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Re: Serious stuff
Posted By: Howard, on host 205.184.139.52
Date: Saturday, February 27, 1999, at 10:55:26
In Reply To: Re: Serious stuff posted by Tyler on Friday, February 26, 1999, at 18:03:20:

> Not at all paranoid. Just a few days ago a seventy-year-old toll-taker was killed by a tractor trailor truck on the Mass Pike. The truck driver didn't even feel the hit. The solution? Become the truck driver. That's all I can think of.
>
> Tyler

Trucks! You can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.
But I like your idea of becoming a truck driver. I already have a truck. Does a Toyota count?
Speaking of trucks: About a year ago I blew a left, rear tire on my pickup. I was in the left lane with the cruise set on 73, with a trailer truck to my right and some other traffic to his right. (I 75, 3 lanes each direction) hit a piece of metal that cut a 4 inch gash in the tire and punched a hole in the steel wheel. Getting to the right sholder and bringing that thing down for a landing was the busiest minute of my life. I used up my excitement quota for the next ten years.
Howard (Maybe that's how my mind got twisted.)