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indybob
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Superbowl week is almost upon you. Please try not to laugh at all the Chicagoans and Hoosiers ambling among the beautiful people of southeastern Florida. It's not their fault that Deep Dish pizza, breaded tenderloin, and wonder bread were invented there. They're nice people really.


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Posts: 4256 | Location: Naptown | Registered: Nov 24, 2006Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Nothing out of the ordinary for us - Here are a few driving hints -

1. If a light is turning red, be careful as any driver behind you will expect you to run it as it is customary for 5-6 cars to go through any light after it turns red;

2. The corollary to 1, is when a light turns green, count to 5 before going (the car behind you may start honking) but it is better than being flattened;

3. Try not to get lost - lots of very bad areas in Miami

4. Watch out for grannies going 40 in the fast lane on the highway, and idiots going 120 in the right lanes

5. Sometimes it is best to just close your eyes and pray as the roadways simply must be seen to believe. Everyone thinks that their City has the worst traffic and drivers etc., while we may not have the worst traffic (although it is really bad) without a doubt we have the worst drivers - between the elderly, the Canadians (sorry Canadians on the board, maybe we just get your rejects but it is ridiculous), the carribean and latin american immigrants, the hoodlums, the rednecks, and the simply stupid (maybe the sun burns people's brains), it is like a perfect storm of bad driving down here.
 
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Another hint. If you look into the car in front of you and it looks like no one is driving, don't be concerned. That just means there's a little old lady or man behind the wheel. However, you should give these cars a wide berth.
 
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Board-O
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The clue is knuckles on the steering wheel.


Just one more sip.
 
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Damn, this is great!

I'm thinking I should have titled the thread: Cultural Learnings of Miami for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Illiana.


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My uncle was a pasty chef.
 
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Redfan
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I left in '91 - the best move I ever made. I dont even recognize the place on each return visit Eek
 
Posts: 133 | Location: Orlando, FL | Registered: Nov 07, 2006Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Darlene
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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
Nothing out of the ordinary for us - Here are a few driving hints -

1. If a light is turning red, be careful as any driver behind you will expect you to run it as it is customary for 5-6 cars to go through any light after it turns red;

2. The corollary to 1, is when a light turns green, count to 5 before going (the car behind you may start honking) but it is better than being flattened;

3. Try not to get lost - lots of very bad areas in Miami

4. Watch out for grannies going 40 in the fast lane on the highway, and idiots going 120 in the right lanes

5. Sometimes it is best to just close your eyes and pray as the roadways simply must be seen to believe. Everyone thinks that their City has the worst traffic and drivers etc., while we may not have the worst traffic (although it is really bad) without a doubt we have the worst drivers - between the elderly, the Canadians (sorry Canadians on the board, maybe we just get your rejects but it is ridiculous), the carribean and latin american immigrants, the hoodlums, the rednecks, and the simply stupid (maybe the sun burns people's brains), it is like a perfect storm of bad driving down here.


Cool This makes California freeways sound like a piece of cake. Wink
 
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Florida sounds absolutely lovely! I was thinking of going there with some friends to wait on the beach for some bales of marijuana to wash up. . . along with a bloated corpse with multiple bullet wounds.


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steve8
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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
we have the worst drivers - between the elderly, the Canadians (sorry Canadians on the board, maybe we just get your rejects but it is ridiculous), the carribean and latin american immigrants, the hoodlums, the rednecks, and the simply stupid (maybe the sun burns people's brains), it is like a perfect storm of bad driving down here.


Yes you get our rejects, but the perfect storm of bad driving is not Miami imo. That would be Vancouver, BC.

CDR11, Paris??? Yeah right. That's even more unbelievable than Peoria.
 
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indybob
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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
we have the worst drivers - between the elderly, the Canadians (sorry Canadians on the board, maybe we just get your rejects but it is ridiculous), the carribean and latin american immigrants, the hoodlums, the rednecks, and the simply stupid (maybe the sun burns people's brains), it is like a perfect storm of bad driving down here.


Yes you get our rejects, but the perfect storm of bad driving is not Miami imo. That would be Vancouver, BC.

CDR11, Paris??? Yeah right. That's even more unbelievable than Peoria.


Paris, TX.


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I was thinking of going there with some friends to wait on the beach for some bales of marijuana to wash up.


That's called fishing for a "square grouper"
 
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Oui, Oui mon amis. I came for the "free" healthcare and the peaceful, harmonious vibe.


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