Not in CA! Lane splitting is actually legal here. So motorcycles CAN occupy contiguous horizontal space to a car.

Legally, yes, but the motorcycle needs to initiate it - NOT the car. Me, I don't split, precisely because I don't trust people to notice me. Also, I've notice people try to occupy the lane with me even when I'm in the middle of it. Jackasses.

Theo, I'm sorry you are so engronkified.

Still blinking over the shit bucket...

Me too.

Oh man, it's like the Bizarro World version of what I've been working on the last 2 years: [link]

The bucket is killing me. Oh dear.

Motorcycles I have not problem with. We're both vehicles, and I have to share the road (though it irritates the shit out of me when people ride between lanes during traffic). Bicycles, I have a problem with. I have a problem with people who expect me to follow the rules when they are riding between lanes, on the wrong side of the road, and running red lights.

I almost got hit by a motorcycle this week while walking. Traffic was snarled going across his lane and mine. I decided to walk around the tall vehicle blocking the crosswalk just as the motorcyclist coming in my direction decided that gap was good enough for him too.

It's bad enough when motorists are breaking the law and acting dumb--bikers and cyclists have so much more to lose yet too often do such dumb things.

I was in the car with my whole family last weekend following an adult skateboarder as he slowly made progress down a residential street in my neighborhood, in the middle of the lane so one couldn't go around him.

Next cuss word my daughter comes out with will be "dumbass," I am sure.

Northern Buffistas...

I am on a quest for the warmest boots ever that are not hiking/ski type boots. I am thinking of buying a bright pink down jacket, so I the boots could be brown/black or tan, I think. I have never really had boots that kept my feet warm and were comfortable to walk in, and they are really, really needed now that I am taking public transportation. Any suggestions?

Do you need something that could be worn in the office, or would these be "winter boots" only really worn for the outdoors part?

Also, how did the teeth thing go. Did that happen yet?

I would change boots when I got to work, but I still want to look halfway decent with a shirt and legwarmers.

Re: the teeth thing, I was thinking of sending you an email to tell you about it. It was Monday, and it was not bad, but a little worse than the dentist seemed to think in terms of being able to eat. I didn't have any pain that advil couldn't take care of, but now, 4 dyas later, I am really just beginning to be able to eat things that I need to chew. The actual procedure, however, took about 15 minutes or less!

legwarmers.

legwarmers? Is it a fashion thing or a warmth thing?

I had a pair of striped black, white and grey ones when I was in the 6th grade. I loved them. Good times . . .