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Team Sergeant
11-16-2015, 09:04
Ah the long anticipated return of the "Driving Dead" have indeed returned to the Valley of the Sun!
So follow me on this: In order to vacation here in the winter and North Dakota the rest of the year you must be doing well. Make more money than most. This makes sense when you see the Driving Dead talking and texting in their vehicles.
I kid you not, 70-80 year olds texting and talking on their cell phones while driving.
Saw a old fart the other day talking away like a teenager while driving. Old bastard (75) was doing about 25 in a 45 zone. I'm betting he had no clue why the cars were zooming past him.
We receive about one million of the Driving Dead every year. I need a video camera and a spotter and I could make some money on youtube!
RomanCandle
11-16-2015, 10:05
Par for the course where I live. Every day, every night all year round. Here a driving license is a commodity to be bought and sold. That is for the few that even bother with that any more.
mark46th
11-16-2015, 10:22
Have to agree, TS. Just came back from our house in Palm Springs.. Blue is the new blonde. Plus, it is more difficult to get a decent Tee-time...
I kid you not, 70-80 year olds texting and talking on their cell phones while driving.
The sad thing is...many of them already have the reaction time of a sloth...add in the fact that they are paying attention to their driving...it will be non-existent.
Not a good thing at all!
Plus, it is more difficult to get a decent Tee-time...
Oh, you radical Tee-party guys! :D
Pat
Q: How can you tell it's Autumn in Phoenix ???
A: The license plates change colors.
TS ... You have my sympathies.
mojaveman
11-16-2015, 18:07
I'm in Phoenix every other week transferring new commercial trucks between dealers in the Los Angeles area and the dealers there.
Trust me, I see everything from up there. ;)
Quartzite is starting to fill up too. Heard it has the largest swap meet by acre of any other city in the U.S.
mark46th
11-16-2015, 18:53
The Quartzite thing started out as a little rock and gem show. Now it is like Bangkok's Sunday Market...
Team Sergeant
11-17-2015, 09:00
Quartzite, have stopped there a few times to gas up. Very very strange people.
(I don't stop there at night..... too scary.)
mark46th
11-17-2015, 09:09
Quartzite and desert towns like it are places of last resort, where people with borderline personality disorders go because they can't live and get along with reasonably normal people...
x SF med
11-17-2015, 10:45
The Alberta plates have been dominant here for the past 2-3 months... Motor Homes hauling cars, 5th wheels in convoy with 3 pickups hauling cars... cars packed to the gills.... and all clueless to the 80mph speed limits on the highways, they're doing 80kph.... on the snowy days, it's incredibly horrible...
I think 2/3 of Alberta leaves Canada starting in September... I'm guessing May- June will be the return migration time.
The sad thing is...many of them already have the reaction time of a sloth...add in the fact that they are paying attention to their driving...it will be non-existent.
Not a good thing at all!
:confused: :confused:
Quartzite and desert towns like it are places of last resort, where people with borderline personality disorders go because they can't live and get along with reasonably normal people...
Sounds like Phoenix!! ;)
Quartzite, have stopped there a few times to gas up. Very very strange people.
Next time, be sure to check out the book store. :eek: ;) Well, just Google it and check the "images". :D
Pat
Team Sergeant
11-17-2015, 11:38
Next time, be sure to check out the book store. :eek: ;) Well, just Google it and check the "images". :D
Pat
That's me with the bookstore owner. (I couldn't find my "mankini".)
Damn, Pat you need to put a warning on that bookstore reference...that there was some scary shit. But, learn something new every day. ;)
I thought ":eek:" would have been enough of a warning. :D
TS: You need to attach a broom handle to the mankini so you can keep track of it. ;)
Pat
After driving from Phoenix to Sacramento last weekend I can say without a doubt, the worst drivers I encountered were between Stockton and Sacramento. I-10 and I-5 were smooth sailing with the exception of my incident where I had to take 35th and 59th Ave's when my tires almost fell off.
That said, golf cart collisions are common near our local Del Webb development.
mojaveman
11-18-2015, 13:58
Quartzite and desert towns like it are places of last resort, where people with borderline personality disorders go because they can't live and get along with reasonably normal people...
And they're all heavily armed. :p
Golf1echo
11-18-2015, 14:21
Quartzite, have stopped there a few times to gas up. Very very strange people.
(I don't stop there at night..... too scary.)
I figured you'd be hanging out more in Arcosanti....