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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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26 January 2003 - 2:17 pm
Have you ever tried to merge onto an interstate going 20 mph? I have, and it's not a pleasant experience. While driving on Kingshighway this morning, I got stuck behind an old guy driving a huge Lincoln. Not only was the old guy wearing a huge straw hat, but he had two other straw hats on his rear deck, essentially blocking his back window. To compensate for his poor rear visibility, I assume, the gentleman drove his car as if it had a limiter that prevented him from going faster than 20 or 25 mph. He pulled on to the 44 West on-ramp with me still stuck behind him. As he proceeded up the ramp at 15 - 20 mph (apparently the incline caused him to lose a bit of speed), the string of cars lined up behind him. When he reached the highway, he nearly merged into a car, but they evaded him, and he got on the highway, still traveling about 20 mph. At this point I, seeing an opening in the traffic, cut across two lanes in order to get away from this kook, and left him in my dust. No doubt he's still backing up traffic on 44 as I type this.
Posted by on 26 January 2003 at 2:17 PM
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