Bitch, walk faster!!!

[Snero]

On Friday, the light changed too quickly even for high school students to make it across without running. It went from green to red in 20 seconds.

kahar has a point about some old people but come on, if the road is that wide and you're forcing people to run for it, thats a bit much. Maybe making some sort of a pedestrian over/under pass or at the very least making a median would be a good idea. Making the crossing light longer would just most likely cause some traffic problems

[Jay]

The best is when the arab lady with 5 kids is standing in the grocery aisle holding up the line for a price check of a difference of a dollar and 10 cents while the kids are running around and screaming like crazy suicide bombers in training and all you have to buy is a case of beer and a pack of gum and you just wanna get the fuck outta there.

Next time that happens I'm calling Kahar.

[kaharthemad]

Frogger for the win. If it has a 20 second timer, however that much I still doubt since it was someone in politics that said it, then yes the ticket should be thrown.

[Maeya]

The crosswalk lights in many cities are extremely short. There's places where I'll barely step into the intersection before it starts flashing. I obviously don't have statistics for crosswalk lights around the nation, but just from personal experience, there's been more than one incident where I'll have barely crossed one lane when the fucker changes. And I don't walk particularily slow.

[Agrajag]

The crosswalk lights in many cities are extremely short. There's places where I'll barely step into the intersection before it starts flashing. I obviously don't have statistics for crosswalk lights around the nation, but just from personal experience, there's been more than one incident where I'll have barely crossed one lane when the fucker changes. And I don't walk particularily slow.

Walk faster?

[Diekan]

I can understand their walking slow, but do they have to drive so fucking slow as well? Get-out-of-my-fucking-way I have places to go, things to do and people to see. If you can't drive at least 55 in a 55 mile/hour zone - you have no business having a damned license. Seriously, you ever been in a 65+ speed zone and have some older than dirt person in front of you going freaking 45? Or worse is when they come to an almost complete stop before making a turn.

[Maeya]

The crosswalk lights in many cities are extremely short. There's places where I'll barely step into the intersection before it starts flashing. I obviously don't have statistics for crosswalk lights around the nation, but just from personal experience, there's been more than one incident where I'll have barely crossed one lane when the fucker changes. And I don't walk particularily slow.

Walk faster?

Yeah, that must be it. I'm simply walking too slowly. Why didn't I think of that sooner?

[Agrajag]

The crosswalk lights in many cities are extremely short. There's places where I'll barely step into the intersection before it starts flashing. I obviously don't have statistics for crosswalk lights around the nation, but just from personal experience, there's been more than one incident where I'll have barely crossed one lane when the fucker changes. And I don't walk particularily slow.

Walk faster?

Yeah, that must be it. I'm simply walking too slowly. Why didn't I think of that sooner?

You're a woman. That could be the key.

[Narrock]

:OH SNAP:

[Maeya]

Undoubtably.

[Yamori]

I can understand their walking slow, but do they have to drive so fucking slow as well? Get-out-of-my-fucking-way I have places to go, things to do and people to see. If you can't drive at least 55 in a 55 mile/hour zone - you have no business having a damned license. Seriously, you ever been in a 65+ speed zone and have some older than dirt person in front of you going freaking 45? Or worse is when they come to an almost complete stop before making a turn.

Their eyes usually suck, and their physical response times are usually considerably slower.

I'd rather have them drive slow than drive fast and be that much more dangerous.

[kaharthemad]

Id rather have them on the bus then blocking lanes of trafic.

The ones I like are the bastards that drive licoln town cars at 40 MPH in a 65.

[kaharthemad]

I'm sure you've run a lot of bitches over tough guy rofl.

I was thinking about this and yeah...I have there spanky. The last one was a Amish guy who decided to sit at the bottom of a hill..fucker was not moving so I ran over him and his damn horse.

[Arlos]

Seriously, you ever been in a 65+ speed zone and have some older than dirt person in front of you going freaking 45? Or worse is when they come to an almost complete stop before making a turn

Heh, one of my grandmothers had the craziest habit when driving. When she wanted to get onto the freeway, she'd get onto the freeway onramp like any normal person, but when she got to actually ENTER the freeway, she would *STOP* the car, and then look BOTH ways. WTF you need to look BOTH ways, I have no fucking clue, maybe just in case some random drunk asshole is going down the freeway the wrong way, I dunno. But yeah, when she got to that point we revoked her driving privilages.

That didn't slow her down much, though. She lived with us, or more accurately, the family lived with her. She'd always depended on my grandfather to handle finances, etc. and she was pretty frail in general. She and he were visiting us when we lived in Kansas, when my grandfather suddenly keeled over with a massive stroke and died in like 3 days. She couldn't have made it on her own, so my parents moved the family back out here to California (where my parents were from anyway) into the house that'd been her and my grandfather's, so my mom could take care of her. When I finally got old enough to drive, my parents gleefully unloaded the task of driving her to Bingo and suchlike on me, which was ever so fun.

My other grandmother lived fine on her own once my grandfather died, until a series of micro-strokes left her with basically what might as well have been advanced Alzheimers. Completely changed her personality, too. She used to be stubborn, but really sweet & caring. After all that, she got manipulative & rather mean. She truly couldn't care for herself in the least, so we had her put in a nursing home for people with conditions like hers. Hard as hell to go visit her and remember her how she had been, and compare that to how she was then. It was honestly a relief to everyone when she finally passed away. I think it was a relief to her, too, as knowing her when she was sane, she would *NOT* have wanted to go on living like that, period, and I couldn't blame her in the least.

