This heartfelt plea is inspired by a certain driver residing in the area of Prince Arthur Junior High, who discovered at approximately 2150 last night that they really needed to get something at the NSLC outlet next to the Portland St Superstore. Before she almost removed my front left corner cutting back in front of me, when she finally got a chance to pass us past Gaston Road, I was seriously contemplating planting the brake pedal. It was rather ironic that although she achieved speeds of up to 70-75 kmh on the straightaways, tailgated everyone that had the misfortune to be ahead of her, scared the f**k out of someone coming up off the Circumferential, and ignored the conventions at 3 and 4-way stops, she was stopped at every light. Which is why my partner and I arrived at the Superstore parking lot about 5 seconds after she did….
Unfortunately she made it on time, with about 2 minutes to spare. Which just goes to show she could have driven like a normal human being and still made it. And that’s too bad…it would have been too sweet to see her miss the store hours by, say, 30 seconds.
For everyone like this cow, please, do me and other law-abiding drivers a favour. Spend some time some day with a stopwatch, and drive from wherever you’re likely to drink yourself stupid to each and every liquor store outlet in your vicinity. Mark the elapsed times down in a notebook. Also use grease pencil to label NLT times on your kitchen clock, and set up your watch and smart phone…maybe even your calendar program on your computer. And allow for weather and traffic.
It’s a win-win: the rest of us are safer on the roads, and never again will you confront the awful existential emptiness of a Sunday without that mother’s milk…
—Planning Consultant for Drunks
This article appears in Apr 30 – May 6, 2009.
You were contemplating planting the brake pedal because you are just as dangerous and agressive of a driver as she is.
You think? *I* was driving at 45-50 in a 50 zone. *She* was crawling up my ass and filling my mirrors with headlights on a dark rainy night.
Where I considered braking was a stretch with absolutely no other traffic. And I might add, it wasn’t part of the thought process to have her front bumper become one with my rear bumper. Just to have her back off.
Are you saying you’ve never tapped your brakes on a tailgater? That’s very restrained and admirable of you.
Thats not what you said. you said you were considering planting the brake pedal. meaning you were considering letting her rear end you, endangering your life your partners life, the lives of any children in the other car etc. try just pulling over and letting the aggressor pass if they are bothering you so much.
Well, yeah, I suppose I did say “plant”. But the operating word is “consider”. It was a brief and pleasing mental image of the smashed grille of her car.
I suspect she had no children in her car…not if she was rally-racing on rain-slick streets in order to get to the liquor store in time.
Rafiki has life experience that adds up to about 10 minutes… don’t even bother
Excuse me kay? I am not insulted much by this comment because I know for a fact that I have a far more interesting life than you do, you spitful hatful bitc#. I am giving the OP some Defensive driving advice (and trying to point out that two wrongs do not make a right) and your shitting on my because your obnoxious. Kay do me a favour and come back when you have somthing intelligent to say.
HAHAHAHAHAAAA… do us all a favor and finish your English course then come back and practice your spelling. You’re a punk. Admit it. You haven’t got a fucking clue about anything. What? Did you take your first defensive driving courser and now you’re going to offer advice? Check, yourself pumpkin. You’re only a half-baked turkey and it shows
Wow Kay, way to add too the discussion Try punctuating your own entry and checking for spelling befour you insult mine. You are what is called a hypocrit.
There’s more than a subtle difference between a typo and misspelled word, asshat. This is a valid bitch. What’s there to add to it? NOTHING, you little punk. Grow up! And take some advice… LISTEN… don’t talk… LISTEN. You can’t learn while you’re yappin’ and you, my dear, have lots of learning to do.
Well I did offer the Op some advice about dangeourous driving. What did you contribute to this bitch? All you seem to have offered is grammer-rodeo tips and insults. Kay pick your battles,and practice what you so often preach.
Obviously the OP disagrees with you, Rafiki. So do I. Have you ever actually driven a car?
“defensive driving advice”? What the fuck? No you were just trying to be a smart ass tool. Mission accomplished.
Why does every bitch end up being Kay’s personal trolling thread?
Kay is just a TROLL. If we all IGNORE her she’ll probably go away. She gets off on people getting their arses up the air about her comments. If we just ignore them she’ll probably stop.
FFS.
Yes, the LC is that important thank you very much. I’d drive 3 times the speed limit if I could if it meant I made it to the LC before it closed.
