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OT - I guess she was in a hurry

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Well, I've heard of people doing this before, but this was the first time I've actually seen it! :lol:

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After laughing a bunch, I pulled up beside the driver to try to let the person know about their "extra passenger". This was in Atlanta on highway 85 north. The driver was yapping on the phone; oblivious to everything around her including me honking my horn to try to get her attention. This went on for a full minute. She finally hung up, and looked over. I waived to her and point to her car. She pulled over, so I did as well.

I started walking back to her car and she jumped out, almost crying "did I hit you?". I said "no" and pointed to her car, then gave her the "following me" finger crunch. We walked to the offside of the car and she saw her little hitchhiker. Now she did start crying (she had to be in her 40's :roll: ), asking what she should do. I told her if it was me, I'd go back to the gas station, return their pump, and ask what it was going to cost. I helped her get it in the car, but suspect she may have just waited for me to pull away before leaving her unwanted straggler behind!
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a fella at work did that TWICE. :roll:
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Ysabel Kid wrote: The driver was yapping on the phone; oblivious to everything around her including me honking my horn to try to get her attention.
The underlined words pretty much explain the situation; I see it every day... :|
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Ysabel Kid wrote:.....but suspect she may have just waited for me to pull away before leaving her unwanted straggler behind!
There're cameras everywhere, pointed at everything - especially at gas stations. :shock:
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Oh yea, she's busted. Unless it's one of those fly by nite outfits... security cams everywhere!
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
Now thats funny right there....real funny...

What is it with women and talking on the cell phone?
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:lol: :lol: :lol: A great metaphor for both the hurry and shallowness of our current society.
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Where I drive, I see lots of people on cell phones yapping and sitting in an unguided vehicle.
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Say YK, how did you obliterate the license tag number in the photo? The reason I ask is because there are several photos I'd like to post online but they have personal info on them that I'd rather not have get out.
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Let's see, a female in a BMW "SUV" talking on the phone and she WASN'T paying attention to the world around her?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you... :roll: :lol:

If I hadn't spent 6+ years driving around those types daily I'd chalk that up to a special kind of dumb. Since I did spend that much time around them I'm not surprised a bit. And their husbands/children are no better.... :roll:
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Fiddler wrote:Say YK, how did you obliterate the license tag number in the photo? The reason I ask is because there are several photos I'd like to post online but they have personal info on them that I'd rather not have get out.
Fiddler,
I use a program (admittedly an expensive one) called Photoshop cs to blurr or black out details I don't want to share with the world.

There are probably other, less expensive programs that do the same thng (perhaps Photoshop elements)
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RIHMFIRE wrote::lol: :lol: :lol:
Now thats funny right there....real funny...

What is it with women and talking on the cell phone?
It's not just women. Everybody is talking or texting on their cell phones. It's against the law in Washington State to talk or text on your phone while driving a vehicle. Sometimes I feel like I'm driving in a demo derby.

About a month ago our Sheriff pulled over a car because the driver was talking on his cell phone. Ended up being two bangers and they had a sawed off shotgun between the seats and a revolver. Needless to say they don't have those anymore.
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kimwcook wrote:
RIHMFIRE wrote::lol: :lol: :lol:
Now thats funny right there....real funny...

What is it with women and talking on the cell phone?
It's not just women. Everybody is talking or texting on their cell phones. It's against the law in Washington State to talk or text on your phone while driving a vehicle. Sometimes I feel like I'm driving in a demo derby.

About a month ago our Sheriff pulled over a car because the driver was talking on his cell phone. Ended up being two bangers and they had a sawed off shotgun between the seats and a revolver. Needless to say they don't have those anymore.
We really don't need people like that on the road. Hope the Sherriff was not injured. Idiots like the ones pulled over can sometimes become violent, and again, we really don't need people like that on the road.
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Olevern wrote:
Fiddler wrote:Say YK, how did you obliterate the license tag number in the photo? The reason I ask is because there are several photos I'd like to post online but they have personal info on them that I'd rather not have get out.
Fiddler,
I use a program (admittedly an expensive one) called Photoshop cs to blurr or black out details I don't want to share with the world.

