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Skriven 2009-06-06 06:34:00 av Dave Drum (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: Yakkity Yack
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-=> Glen Jamieson wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Talking on a hands free cell phones is little different from talking
 DD> with a passenger in your car. Except that with the cell phone/blue
 DD> tooth/headset you don't turn your head to look at the person to whom
 DD> you are talking ... and many do when talking to someone else - even if
 DD> that someone else is in the back eat.

 GJ> There is one big difference.  The passenger in the car can also see
 GJ> what is happening in the traffic, so at critical times can shut up or
 GJ> tell the driver to look where s/he is bloody-well going!

Or the passenger is doing what is known here as being a "back seat driver" and
keeping up a running commentary on the driver's choices of automobile(s), life
partner, lunch locations, etc. whilst commenting on the rate of speed, upcoming
hazards, lane choice, ad infinitum.

I was once taking a person (who didn't drive at all) somewhere in those
conditions when I got to my official capacity for BS. As it happened we were
stopped at a traffic light. So, I put the gear selector into park, unbuckled,
got out, leaned back in and told my passenger "You want to drive the car. Drive
the car. Bring it back to the house when you are done." The balance of the ride
was finished in silence.  Bv)=
 
 GJ> Lately there has been a spate of fatal accidents here by "immortal"
 GJ> 18 - 25 year old drivers.  Alcohol has played a big part in that, but

Think of it as evolution in action. The sad part is that they often take
otherwise innocent passengers into whatever afterlife there is along with their
sorry arses.

 GJ> I suspect driver distraction from mobile phones, i-pods, boom boxes
 GJ> and chatty passengers also contributes significantly.  When I am
 GJ> driving I prefer my passengers confine their conversation to
 GJ> essentials, like, "Wake up!  Don't fall sleep now!".

Many times the last words uttered by drivers in fatal wrecks are something
along the lines of either "Hold my beer, I'm gonna try something" or "Watch
this!"

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Beer Bread
 Categories: Five, Breads, Quickbreads
      Yield: 1 Loaf
 
      3 c  All-purpose flour; unsifted
  3 3/4 ts Baking powder
  2 1/4 ts Salt
      1 tb Honey
     12 oz Beer
 
  Grease 9" x5"x3" loaf pan.  Combine flour, beer, and honey
  in large bowl, stir together until well mixed. Spread batter
  in prepared pan.

  Bake at 350øF for 45 minutes or until browned and a wooden
  pick comes out clean. Turn out on rack. Cool before slicing.
 
  Recipe from: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM
 
ENJOY!!!

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