North of the alps driving=fun South of the alps driving=PITA! Too many damn scooters where it's warmer lol.
I also drive 80mph around here on snow and ice. Studded snow tires and quatro AWD=FUN!!!!! On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I made all my kids learn on a manual transmission. > I like driving in Puerto Rico. No need to use the turn signal when > changing lanes. > I did Manhattan just to have the bragging rights. Would not like a steady > diet of it. > > If you think Europe is a great place to drive, take a drive through Athens > for a day and see if you still feel that way. > Both my wife and myself were driving around on our own. Both of us got > lost. It was not something I want to repeat. > I think Mexico City is a drive in the park compared to Athens. I hear > Rome is pretty bad, cannot imagine it being much worse. > > *From:* Daniel White <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 29, 2015 7:00 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Snow gone..moving east > > > **rant** > > > > I’m convinced most American’s can’t drive period. I travel all over this > country… and I am consistently enraged. New York City area was the only > place where people seemed to know what they were doing. Things are so > frantic, if you’re not paying close attention, you’re going to get in an > accident. > > > > I’m actually in favor of making getting a driver’s license much more > difficult. People in Europe are better drivers on the average in my > experience (Latvia and Germany). Annual car inspections (broken > windshield, balding tires… that car is taken off the road). Forced drivers > education. > > > > I love in Europe… if you take your driver’s test with an automatic > transmission you’re not allowed to drive a manual (most American’s can’t > anyways…). > > > > **/rant** > > > > Thank you, > > > > Daniel White > > [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 > > Skype: danieldwhite > Social: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84>: Twitter > <https://twitter.com/DanielWhite84> > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *Josh > Reynolds > *Sent:* Monday, December 28, 2015 11:43 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Snow gone..moving east > > > > Just moved to MO from Alaska. Can confirm, nobody here knows how to drive. > Cruise control obviously hasn't been invented yet, and if you want to pass > a single semi, be prepared for the guy in front of you to swerve into the > passing lane without using a turn signal just so he can pace the semi for a > good 20 miles. > > Rain or snow or shine, MO drivers are consistently horrible all year long > :( > > On Dec 29, 2015 12:30 AM, "George Skorup" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > My boss is on a road trip from home to Houston to LA. He left Houston and > wanted to go through Amarillo. He said he was surprised to see all of the > vehicles in the ditches. Then he figured out why. He was doing 80MPH and > you Texans were flying past him. See, in Illinois, you probably won't get > pulled over by the state police for doing 10 over, so that's what we all > do. Unless you're swerving or something stupid. I usually do the speed > limit, sometimes 5 or 10 over if there isn't a lot of traffic. And troopers > just zoom past doing like 90. How nice that the law doesn't have to obey > the law. > > So as I'm heading to the office today (normally 20 minute drive which took > 40), I get on the highway and people are doing like 35-40. By this time > it's mostly raining and the slushy stuff is pretty much gone. People, if > you can't drive in shitty Chicago weather, then stay off the road or at the > very least move the hell over. To piss me off further, what comes on the > radio? I can't drive 55. You gotta be kidding me. I see lots of Missouri > plates on I-55. You guys like to go way, way over the speed limit when the > weather is decent and then drive like old folks if it's even a little > cloudy. So I think you should stay in MO cuz your driving really pisses me > off. Probably you downstater's too, stay down there. I saw one car in the > ditch, flipped over I might add, and the plate was Tennessee. So you guys > too. > > Sorry, I had a bad day. > > On 12/28/2015 11:04 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Ouch! > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Dec 28, 2015 11:44 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > My back yard with fallen tree... or free firewood for friends and family.. > > On Dec 28, 2015 9:22 PM, "Josh Luthman" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > Is that snow real??? Aren't you by the border? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Dec 28, 2015 11:16 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > We had record snowfall for two days...much of it melted by afternoon... I > did get a snowman pic from son > > On Dec 28, 2015 9:07 PM, "Josh Luthman" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > Low 40s in Ohio. Feels good to be getting some generous winter days. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > On Dec 28, 2015 11:05 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > > We are hitting low 20s ...black ice!!! I know it's cold in Abilene but > not sure if Lewis is making a snowman tomorrow... > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > This > email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >
