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Domnic Fernandes continues (Part II) his reminiscence of
Mapusa of the 1950s
http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=426
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--- Melinda Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> It helps to be mobile. Retaining one's sanity while
> driving here is difficult..My kids have picked up
> the stream of invectives I hurl on bad drivers.
>
Mario observes:
>
I love it. Melinda's sane exposition of driving
conditions in Goa, as well as her effective method of
reducing her own stress and maintaining her sanity. I
highly recommend her approach, which has the side
benefit of providing the kids with a "home education"
in the essentials of inter-vehicular communications in
Goa:-)) Nothing like hearing it from Mom. Shows
she's human too.
>
However, I am a little puzzled about her comments
about driving in Mumbai, which, in my opinion, is just
as chaotic as Goa. The difference I see is that with
Mumbai approaching gridlock no one can get up to any
kind of speed that will cause a fatality in most
cases. So, in Mumbai, one sees plenty of fender
benders but few fatalities. Goa, with a lower traffic
density, allows the same maniacal attitude to get up
to lethal speeds leading to more fatalities.
>
Then, having parked 6" front and back from the next
car, every driver miraculously becomes a normal person
again.
>
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