Allschwil Meeting 2018

[Jonathan Busby]

(11-06-2018 01:38 AM)mfleming Wrote:  Lived in Texas for 7 years with many a visit to Houston and Dallas. Driving is the ultimate expression of the real Texas spirit, with Houston being the most exuberant.

I'm an Aspie so it's hard for me to separate the jokes from the facts veiled in facetiousness

I would agree, and also, to add to this, if you really want to express your "Texas spirit", then, buy a gas-guzzling huge lifted pick-up truck and drive 20 miles over the speed limit, ride people's bumpers, put a tuned muffler on and create lots of noise pollution, accelerate quickly even though your 6-cylinder Diesel engine wasn't made for that, blast out clouds of black exhaust ( so called "rolling coal" ), and in general, have road rage and weave into and out of lanes passing people, and, of course, always run the red.

Quote: A red light at an intersection is occasion for honking your horn as you sail through.

HA! I have to agree!

Quote:Pedestrians are hit because they don't have the good sense to get out of the way.

Especially when the cars are blocking the cross-walk and have almost pulled out into the intersection on a red light.

Quote: From speaking with coworkers, Houston is basically Mumbai with a Southern accent and fewer cows in the middle of the road.

Cows! Well, in downtown Houston, you'll occasionally find horses on the road if you drive through the Acre's Homes region, and I'm being serious

Quote: The traffic is indescribably bad, but on the other hand, there is something exhilarating about feeling lucky to be alive *every* *single* *day*

~Mark

HAHA! Nice one!

Regards,

Jonathan