After all the $$ ya got invested in that truck....I can't blame ya
-- Kevin Hoegen 99 Solar Yellow MAGNUM S/T CC http://webpages.charter.net/khoegen Flowmaster 3-chamber Dual outlet Stillen RP w/Dual Hooker Euro tips Quick-D TB/K&N Intake 180 RS T-stat/Taylor wires/Autolite plugs Centerforce II clutch SpeedTweaks IAT adjuster...etc....etc (add your link to my site: http://webpages.charter.net/khoegen/links.html )""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message news:000d01c15a61$4d0eaee0$040aa8c0@homenet.com... > Hey now...it's 70mph on the highway for me and 35-45 on the streets. > That's the posted limit anyway. (Yup..contrary to popular belief, I > don't speed. I do have the occasional "twitch" with my right foot and > the go-pedal.) ;) > > - Bernd > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net] On Behalf Of Sterling > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 1:39 PM > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Complaints about my posting..Reference "Dumb Ass > vsCops" > > > I will back Ed up on his statements about people and cell phones. I work > for a utility company and drive around in one of them bucket truck. In > the last year I have had the cops called on me 3 times for blocking > traffic. (Flishing lights on, orange cones set out, "utility work ahead" > signs set up, and me 30 feet in the air.) > > The way I see it, most drivers out there are complete morons. The best > ones are generally the semi drivers, they know how dangerous their > vehicles can be. The worst (ducking for cover) are those that are > driving hopped up pickup trucks, all makes and models including Dodge. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ed Halterman" <OLZNUT@webtv.net> > To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: DML: RE: Complaints about my posting..Reference "Dumb Ass > vsCops" > > > > > > I really hope you ain't referring to me Bernd 'ol buddy, 'ol pal 'o > > mine > > :) > > Now, I'm sure everyone here has done their share of stupid things > on > > the road, they just never got caught, and nobody got hurt, which is > > cool. Back when I was doing street racing, cell phones didn't exist, > but > > today, everyone has one, and is just looking for a reason to use it. > One > > of my partners got a complaint phone call from an idiot who was upset > > because he wasn't using his turn signal to change lanes. Not cutting > > people off, just "concerned" as that person put it. How pathetic is > > that?? I got a complaint when some stupid bitch came out of a side > > street without looking, swings a right turn in front of me (I had > about > > 30'), then hits her brakes, making me swerve to the left lane (thank > god > > nobody was there, a car just passed me) and has the balls to call my > > boss telling him that I was doing 80 on the city street in my 11000lb > > truck (was doing 40, just came from a red light) and was screaming how > > she was going to have me arrested for endangering her kids and herself > > (I didn't see kids in the car). And I didn't even look at her, she > never > > pulled along side of me, so I never even noticed her after I swerved, > > until I heard about the call. Thankfully, my boss saw through the > smoke > > and told her to go pound sand which she didn't like. My point of this > > story is that out here, most of these people with cell phones at the > > ready don't deserve them, and are just looking for trouble, not to > > mention getting into it themselves while driving with it plugged into > > their ear, which is a whole 'nuther chapter with me being on the road > > all the time and seeing this crap. Sorry for the vent, just this is a > > touchy subject for me. "Look at me, I got a cell phone and gonna flex > my > > power as a citizen" As you run into the stopped 18 wheeler in front of > > you and claim to the cop he wasn't there a second ago. Please. > > > > Ed "Olznut" Halterman Sunland, Ca > > '01 Dak Quad Cab 4x4 SLT+ 4.7L V-8, Auto, Bright Silver Aka the > > "Silver Streak"!!! '66 Olds F-85, 5.4L V-8, HAS 410hp at the crank, > > Will be Intense Blue next month!! > > > > See the Silver Streak and Project Olds here!! > > www.dodgetruckonline.com/ed.htm > > >
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