Madame RD wrote:
dom from Paris, where drivers coming from other cities end up on the
verge of a nervous breakdown ... when the only thing to know is : NEVER
slow down even when you're lost ! ...
Back in the mid 1990s, I took a business trip to Paris that involved
renting a car. I arrived at Orly and headed for the Hertz counter.
Ironically enough, the girl behind the counter was from the Atlanta area
and doing a spell in Paris as a "swap" within Hertz.
Her: "Mr. Franklin, have you ever driven in Paris?"
Me: "Nope, just the US and Germany."
Her: "OK. In Paris, there's one primary rule you have to remember: if
you can't see it through your windshield, it doesn't exist."
Me: "<chuckle> Good one!"
Her: "No, you don't understand. I'm *not* kidding!"
Me: "Hmmmmmm"
And, as it turned out, she was right. If my driving "tactics"
considered anything except the stuff out my windshield, I ended up
getting nowhere, and in the wrong lane to get out even if I got
somewhere. :-)
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Thanks,
DougF (KG4LMZ)
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