There are probably other, less expensive programs that do the same thng (perhaps Photoshop elements)
Yes, you can do that in Photobucket. I've done it with plates and serial numbers. MS Paint will do it as well but it takes a little more time.

EDIT: I goofed. I meant Photobucket, not Photoshop... :oops:
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Open Paint... Click File... Click Open... that should open My Pictures...look around until you find the pic you want to adjust, Then click the pic... That will put it in Paint... Notice the twin column of buttons residing below File and Edit...A yellow icon in the shape of an eraser is second from the top in the left column... Click on it... Now any place you place the white box that came up when you clicked the eraser icon will be erased when you click and hold and move the white box around until you release it... You can make the box bigger or smaller by selecting a choice of four boxes that are presented just below the double column of buttons... Good luck... Hope to see some pics soon...
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Driving on L.A. freeways, I think I may have seen it all (worked downtown LA for 25 years and delivery driver in LA county for several years before that.) I've seen eating (not just sandwiches, but with a spoon and bowl), reading (not a map or note, but books and newspapers resting on steering wheel), dressing (or undressing?), watching TV, breast feeding, sex, and all combinations of the above, most accompanied with a cell phone (eating and cell phone, or eating and reading are most common). All on the freeway at freeway speeds (20 mph - 70 mph). A Law against cell phone use while driving was effective for maybe 8 or 10 days, then it was back to normal; 4 out of 10 vehicles being driven while driver talked on the phone.
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Was pulling into a Wallmart parking lot and a girl talking on her phone went right through a stop sign and almost hit me, she gave me the finger like i did something wrong. :roll:
This phone buisness is dangerous and that`s a funny picture. :lol:
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Ok, I'll be brave and honest.......Down in Oregon, where you can't pump your own fuel, I gave the old tweaker manning the pumps 20 bucks. Went in to use the BatRoom, buy coffee and worms and stuff. BSed with the clerk about fishing for a couple minute. I drove off. Yep. Truthfully, I didn't feel at fault. :P
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I've seen in happening. Some folks just seem preoccupied with life. At least the fella I watched stopped and removed the hose. Then drove off without talking to the attendant.

As to yapping while driving, it's illegal here unless you use a hands free. But I haven't seen the CHP, much less a city or county cop pull anyone over. They always seem to be to busy talking on their phone. I'd take photos, but last time I took one of a city employee doing something wrong (parking in a handicap space) I got ignored. Well, that was till I sent it to the newly elected mayor of that city.
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I shouldn't admit this but.............In my rookie days,I was fueling my patrol car and went inside to grab some paperwork. I started talking to another officer and then was dispatched to assist an officer in trouble. I ran out, jumped in the car and took off to the rescue only to rip out the pump. :oops: :oops: :oops: Gas went everywhere till I hit the emergency shutoff. That was almost twenty years ago. Now I always double check when I gas up at work or home and then check the mirror one more time to make sure.
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"The driver was yapping on the phone"

...says the guy taking pictures with his cell phone while driving.
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handyrandyrc wrote:"The driver was yapping on the phone"

...says the guy taking pictures with his cell phone while driving.
:lol: :lol: Gotcha, YK :P
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handyrandyrc wrote:"The driver was yapping on the phone"

...says the guy taking pictures with his cell phone while driving.
Ouch... :lol:
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BlaineG wrote:
handyrandyrc wrote:"The driver was yapping on the phone"

...says the guy taking pictures with his cell phone while driving.
:lol: :lol: Gotcha, YK :P
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I like her first question, "Did I hit you?" Oblivious.
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Fiddler wrote:Say YK, how did you obliterate the license tag number in the photo? The reason I ask is because there are several photos I'd like to post online but they have personal info on them that I'd rather not have get out.
Hey Fiddler -

I am not the most tech savvy guy, so I just did a screen print of the photo, copied it into "Paint", then cut out the license plate number with the "cut/copy" function. I then copied the picture and saved it with the plate number removed.
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RIHMFIRE wrote:
BlaineG wrote:
handyrandyrc wrote:"The driver was yapping on the phone"

...says the guy taking pictures with his cell phone while driving.
:lol: :lol: Gotcha, YK :P
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Oh yeah - quilty as charged! :oops:
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