RW> That's the case here. The local newspaper prints the daily arrest record
RW> and hardly any of them are minor.
 
The same here.
 
RW> We have a few, but most of the nut jobs are in San Antonio. Between the
RW> nut jobs and those who can't drive worth a damn, it's hell driving in SA.
 
I'm left wondering how those people passed the written and driving test.
 
RW> The exit lane is the same lane as the entrance lane. It runs for a ways
RW> and then you either get back on the freeway or merge with traffic. That
RW> doesn't mean you get to cut them off just because you came off the
RW> freeway.
 
No, it doesn't, but I think I got lost somewhere between your exit and
entrance.  I'm not quite awake yet, so maybe that has something to do with
my lack of understanding fully.
 
RW> It would help if they'd slow down to the speed limit too. Then they
RW> wouldn't have a problem merging. The frontage road speed limit is
RW> 45mph...most of that traffic just has to keep up their freeway speed, for
RW> what reason I don't know.
 
I think the only place I had a problem getting onto the main roadway from
I-12 was when I lived in Mandeville and was either going to work or to
visit my daughter in Houma.  The traffic on 190 south seemed oblivious to
the traffic coming off I-12 to get on that road.  I had to wait for an
opening because no one would slow down or move over.  I believe it was a
race to see who could get to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway first.
 
RW> Not here. Freeway traffic has the right of way...even if merging traffic
RW> has to stop before they merge.
 
Well, yes, but they also have to drive with some courtesy.  I believe that
scenario is also on the written test when applying for a license here.
 
RW> Yeah, the jackasses who're flying off the freeway and this jackass speeds
RW> up and refuses to move over...one day, I made a woman in a Ford Excursion
RW> stop on the freeway entrance because she wouldn't slow down and merge in
RW> behind me. ;o)
 
I'll bet she was saying some choice things about you.  (-:  I think people
sometimes lose sight of the fact that they are going as fast as they are
and are driving what could be a dangerous weapon.
 
RW> I know where they're trying to get to here. This is a bedroom community
RW> and most people either work in San Antonio or Austin...if they're not
RW> coming, they're going. One couple I know work in universities teaching
RW> the German langauge. He works in Austin, she works in San Antonio...most
RW> of the elders here speak German.
 
Are they immigrants from New Braunfels?  And Austin is quite a drive from
S.A., isn't it?  The traffic here thins out when approaching the outskirts
of town and picks up slightly in Thibodaux, about 20 miles north of here. 
I'm beginning to suspect that many of the motorists I see here at all hours
of the day are retired and are bringing their cars to a shop or shopping
for some home stuff and at certain times of the day going to a restaurant. 
But the traffic is constant during daylight hours, which makes me think
that there are a lot of other factors involved.
 
RW> Oh no, but he needs to hear my version so I feel better... :o) He gets to
RW> take it home with him and deal with it in his own way.
 
I can understand that.
 
RW> That's why the divorce rate among LEOs is so high. Dealing with the
RW> public is one thing, but dealing with it when you get home isn't so
RW> great.
 
Being married to a cop is nowhere near a normal life for a woman.  She
never knows if he'll come back from work.  Firefighters are almost as bad. 
I tried that for 3 months and decided it wasn't for me.  One week of day
shift and one week of night shift and there is a lot of danger involved. 
Then I went from the frying pan into the fire by taking a job offshore
where I was out 14 and in 7.  That really sucked.
 
RW> Think AM, as in 3...probably a slow night.
 
Mine was an hour later.
 
RW>RN> ROTFL!
 
RW> Imagine the astonished look on his face when he saw that...
 
I already have.  See above.
 
RW> I think he had too much coffee.
 
No such thing as too much coffee.  (-:  As an afterthought, it isn't good
for your pancreas if you drink it all day long.  Then you're inviting
trouble.
 
RW> It was comfy enough back there for him, but he claimed that his little
RW> butt was freezing...That El Camino had bucket seats and a console, so
RW> seating him wasn't as comforable as he was in the back. Mama had to share
RW> half of her seat with a pillow on the console for him.
 
Those were the days...
 
I read somewhere that the Texas legislature is considering doubling the
satellite tax on DirecTV.  Do you know if that's true?
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... I tried switching to gum but couldn't keep it lit.
--- D'Bridge 3.26