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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Ever Have One Of Those Mornings?
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11-SEP-97
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Ever have one of those mornings?
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Yesterday, I was able to make my 50 mile commute to work in just over an
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hour. I normally have to leave around 7:00 AM so that I can beat the
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worst of the rush hour traffic.
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Today I leave at 7:30, I figure it won't make that much of a difference.
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Boy was I wrong. I usually listen to a scanner when I drive so that I get
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the best and most up to date traffic reports. Very handy, and better than
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any broadcast radio station for timeliness. Not really related to the
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story, but it is interesting to know.
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This took place in 303, so I may as well tell you the best frequency to
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listen to. The Denver branch of Metro Traffic uses the frequency 450.6875
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with a standard offset, and a pl of 100.0.
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I'm driving in and I hear that traffic is really fucked, from 120th all
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the way to the tech center. Great! I think to myself. I try to take an
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alternate route, which would normally work ok. I get about half way to
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work on the alternate route when I hear over the scanner "7 car pile up at
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I-225 and I-70." This kind of accident will pretty much shut the freeway
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down. And it happened right where I need to go. Fuck. That is what I
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meant by "Did you ever have one of those mornings?"
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Anyway, now that the mood for what I really wanted to write about is set,
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off we go.
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People in Denver just do not know how to fucking drive, and are some of
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the rudest drivers I have ever encountered. Never mind that there was a
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gang fight, and car-jacking on the highway at 6th and Sheridan. Just plain
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everyday ordinary people, whom, if you were to meet them outside of a car,
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you would probably like.
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Let me give you some examples of the things that happen everyday on the
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streets that really make me want to kill.
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I am just driving around town, not on the freeways, on a street that the
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speed limit is 35 MPH. A not unreasonable speed limit, considering that
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it is a residential area, and there is a chance that some rug-rats might be
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dashing into the street in front of cars.
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Then this asshole, who is driving a nice car, wearing a suit. Normally
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someone who you would consider to be fairly respectable, comes tearing up
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the street going between 40 and 50 MPH. A hazard to say the least. What
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is really irritating about this shit head, is he is so arrogant to assume
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that his time is *SO FUCKING IMPORTANT* that he has the right to drive at
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whatever speed he wants, without concern for the safety of others on the
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street around him. It also tends to show that he has lost all control of
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his environment. A person who is in control of their environment can take
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the time for the luxury of driving the speed limit, or even slower than
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that.
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Now, there is one thing that frequently happens in traffic that I can kind
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of understand. Slowing down to look at a traffic accident. This kind of
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voyeurism is easily understandable. Anyone who has scanned cell phones or
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cord-less phones understands this impulse. It still gets on my nerves. You
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can gawk just as easily at 55, as at 15 or 20. Look, but don't slow down
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for it.
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How hard can it be to accelerate to close to the speed limit when you are
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trying to get on freeway? And how hard is it to leave a little space
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between you and the car in front of you, so that someone who does know how
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to merge, can actually merge. I personally think that this one of those
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times at which the person blocking the merge views rudeness as a sign of
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personal power. He or she thinks to themselves "HA! I was able to prevent
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that person from merging, that makes me more powerful." No, it doesn't,
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it is just plain rude, and at times a very good case for justifiable
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homicide. The same thing happens when a good driver tries to change lanes
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properly. The good driver signals and waits for an opening. Most people
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will see the signal and try to block the lane change.
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The few people who will notice the turn signal and try to allow space for
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the car to change lanes are rarely thanked. All it takes is a little
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wave, and you have practicly made someones day. Most people see the
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willingness to allow the lane change, which is just basic politeness as a
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a sign of weakness.
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Well, enough of this rant for now. Keep in mind, I am not normally a big
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law and order type. Do what though wilt shall be the whole of the law. I
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am big on politeness for the most part. It is a pretty easy way to make
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the world a better place.
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tc@dim.com
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K-Rad gr33tz and such.
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Major for being such an rf god. Dis for nagging, zak for telling dis so
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he could nag. #tacd and other trashers. Apok for just being apok, the
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pinnicle of rudeness with a laugh. And the rest of #303.
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