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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by vsmith</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by kevinstheRRman</i> <br /><br />Seems like this is a good place to post this <br /> <br />As some of youi know, I jsut did the tour of Florida, very nice and warm might I add.. Now one night we stayed in a hotel near the train Tracks... now these tracks had Traffic lights, which is down right Stupid in the first place, but they had them. Now i couldn;'t halp but notice THAT EVERY single car, you could fit 2 comfotably between the Traffic lights and the RR crosdding, but there was always a THEIRD or FORTH car that would stop on the tracks!! <br /> <br />ALWAYS stop on the tracks!! ?!?!?!? <br /> <br />Who the heck Stops on RR tracks? I think I learnt thatr 3 minutes after i was born not to do that, that seems pretty easy to understand that concept.. It comes more naturally then common sence, it's like Elementry sence, somehting you should have learned along with the ABC's. <br /> <br />I litterally could not believe my eyes. There was not one car, whilwe iwas observing that stayed on the other side of the tracks, and we are talking about the CSX main line. <br /> <br />Perhaps, as i'm told, that the light automatically turns green when a train goes through. <br />Heres how that system works: FIRST the RR lights must be triggered in order to send a signal to the Town's Traffic light box in order for the Traffic lights to display Green.. <br /> <br />So what happens if the RR lgiths fail, that would cause a glitch in the system, and not turn the traffic light green, causing it to stay RED. <br />To me, It's bad enoguh that RR lgihts Fail sometimes, and relying on them isnt an exceptionally Great idea. But relying on them to start flashing, then send a signla to the traffic light box so the traffic lights turn green, is relying on them FAR too much, if those ones failed your up shaza creek without a paddle. your boxed in between 2 cars, if your lucky, maybe more. <br /> <br />WHAT i'm trying to say .. DON'T STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROSSING!! Would you stop your car in the middle of the highway, or an airplane runway? <br /> <br />It's actually safer to stop your car in the middle lane of the highway!! <br /> <br />Some people.. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Hey Kevin, Welcome to America Buddy! <br /> <br />Dont you know that Common Sense is illegal down here, and its very dangerous to be thinking sensibly also. People will be resentfull and angry if you point out how stupid they are. Its a well known fact that down here its everyones God given in-alienable right to beincredulously stupid. <br /> <br />In fact being stupid is a point of pride for many down here, how else do you explain the armies ot creatins down here who drive while eating, putting on make up, talking on the phone, reading the newspaper, changing jr's daipers, doing their income taxes, or watching a DVD, all while blasting down the freeway at 90mph in their giant SUV (bonus points are given while doing all the above at the same time while steering with your knees). <br /> <br />So people stopped on the tracks, BIG DEAL, THATS THERE GOD GIVEN RIGHT, DAMMIT!!!.DARN RIGHT IT IS, DAMMIT!!!![:(!] <br /> <br />Dont you know that its the TRAIN that has to stop, least the blessed driver of the Hummer would have to defile his Self-rightousness by stopping before the crossing. <br /> <br />DONT YOU KNOW WHAT A SIN THAT IS DOWN HERE? DONT YOU?[}:)] <br /> <br />Kevin, Just yanking your chain,LOL, [:D]now you've got some idea why I'm always blasting drivers down here.[xx(] <br /> <br />Actually I'm surprised you managed to get out of Florida alive, the way some of those morons drive down there.[;)] <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />LOL well put, You know i could ahve watched that crossing for hours, Except every time i'd snap at seeing somehting stupid, my Girlfiend would yell out, YOUR going to Give yourself a Heart attack, or high blood pressure! <br /> <br />We all packed into to 2 rooms at this massively cheep hotel, supposedly "fire-proof" rooms, i didn't and still don't believe that, the polubming was bad, the maintenance man wouldn't stop coughing, and the room next door, all you could hear is eeeeeeeee..eee.eeeeeeeeee..eee.eeeeeeeee..eee...eeeeeeeeeeee..eee....eeeeeeeeeee <br />and an occasioanl yell, BOY I WONDER what they were doing <br /> <br />next year, Quality or Comfort inn <br /> <br />That night i decided to hell with bed, i'll take the floor, I kind of thought the floor might be.. you know.. cleaner. <br /> <br />Couldn't guarantee these sheets had been washed <br /> <br />wow, yeah thats really gross.
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