Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihu1g!fish From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Marauding Truckers on PA Tpk & elsewhere Message-ID: <209@ihu1g.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 16:51:13 EST Article-I.D.: ihu1g.209 Posted: Fri Feb 17 16:51:13 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 03:48:58 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 25 (oo) In response to uicsl!wombat -- I've got a few words for truckers, too, but they're not suitible for the net (unless you're Au N.). Once, while driving through Ohio on I-80, I had one of the |||[censored]|||s on my tail. I jammed it down to about 75 mph in order to get some distance between us, but he just kept on coming. I gave up at 80, and got off at a rest area. I think that truckers get bored and like to harass motorists on the highway for amusement. This is particularly true of "convoys," where the obnoxious ]]]|censored|[[[s get together for parties at 65 mph. Every time I see a truck on the interstate, I think of my own experiences and Dennis Weaver's in "Duel." Every time I see one hauled over for speeding it just makes my heart sing. I don't like them, their maudlin music, or their trashy CB slang. And no, I don't care to hear how they keep the life blood of America flowing, for all of you apologists out there who invariably spring up in defense of flame-ees. If you like truckers, just take a little drive on I-80 through Hammond, Indiana, on any Friday afternoon, about 4:00 PM. You'll be surrounded by your good buddies. -- Bob Fishell ihnp4!ihu1g!fish