Speaking of “high performance street driving” (an oxymoron if I ever heard
one), George Ford wrote “I try to make sure that they notice me laughing at
'em, but their eyes always look closed to me.”
The “Rice Rocket” set doesn’t come into play around here in Hurst (between
Fort Worth and DFW airport), but I do see a lot of the scariest type, to me,
the “Mind Wide Shut Mouth Breathers” I’ll call them. These are the folks
that are driving with a catatonic blank stare on their face and absolutely
no indication of any awareness of their surroundings. Their mouths are agape
and their stare never wavers from the straight ahead. Despite this apparent
attention to driving, they seem totally disconnected with this mortal coil.
They have attained that blissful ignorance we all have heard of manifesting
in a kind of Nether Nirvana which is fine for them, but scary nonetheless.
They seem to randomly cluster abreast with some of their ilk making hieing
to your destination an act of dismal futility. When school lets out, traffic
becomes a comic farce of the first rank.
Brian, happy with my Jags - when I can stretch their legs
I tried to answer this email, in agreement to you. Each time I wrote
something it sounded like I think I’m a better driver than the next guy.
Maybe we all feel that way.
Jack - '99 XJ8L
York, PA - USA
PS. In the spirit of Nico, I’ve found that all I have to do to make my car
newer is sign my emails using the key next to the 9. This would make my car
a 00 instead of a 99, ya hooo!
They seem to randomly cluster abreast with some of their ilk making
hieing
to your destination an act of dismal futility. When school lets out,
traffic> becomes a comic farce of the first rank.
Brian, happy with my Jags - when I can stretch their legs
In reply to a message from Jack C. Hollibaugh sent Wed 26 Jan 2005:
The real problem is too many cars and not enough road.
jpr iii
2001 xjr–
The original message included these comments:
I tried to answer this email, in agreement to you. Each time I wrote
something it sounded like I think I’m a better driver than the next guy.
Maybe we all feel that way.
Too many cars and not enough money to buy them all.
I mean, XJRs, Ferraris, Lambos, Astons, Bs and occasionally a Viper.
Nico,
96 XJ.---------
At 12:05 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
In reply to a message from Jack C. Hollibaugh sent Wed 26 Jan 2005:
The real problem is too many cars and not enough road.
jpr iii
2001 xjr
The original message included these comments:
I tried to answer this email, in agreement to you. Each time I wrote
something it sounded like I think I’m a better driver than the next guy.
Maybe we all feel that way.
Reply-To: x300@jag-lovers.org
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:37:21 -0600
To: x300@jag-lovers.org
Subject: RE: [x300] Subject: High performance street driving(?) and folks that
irk
Brian,
Hotdang. As a fellow Texan, you sure can handle them fancy words good
“…sounded like I think I’m a better driver than the next guy. Maybe we all
feel that way.”
You mean we’re not ???----- Original Message -----
From: “Jack C. Hollibaugh” jackh@asiyork.com
To: x300@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: [x300] Subject: High performance street driving(?) and folks
that irk
I tried to answer this email, in agreement to you. Each time I wrote
something it sounded like I think I’m a better driver than the next guy.
Maybe we all feel that way.
Jack - '99 XJ8L
York, PA - USA
PS. In the spirit of Nico, I’ve found that all I have to do to make my
car
newer is sign my emails using the key next to the 9. This would make my
car
a 00 instead of a 99, ya hooo!
They seem to randomly cluster abreast with some of their ilk making
hieing
to your destination an act of dismal futility. When school lets out,
traffic
becomes a comic farce of the first rank.
Brian, happy with my Jags - when I can stretch their legs
–
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Well Done!
It read just like a John Lennon story (If you have not already, you must
read “In His Own Write” and “A Spaniard In The Works”)
Great pleasure in reading that - I Should frame that one !!
George----- Original Message -----
From: “Brian Ternamian” taz4is@charter.net
To: x300@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: [x300] Subject: High performance street driving(?) and folks that
irk
Speaking of “high performance street driving” (an oxymoron if I ever heard
one), George Ford wrote “I try to make sure that they notice me laughing
at
'em, but their eyes always look closed to me.”
The “Rice Rocket” set doesn’t come into play around here in Hurst (between
Fort Worth and DFW airport), but I do see a lot of the scariest type, to
me,
the “Mind Wide Shut Mouth Breathers” I’ll call them. These are the folks
that are driving with a catatonic blank stare on their face and absolutely
no indication of any awareness of their surroundings. Their mouths are
agape
and their stare never wavers from the straight ahead. Despite this
apparent
attention to driving, they seem totally disconnected with this mortal
coil.
They have attained that blissful ignorance we all have heard of
manifesting
in a kind of Nether Nirvana which is fine for them, but scary nonetheless.
They seem to randomly cluster abreast with some of their ilk making hieing
to your destination an act of dismal futility. When school lets out,
traffic
becomes a comic farce of the first rank.
Brian, happy with my Jags - when I can stretch their legs
–
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Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
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