I'm moving back to BOSTON!
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Dec 29, 2004 9:26:28 am PST #1268 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Nora Deirdre - Dec 29, 2004 9:26:52 am PST #1269 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I have NEVER lived anywhere else where it was understood that you didn't cross the intersection when the light turned green, because if you did you would be broadsided by the oncoming traffic turning left.
hm. I don't do that as a matter of course. Sometimes you get to sneak that left turn in, sometimes you don't. It's all about paying attention!
I tend to deny left turners their opportunity to turn, but if they get the jump on me, then it's all good.
Who am I to talk- I hate driving in any state, anyway.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 29, 2004 9:28:02 am PST #1270 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah. I mean, I've not driven in Third World nations to compare Boston driving to its foreign equivalents, but it makes Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. all look calm and relaxing in comparison. The only time I get the same worrisome feeling while driving as in Beantown is when tornados or icy roads have driven all the sane drivers indoors and it's just me and the (other?) crazies out driving.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 29, 2004 9:28:14 am PST #1271 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I think drivers everywhere are crazy and bad in their own ways. I feel like Boston was the only place where drivers seemed to go out of their way to try to hit me as a pedestrian. Walking across Kenmore Sq. was always an adventure.
Whoo! Lisa's coming home!
Yeah, the pedestrian/bikers/cars tend to have to battle it out. It's just because there are so many of all of them, sharing the same space.
Narrator - Dec 29, 2004 9:28:52 am PST #1272 of 10002
The evil is this way?
So, the Boston drivers would be less crazy if they had more oral sex while driving?
Frankenbuddha - Dec 29, 2004 9:30:04 am PST #1273 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's too backed up to get any real speed though.
Maybe during rush hour, but on both Storrow and 128 I've been in near bumper-to-bumper traffic that's in the 80+mph range (well, more 60-70 on Storrow - too many reverse curves and people coming on and off at short intervals - but still hella unnerving), and you have no choice but to keep up. It's amazing that there haven't been more massive pileups given what just one person screwing up could do to everyone else.
Nora Deirdre - Dec 29, 2004 9:30:06 am PST #1274 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Well, maybe more oral sex in general. That'd relax a lot of folks.
Dana - Dec 29, 2004 9:30:17 am PST #1275 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So, the Boston drivers would be less crazy if they had more oral sex while driving?
Maybe they'd just die happy.
-t - Dec 29, 2004 9:30:44 am PST #1276 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, they'd certainly be more relaxed.
lisah - Dec 29, 2004 9:31:14 am PST #1277 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
Yeah, the pedestrian/bikers/cars tend to have to battle it out. It's just because there are so many of all of them, sharing the same space.
I think it made me an insanely (as in dangerously) aggressive pedestrian. I still think if I make eye contact with the driver that means I get to go in front of them.