Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yea gods! Prius drivers... who'd have thought it. I had been thinking about buying a bike but maybe I'd better not. :-) Regards, Dick off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please. On Oct 8, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > As a cyclist I have this experience quite frequently . . . but I'm > usually too terrified or too busy seeking somewhere safe to even THINK > of snapping a photo. > > If I did, though, I'd catch Mommy Dearest at the wheel of her black > Escalade, yacking on her cell phone while the kiddies watch DVDs from > their car seats in the 2nd row. OR it's a guy in his Prius. I don't > know what it is about them but man, I treat Prius drivers like they're > all drunk because they seem never to give up any inch of road they > seem to feel they own. Shuddering... > > Adam > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Richard S. Taylor > <r.s.taylor_post@comcast.net> wrote: >> Apropos of a couple of comments I received from kayakers, how would >> you like >> to have this guy bearing down on you? >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/2008_PAD/300_1148.jpg.html >> >> or >> >> http://tinyurl.com/3fqakr >> >> In fairness, this boat did slow down radically as he went by us >> about 50 >> feet to port, sparing us his four-foot wake, but why get up so much >> speed in >> a channel when there are smaller boats around? >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information