Random Thought Thread

yoko said:
Tuesday I was driving to work on the highway in the a.m... watched this little shitbox Buick suv weaving through traffic cutting people off in my mirror....

They get next to me (I'm in the right lane about to get off the ramp and they are in the left) and I see theyre right signal come on in their side mirrors like I was supposed to slow down to let them over

Well I didn't... so they yanked and banked behind me almost clipping my rear bumping.... so like any rational calm adult in their 40s I watched my rear view mirror as they were behind me......

Well magic happened!

As they raised both middle fingers to me while I'm watching my mirror....I lock up my brakes on the highway like that truck from national lampoons!!!!

They veered off onto the shoulder throwing rocks everywhere as I calmly hit my exit ramp at 35 mph
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Not that I'd ever admit to doing such a thing...but having a couple of frigging retards give you the finger before you flip on the blue flashers in the grill and pull them over is priceless. (Even better if they have warrants.)

Of course, I'm speaking hypothetically, because feds don't do traffic stops unless it's in the course of an arrest. Everyone knows that.
 
When I look at things like road rage and brake checking etc. I try to look at it from an analytical point of view. How does this profit me? What good will come from it? I'm of the mind that, in general, you shouldn't threaten people or make them feel uncomfortable, because eventually you're going to come across one of those people that you shouldn't do that to. And the flip side of that is, if you're going to harm somebody, you shouldn't advertise it in advance.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
When I look at things like road rage and brake checking etc. I try to look at it from an analytical point of view. How does this profit me? What good will come from it? I'm of the mind that, in general, you shouldn't threaten people or make them feel uncomfortable, because eventually you're going to come across one of those people that you shouldn't do that to. And the flip side of that is, if you're going to harm somebody, you shouldn't advertise it in advance.
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True I can't argue that, you've got a few years of knowledge on me and I'm getting there
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
When I look at things like road rage and brake checking etc. I try to look at it from an analytical point of view. How does this profit me? What good will come from it? I'm of the mind that, in general, you shouldn't threaten people or make them feel uncomfortable, because eventually you're going to come across one of those people that you shouldn't do that to. And the flip side of that is, if you're going to harm somebody, you shouldn't advertise it in advance.
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It used to bother me. Then I realized something:
1. I too drive like an jackass sometimes, in retrospect
2. Someone cuts you off, you get pissed off only because it happens infrequently. If it happens everyday, why waste you energy getting mad when there are more important things that deserve your attention
 
propbuildervash said:
Looking to buy a CPK Sasquatch. Please let me know or PM me if you have one for sale.

Thanks!
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Yeah, sorry brother, last time I checked on it, the CPK Sasquatch, also know as Cap’n Smudge Cap’n Smudge , was not for sale. He has been loaned out for bachelorette parties on rare occasions, we just need to know if you want him shaved or shaggy before we crate him up and drop him off. You can do anything you want to him, we just ask that you refrain from any activities that will leave marks, permanent or otherwise. His safe word is “Delta”, but to date, he has never uttered it, which is quite something as I have personally seen him endure unnatural acts that would have ruined a normal gimp.
 
Love diesels! But at 7 bucks a gallon it's a hard pill to swallow.

Filling up tractors and equipment on the farm is a serious ouch.

Have a portable 1000 gallon fuel station on a trailer and it's no fun to pay that bill.

Heck, even propane is 8 bucks a gallon now. Filling the 1000 gallon tank is another big ouch.

Looking back, I wish I woulda just been an App developer who created Fruit Ninja.
 
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yoko said:
Oh I'm not a perfect person , probably not the best decision....

But I'll own up to me and being human

My beers give me a clean slate and fresh start the next morning lol
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I am guilty of being a jackass myself
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A number of years ago, I was upset and driving aggressively and came whipping around one of these ridiculous ultra short radius traffic circles we now have around here and apparently exited faster than the guy I exited behind liked. He slammed on his brakes. I swerved around him, punched the gas and gave him the bird. He proceeded to tail me menacingly around town. Man, how I wanted to do slam my brakes. A few times I'm sure there's no way he could have avoided a collision. Thank God I chose to refrain from further buffoonery. I ended up pulling into a busy gas station and having it out verbally with the guy. It wasnt going anywhere and at some point I realized my aunty might be working there and I went inside. She was and I talked with her for a while til I calmed down a bit. (Thanks, aunty Viv! <3) The guy was still outside, along with another moron who had been there and decided he needed to get involved and in my face. I was grounded enough to walk by them, get in my car and drive away. Man, it would be so, so satisfying in the moment, but the possible resulting headaches... to say nothing of possible unintended impacts impacts if there's anyone else around. Additionally, nowadays it seems folks are so emotionally unstable they'll shoot someone at the slightest upset, which is kinda scary to me...
 
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