russian hackers that took down The Olde Country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted April 19, 2018 Share #33 Posted April 19, 2018 1 minute ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Bastards! Probably Russian hackers that took down The Olde Country. I know, Russians don't really like avatars. They do, however, dig memes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted April 19, 2018 Share #34 Posted April 19, 2018 Just now, donkpow said: I know, Russians don't really like avatars. They do, however, dig memes. Crimea River! Sorry, people of Crimea, but a pun is a pun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted April 20, 2018 Share #35 Posted April 20, 2018 9 hours ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I don;t think The Internet Wayback Machine has it. Maybe @dennis still has it. I don't. It was my avatar for years. I bet Chris has it. It was his photoshop creation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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