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Originally Posted by Dakar
Doing 75 minimum on the interstate to and from work (with exception to bad weather).
Ouch, that's the speed limits on our Interstates out w…
I don't like to have a car directly in front of me. This is especially bad between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. I'm almost suicidal between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. What I mean is that i…
Being wired on caffeen. On long trips I tend to drink a lot of Mr. Pib, which causes me to get wired. Even more so since I stopped drinking anything cafinated in my daily life.
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I've gotta say the naps are my biggest vice. I loves me some naps. It's safe, too, cuz you just wait till you either hit the ridged side of the interstate or bump another car to …
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Originally Posted by torsoboy
you sound pretty safe. safe drivers like you tend to cause a lot of accidents. go figure. it's always the safe drivers.
My vice... I …
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Originally Posted by sek929
I feel for whoever has to drive into (or through) Boston each day....what a godawful mess that is.
Lucky my dear friend wdlove doesn't dri…
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
I've never caused an accident and I probably never will. There are 2 golden rules: keep your distance and anticipate. If you got those cov…
It's funny that Athens, Kilbey, and Kevin aren't all harping on all the speeders in here and treating them like satan. OH WAIT! I forgot. They only harass me.
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Originally Posted by mdc
I drive above the speed limit in the left lane and get annoyed when people go 5 miles above the speed limit and feel it's their rite to be in the…
OR, you follow hte rules you were taught in driving school, and get in the ****ing right lane AT ALL TIMES unless you are in the process of passing somebody. The left lane is for …
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Originally Posted by sek929
... I also always turn left in front of the other side of traffic once the light turns green (only if I am first in line) but I believe that …
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Originally Posted by jersey
When I lived in the midwest I was a calm courteous driver... but new jersey has made me an angry driver. Everyone with their suv's and I own…
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Originally Posted by Tardbus
Suggestions:
1. Get some reggae music in your car. It's hard to be pissed off with it playing.
2. Watch Harold and Kumar, learn that the …
Well.. I don't advocate smoking while driving or anything, but the reggae music definitely helps me chill out, slow down, and let the universe tend to unfold as it should, even if …
my biggest driving pet peeve is when people at an intersection decide it's their turn to go, when CLEARLY it isn't.
Example...
I'm at a 4-way stop the other day, 3 cars... Me, On…
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Originally Posted by iLikebeer
Ouch, that's the speed limits on our Interstates out west. We typically do 85+, I got passed by a cop doing 90 one time. Of course, my main…
I have had a seperate phone line for internet usage since dial-up, when I moved to my current home. As is, it is where I placed my DSL connection.
I never used the microfilters b…
DSL is a very high frequency signal placed on the same pair as normal telephone service. The microfilters are there for two purposes: they prevent interference with the DSL signal…
A bad phone line to a DSL modem will let some of the high frequency stuff radiate out, and since the issue is with cordless phones, that's what flashed on in my mind. I should als…
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Originally Posted by ghporter
3andahalfeyed, tell me about your cordless phone. What frequency is it using? And what else do you ahve hooked up to your DSL modem? A …
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Originally Posted by 3andahalfeyed
Question 2: Should the jack that holds the phone line connected to the modem have a filter installed too? Even though it is the only on…
Answer 1: not a health hazard any more than an old refrigerator motor is a health hazard; it's all much too low a frequency to cause problems, just stray RF.
Answer2: NOOOOOO! Th…