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[Aqizzar]

I honked at people in traffic, and they actually sped up to get out of the way.  I feel the world of driving has become far too polite.

[Descan]

You were secretly and covertly transported to Canada.

[IronTomato]

I honked at people in traffic, and they actually sped up to get out of the way.  I feel the world of driving has become far too polite.

You're right. Without all the screaming, profanity and middle fingers, driving just ain't what it used to be.

[Aqizzar]

I honked at people in traffic, and they actually sped up to get out of the way.  I feel the world of driving has become far too polite.

You're right. Without all the screaming, profanity and middle fingers, driving just ain't what it used to be.

At least angry drivers are actually in a hurry.  Which is more than I can say for these modern clods.

[misko27]

I honked at people in traffic, and they actually sped up to get out of the way.  I feel the world of driving has become far too polite.

You're right. Without all the screaming, profanity and middle fingers, driving just ain't what it used to be.

At least angry drivers are actually in a hurry.  Which is more than I can say for these modern clods.

Be in my neigborhood in 2 weeks. UN resumes general session, and everyone on vacation returns. Between the returning people, kids going to school, the UN checkpoint, and the General snarl of the 59th street bridge, It's a massive snarl, all day, every day, throughout the city, but especially on first and second avenue.


I can guarantee you there will not be so much politeness.

[Frumple]

At least angry drivers are actually in a hurry.  Which is more than I can say for these modern clods.

Meh. If you're in a hurry, you're already late and there's no point rushing. *putter putter*

[Aqizzar]

At least angry drivers are actually in a hurry.  Which is more than I can say for these modern clods.

Meh. If you're in a hurry, you're already late and there's no point rushing. *putter putter*

There is no such thing as being late, there is not being where I want to be.

People ask me, why are you always in a hurry?  That is the wrong question.  The right question is, why are you not in a hurry?

[Sirus]

Good news for Arizonian Bay Watchers of legal drinking age! Tomorrow the party truck will be delivering a whole 45k pounds of brewskis to the state. Next time you crack one open, just think: it may have been delivered by yours truly!

[Frumple]

The right question is, why are you not in a hurry?

... because hurrying is generally just kinda' annoying. Much more pleasurable not having to, and not. So I make sure I don't have to, and don't M'gonna' be where I want to be, when I want to be, and I'm going to get there at the pace I want to go -- the rest of the world can generally be damned. So long as th'law's not being broken, anyway.

Hurry is a sign of failure, for me. It means I've failed to allocate my time correctly, and now have to move faster than a normal, relaxed, pace in order to do what needs be done. It means my movements are dictated by someone or something else's whims. Means I'm not where I wanted to be at the time I wanted to be there, so now I can no longer decide the pace. So I do my darnedest not to do it, yes.

[Aqizzar]

Hurry is a sign of failure, for me. It means I've failed to allocate my time correctly, and now have to move faster than a normal, relaxed, pace in order to do what needs be done.

We're clearly talking about two different kinds of 'hurry'.  I'm in a hurry going home from work, when technically speaking I have the entire rest of the day to travel fifteen miles.  I'm in a hurry because I want to be at home instead of in my car staring at the ass-end of another car.  My ideal pace is whatever pace gets me where I'm going as soon as possible, whether there's a schedule or not.  Why would I not want to be where I'm going as soon as possible?

At least I have a nice enough car to sit around in.  I don't like to obviously, but I'm happy it's comfortable.

[freeformschooler]

On the flip side of this conversation, I have purchased a bumper sticker. Tailgaters beware.



Mom said it should be on an old person's car. I said: it is.

[Sirus]

I would totally put that on my truck if I could.

[kaijyuu]

Yeah, I need me one of those.

[Frumple]

Why would I not want to be where I'm going as soon as possible?

Haha! Marginal utility, my dear Aqizzar! Effort expenditure for marginal gain -- gain on the next unit of effort. Especially with vehicles, it's thoroughly diminishing, requiring greater and greater effort for smaller and smaller returns. "Soon as possible" is nice, but when you can get nearly that with a fraction of the effort...

'Course, with vehicles in particular I've found it (hurrying) just doesn't really pay off. Between the whole diminishing returns thing and traffic, it's been bloody close to 50/50 odds that my speed-limit going, sticking to turn lane (usually right, because I've purposefully chosen the route that does that) arse gets where going either before the speeding, lane-swapping folks (and let me tell you, getting passed like five or six times on the same stretch of road by the same person is grade A Sisyphean comedy) or barely minutes after. 5-10 miles over the limit just doesn't really make a difference in the short run, y'know? Minutes at most, and sometimes not even that. And a lot of times, I've found it doesn't really help that much in the long run, either. There's probably some kind of word for it used by those folks that design roads and whatnot, ha. Imagine it factors into long distance freight, too...

[Reudh]

The right question is, why are you not in a hurry?

... because hurrying is generally just kinda' annoying. Much more pleasurable not having to, and not. So I make sure I don't have to, and don't M'gonna' be where I want to be, when I want to be, and I'm going to get there at the pace I want to go -- the rest of the world can generally be damned. So long as th'law's not being broken, anyway.

Hurry is a sign of failure, for me. It means I've failed to allocate my time correctly, and now have to move faster than a normal, relaxed, pace in order to do what needs be done. It means my movements are dictated by someone or something else's whims. Means I'm not where I wanted to be at the time I wanted to be there, so now I can no longer decide the pace. So I do my darnedest not to do it, yes.

I always have to hurry. I travel nearly 75km to uni (one way) and a decent portion of that is cycling (maybe 15-20km).
On the way home, I'll cycle 25km, but because our peak hour trains are so sardine-canned that people can't get on, let alone people with bikes, I'll often have to cycle a bit further. The upshot of that is, no matter how fast I go, I will always end up getting home from uni at 8-9pm.