Ed,
Glad that you're okay. Good luck with the job. Just attribute that one to
the lord looking out for you.
Robert.
>From: OLZNUT@webtv.net (Ed Halterman)
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net, socaldoc@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: DML: What Is This World Coming To?????
>Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 07:51:28 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Once again, I had another close brush with death yesterday while
>working. On my freeway, I came across some debris in the road, a large
>piece of metal in the HOV (carpool) and #1 lane (out of 4 lanes). I call
>the CHP so they can come out and run a traffic break so I can remove the
>metal. 10 mins later, I see the familiar B&W Crown Vic running zig zags
>across the lanes telling me on my radio they're coming, and to go get
>the metal. But as soon as I run into the HOV to go get it, some
>)(*&^%$#@! in a taxi shoots around the STOPPED SIDEWAYS CHP CRUISER
>WITH LIGHTS GOING AND EVERYONE ELSE IS STOPPED and is coming right at me
>in the HOV lane!!!!!! The Officer sees this and throws it in gear, tires
>smoking, and pulls in front of the taxi when it was about 10' from me (I
>was already high tailing it out of there), Needless to say, the Officer
>wasn't too happy, and started to verbally throw the book at the Middle
>Eastern gentleman, then started writing, and the Officer told me with
>the vioations, he'll end up with at least $500 in fines (crossing double
>yellow, single driver in HOV, failure to yield etc etc)!! I then told
>that bastard a piece of my mind since the Officer couldn't, and I made
>him feel "this" small when I was done, I actually lost my cool, which
>wasn't pretty. Must have been a Friday The 13th thing, eh?? I'm running
>out of lives here!!!!!! Thankfully though, I went for a job interview on
>Wed, to work for CHP, an Auto Tech, working on the CHP cars. Will have
>results in a few weeks. Ironic, eh?? Finished venting now.
>
>Ed "Olznut" Halterman Sunland, Ca
>'01 Quad Cab 4x4 SLT+ 4.7L V-8, Auto, Bright Silver Aka the "Silver
>Streak"!!!
>'66 Olds F-85, 5.4L V-8, will have 350hp Soon to be Intense Blue!!
>
>See the Silver Streak and Project Olds here!!
>www.dodgetruckonline.com/ed.htm
>
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