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Date: 02 Apr 2007 23:27:51
From: Crescentius Vespasianus
Subject: battle fatigue
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Any shrinks in the house? I have been having difficulty driving lately,
biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year. I've had hundreds of near
misses, you just file it away in the back of your mind. But now, I get this
unreasonable fear, when driving, especially when tractor-trailers are going
by me, while driving. I get kind of wild-eyed, death grip on the steering
wheel. I actually feel more comfortable on my bike, because I feel I can
escape all of these idiots. But in a car, I feel trapped. Now I know
Patton would just slap me across the head, and send me to the front, but I'm
looking for a more compassionate solution.
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Date: 07 Apr 2007 04:30:39
From: need more sun
Subject: Re: battle fatigue
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On Apr 3, 4:38 pm, Donald Munro <fat-dumb...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:
> >> I have been having difficulty driving lately,
> >> biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
> >> with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year.
> Fred Fredburger wrote:
> > Bicycle racing ruins your ability to drive. That's just a fact.
> > I almost never use my brakes and I feel bad when I do. Also, I yell at
> > all the other fools who randomly tap their brakes (like, before a stop
> > sign) or slow down to do silly things like turn. Where'd these people
> > learn to behave like that?
>
> Its even worse if you have a convertible. The police don't seem to approve
> of people driving no hands while they put a rain jacket on.
And it looks damn weird when you are instinctively pointing out rocks
in the road and potholes to other cars...
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Date: 03 Apr 2007 14:29:48
From: Michael Press
Subject: Re: battle fatigue
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In article
<XjgQh.17619$PL.15473@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net >,
"Crescentius Vespasianus" <jazzyboss@hotmail.com >
wrote:
> Any shrinks in the house? I have been having difficulty driving lately,
> biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
> with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year. I've had hundreds of near
> misses, you just file it away in the back of your mind. But now, I get this
> unreasonable fear, when driving, especially when tractor-trailers are going
> by me, while driving. I get kind of wild-eyed, death grip on the steering
> wheel. I actually feel more comfortable on my bike, because I feel I can
> escape all of these idiots. But in a car, I feel trapped. Now I know
> Patton would just slap me across the head, and send me to the front, but I'm
> looking for a more compassionate solution.
Stay off the bike. In a couple months you will be cutting
off eighteen-wheelers like a champ.
--
Michael Press
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Date: 03 Apr 2007 07:12:27
From: Fred Fredburger
Subject: Re: battle fatigue
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Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:
> I have been having difficulty driving lately,
> biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
> with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year.
Bicycle racing ruins your ability to drive. That's just a fact.
I almost never use my brakes and I feel bad when I do. Also, I yell at
all the other fools who randomly tap their brakes (like, before a stop
sign) or slow down to do silly things like turn. Where'd these people
learn to behave like that?
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Date: 03 Apr 2007 16:38:32
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: battle fatigue
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Crescentius Vespasianus wrote:
>> I have been having difficulty driving lately,
>> biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
>> with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year.
Fred Fredburger wrote:
> Bicycle racing ruins your ability to drive. That's just a fact.
> I almost never use my brakes and I feel bad when I do. Also, I yell at
> all the other fools who randomly tap their brakes (like, before a stop
> sign) or slow down to do silly things like turn. Where'd these people
> learn to behave like that?
Its even worse if you have a convertible. The police don't seem to approve
of people driving no hands while they put a rain jacket on.
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Date: 03 Apr 2007 08:44:34
From: Curtis L. Russell
Subject: Re: battle fatigue
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On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:27:51 GMT, "Crescentius Vespasianus"
<jazzyboss@hotmail.com > wrote:
> But in a car, I feel trapped. Now I know
>Patton would just slap me across the head, and send me to the front, but I'm
>looking for a more compassionate solution.
Sorry, my wife doesn't let me do group hugs anymore.
Really, I didn't know they were only 16. They looked older.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
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Date: 02 Apr 2007 16:46:03
From: bdbafh
Subject: Re: battle fatigue
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On Apr 2, 7:27 pm, "Crescentius Vespasianus" <jazzyb...@hotmail.com >
wrote:
> Any shrinks in the house? I have been having difficulty driving lately,
> biggest problem is in interstate driving. I think it has to do something
> with the 10,000 + miles I ride on a bike a year. I've had hundreds of near
> misses, you just file it away in the back of your mind. But now, I get this
> unreasonable fear, when driving, especially when tractor-trailers are going
> by me, while driving. I get kind of wild-eyed, death grip on the steering
> wheel. I actually feel more comfortable on my bike, because I feel I can
> escape all of these idiots. But in a car, I feel trapped. Now I know
> Patton would just slap me across the head, and send me to the front, but I'm
> looking for a more compassionate solution.
Get a big rig. No need to haul around the trailer. Put a sun roof in
it, too.
If that doesn't suit you, then perhaps a garbage truck or cement mixer
will do.
(flashes back to scene in the Matrix when the garbage truck takes out
the phone booth)
Oh yeah, don't get passed.
-bdbafh
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