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Skriven 2009-05-28 12:00:22 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: Re: cruising  was: geezerhood
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Hiya Nancy!
-> 
->  ->  hn> I think we have a lot more freeways than you do
->  ->  hn> in upstate NY.. and I do most of my "crusing" on the Freeway.
->  -> 
->  -> We have plenty of freeways, but most of them are still heavy traffic
->  -> areas, with exits every mile or so.  On an early morning or a late
->  -> night, if I'm going any distance (say over 2 miles), I might use cruise
->  -> there, but not when there's a lot of traffic.  
->  -> 
->  hn> (grin) Out here a short drive is usually somewhere 
->  hn> between 30-100 miles. A long drive is somewhere 
->  hn> over 4 hours driving time (300miles+). If I'm headed
-> 
-> Only difference is that your short drive would be a medium drive here.
-> And that your speed limits are obviously higher than ours, since a 4
-> hour trip is generally closer to 200 miles or so, unless it's all on
-> high-speed roads, which usually take one out the the way to do that. :) 
-> Now my sister, living out in the boonies outside Rochester would
-> probably classify short drives at 20-30 miles... ;)
-> 
We have I-5 for north/south, and I-90 for 
east/west...if we're "going" anywhere those
are the most likely avenues for travel. We
could use side roads but that would take
a LOT longer to get anywhere. Speeds on 
the Freeways are 70+ outside the urban areas
so you can make good time and I usually 
set the cruise to speedlimit plus 5-8.

->  hn> east, I can set the cruise at the top of Snoqualmie
->  hn> (snow QUAL me) pass and not take it off until I
->  hn> hit Spokane traffic, unless I need to stop for gas.
->  hn> That's about a 5 hour drive. And the cruise is 
->  hn> great for that!!
-> 
-> I could enjoy that drive... :)
-> 
It's a good drive, a bit boring but the
scenery does change once in a while!
 
->  ->  hn> Have never even thought of using it on the city streets.
->  -> 
->  -> Not sure if my mother used it on CITY streets, but, as I was telling
->  -> UDD, on trips she'd use it for the reduced speed zones, to keep herself
->  -> from speeding thru the little towns...
->  ->
->  hn> Speeding through little towns is duuumb! Sometimes
->  hn> it does not matter if you're speeding or not...you're 
->  hn> gonna get that ticket anyway and it's usually more
->  hn> trouble to fight it than pay it. 
-> 
-> Ah, but the joke is (although she was quite serious about it), the only
-> reason she might have sped was if she lost track of how fast she was
-> driving, which wasn't likely in the first place, and she generally drove
-> below the limit anyway... :)  Much more the quintessential "little old
-> lady" driver than I... I probably more resemble that "granny" in the
-> 50's/60's song...
->
Hmmm, You from Pasadena eh? (grin)
 
->  -> speed isn't QUITE so there anymore... (G)  Besides, I like a totally
->  -> open road with just about no chance of hidden radar traps to try the
->  -> nice high speeds...  ;)  That's been a little harder to come by now that
->  -> I'm not doing so much driving through the night as I used to do... :)
->  ->
->  hn> I hardly ever speed in the dark...too much chance
->  hn> of hitting a deer or coming up on something too fast
->  hn> to react to it.
-> 
-> Depends on where I was doing it...  and on a well moon-lit night one can
-> see quite far, almost as good as day...  And I probably wouldn't get
-> over 100 anyway... maybe on a controlled track...?
->
Bright moonlit nites are great for
driving! I love them!!
 
->  hn> But out here in the west we have 
->  hn> LOOOOOOoooong stretches of flat...straight...and
->  hn> level (In eastern Washington at least) road where
->  hn> you can open 'er up a bit. Got my first "warning" for 
->  hn> doing 140 in my 66 XKE on the way to Spokane...
-> 
-> Now that sounds like fun...  :)   And I can see where the looooong
-> stretches would be an encouragement to open things up, to keep from
-> being bored silly, if nothing else...  ;)
-> 
Yup! Loved that XKE...but it was a mechanic's
dream...lucas electrics and weber carbs...
had it in the shop a LOT...finally traded it
off when I was in Hawaii...but it was the 
best "chick magnet" I ever had!!

->  ->  hn> Now if only our bodies would be as flexible!!
->  -> 
->  -> Aye, there's the rub!  :)
->  -> 
->  hn> Yes...and mentholated rub more often than not!
-> 
-> (grin)
-> 
-> ttyl   neb
-> 
Oddly enough (or maybe not) My back went "out"
yesterday when I fed the bird...now both my knee
and my back are making me hobble...I look like
a 100 year old man when I walk!
chat with you soon!
hap (who's finding sitting doesn't help either!)
 
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