Anyway, old people and driving has been a major issue for a long time. One of the original Old-Fart colonies, Sun City right outside Phoenix, has always had one of the worst accident rates anywhere. When we lived there in the 70s, they used to give public utilities workers hazard pay for whenever they had to go into that area, because workers getting plowed into by 85 year olds in cadillacs was so frequent. What they ended up doing to get rid of the deaths & injuries to city workers is they'd park 3-4 of those HUGE bright orange city trucks in front of the work area as literally a giant shield wall of metal. Even then, though, the city'd lose several trucks a year from old people just plowing into them.

Honestly, there needs to be a law changed so that people have to re-take the actual real-world driving test from the DMV every so often once they get past a certain age. It'll never happen in a million years, though, given the clout the AARP has.

-Arlos

[Ginzburgh]

I was thinking about this and yeah...I have there spanky. The last one was a Amish guy who decided to sit at the bottom of a hill..fucker was not moving so I ran over him and his damn horse.

I ran over a guy on his bicycle. My story >> you because it's true.

[Narrock]

You still owe me a bike for that little stunt

[Martrae]

Kahar's is true, too. He did hit an Amish buggy and there's a nice scrape across the hood of the car from a hoof or something.

[Ginzburgh]

You still owe me a bike for that little stunt

I didn't know you were a 37 year old, four and a half foot tall Mexican man with no upper teeth.

[Narrock]

You still owe me a bike for that little stunt

I didn't know you were a 37 year old, four and a half foot tall Mexican man with no upper teeth.

Close.

[Phlegm]

You still owe me a bike for that little stunt

I didn't know you were a 37 year old, four and a half foot tall Mexican man with no upper teeth.

That's his disguise for when he goes to those immigration rallies.

[araby]

I was in the grocery store sunday when I wanted to kill myself because of all the little children running around with those mini grocery carts, for the kids you know...in/out up/down aisles.

turns out, all the children belonged to one woman, whom after seeing me turn into the same aisle she was blocking, refused to move her cart out of the way. (buggy...we call it a buggy here but whatev) She just acted as if she did not see me. so I gave her a second, and then said, "pardon me" and she grabbed her buggy, snatched it out of the way and said, "you coulda said somethin"

blood in my mouth I bit my tongue so hard

[Diekan]

Seriously, you ever been in a 65+ speed zone and have some older than dirt person in front of you going freaking 45? Or worse is when they come to an almost complete stop before making a turn

Heh, one of my grandmothers had the craziest habit when driving. When she wanted to get onto the freeway, she'd get onto the freeway onramp like any normal person, but when she got to actually ENTER the freeway, she would *STOP* the car, and then look BOTH ways. WTF you need to look BOTH ways, I have no fucking clue, maybe just in case some random drunk asshole is going down the freeway the wrong way, I dunno. But yeah, when she got to that point we revoked her driving privilages.

That didn't slow her down much, though. She lived with us, or more accurately, the family lived with her. She'd always depended on my grandfather to handle finances, etc. and she was pretty frail in general. She and he were visiting us when we lived in Kansas, when my grandfather suddenly keeled over with a massive stroke and died in like 3 days. She couldn't have made it on her own, so my parents moved the family back out here to California (where my parents were from anyway) into the house that'd been her and my grandfather's, so my mom could take care of her. When I finally got old enough to drive, my parents gleefully unloaded the task of driving her to Bingo and suchlike on me, which was ever so fun.

My other grandmother lived fine on her own once my grandfather died, until a series of micro-strokes left her with basically what might as well have been advanced Alzheimers. Completely changed her personality, too. She used to be stubborn, but really sweet & caring. After all that, she got manipulative & rather mean. She truly couldn't care for herself in the least, so we had her put in a nursing home for people with conditions like hers. Hard as hell to go visit her and remember her how she had been, and compare that to how she was then. It was honestly a relief to everyone when she finally passed away. I think it was a relief to her, too, as knowing her when she was sane, she would *NOT* have wanted to go on living like that, period, and I couldn't blame her in the least.

Anyway, old people and driving has been a major issue for a long time. One of the original Old-Fart colonies, Sun City right outside Phoenix, has always had one of the worst accident rates anywhere. When we lived there in the 70s, they used to give public utilities workers hazard pay for whenever they had to go into that area, because workers getting plowed into by 85 year olds in cadillacs was so frequent. What they ended up doing to get rid of the deaths & injuries to city workers is they'd park 3-4 of those HUGE bright orange city trucks in front of the work area as literally a giant shield wall of metal. Even then, though, the city'd lose several trucks a year from old people just plowing into them.

Honestly, there needs to be a law changed so that people have to re-take the actual real-world driving test from the DMV every so often once they get past a certain age. It'll never happen in a million years, though, given the clout the AARP has.

-Arlos

That's true. The elderly make up the largest voting pool - which is one reason a lot of politicians are fearful of even saying the words "social security" to loud.

I agree everyone should be required to take an annual driving test once you reach 65. If you can't handle driving the speed limit, or are one of those who come to a complete stop before making a turn - sorry, but you lose your lisence. Driving is not a right it's a priv.

[Ginzburgh]

What is with the grocery stores where you people live?

[kaharthemad]

in certain area old people flock like pigeons at a statue convention.
Florida during the winter months it like a buffet line at Ryans. Ohio gets nailed from sprin to end of summer.

with these migrating geezers comes the asshole 500 club.

[Ginzburgh]

Damn Kahar. You must have nightmares about old people. I have never met anyone who has so much hatred for them lol.