Pretty Kitty, I was going to say that before I even read your comment.
Dartmouth, why are you living there? seems to be MOSTLY a place for low goal setters & social retards who seem to be able to drive behind you too close. You get what you pay for. Lay down with dogs wake up with fleas. Just try moving elsewhere, I wouldn’t brag about that addy. I’ve been there once & everyday was like a freak circus, coming from living in NYC we’d thought we saw it all.
Someone here mentioned there was some history pre bridges that Dartmouth or parts of it was a POW camp or some such sanatorium typhoid encampment where folks were ‘kept’ at the governments request, is that true? Seems like everyone is still hawking up throat oysters, cover your mouths when you cough, it’s not hard, learn how to navigate modern society folks.
We went to a local ‘famous’ diner that sold clams, holy smokes what a selection of fun folks there, the locals were in full force, they even tried to bum $ from us in house maybe it was the closest place to that big mental hospital next door, clams were good for sure, oh BTW buddy in the next booth at the clam joint do you have soap & H2O in dartmouth as we do in NYC & your right my accent is not from Queens, it’s a brooklyn drawl infused with living in Montreal a bit,both places have soap too. Thanks thought for the dinner & free show, good luck with those crotch lice, pesky things.
Memo to self: tell mayor to stop harbour clean up & consider the possibility that the skank smell is actually drifting in from Dartmouth, nothing wrong with harbour, just issue some soap, we had similar problem with New Jersey fuckmops & the Bronx shit sticks too, Russia mob kept them in check.
Pop is Pop, you’re an uninformed idiot. No need to say anything else. That sums it up.
I never even bother reading most of Kay’s dumb-assed comments. They’re always too inane, long winded and without anything close to a point to even waste time on. I’m with PK – ignore the troll. Eventually she’ll fade off.
Pop is pop – What the hell does your comment have to do with ANYTHING? Go away.
Dr. Fever – Wanna race?
Mmmm, beer.
Dr. Fever, I hope you’re joking, and OP…good suggestion, but not necessary.
People!!… Instead of running out for alcohol when you are about to drink, just KEEP A DAMN STASH!!
Of course I’m joking, and Hammer, I’d race you to the LC any day. Beer, indeed.
Geeze Kitty, must be that time again. Go get some, would ya?
Kay why don’t you regal us with more movie references in-lieu of real life experience, I am sure we would all love to hear how intelligent and knowledgeable you are.
“do us all a favor and finish your English course”
=Pseudo Racist
Good Job (hand clap)
pop is pop. Sidney crosby is from darthmouth, is he a low goal setter? is Matt Mays? perhaps Wendy Lil is a low goal setter.
Right on Der. Tell that red neck what time it is.
but have you ever actually driven a car? Rafiki? DER? Is there some foundation in reality for your opinion and no, drivers ed doesn’t count.
I think Kay just wants to be listed in the top 5 commenters. Her comments don’t have to make sense or be relevent just there. LOL
Kay if you must absolutley know I drive a car, have driven a truck, a dump truck, an excavator,a skidoo, a motorcycle, a jet ski, and a parachute.
I drove a C2 Leopard 2 Tank…
But yes as a matter of fact I own a car and use it in a responsible way (defensively and ecologically). Oh and I get out of my house everyday…do you Kay? I can see you now…probably carrying a few pounds extra, sitting at a yellowing computer with a keyboard encrusted with monthsyears of grime on the keys, a stack of discarded Michelina’s off to the side and bottle of pop within reach of your mousing hand. We know you Kay or people like you…the ones that apparently can spend prodigious time on this board at all hours…wailing your unwanted and unenlightened opinion (and that really is all you have to offer from what I have seen…OPINION, not facts) to all who have the misfortune of not noticing the “Posted by kay” below the post.
Get a real life and stop trolling these boards, no one actually believes you kay…you have shown who you really are time and time again. A nexus of ignorance and small minded pseudo racist, we all applaud your heroic efforts to project the Igno-Scotian attitude on to others. Fantastic World changing work!
Well DER, I bet you don’t have to worry about tailgating in one of those things. Also, the NSLC is always open when you bring a tank. 🙂
Hehehe too true Miles! Just a quick pull back on the column and no more tailgater…or I guess you could just call “target 6oclock” and let the gunner whip the turret around, I would LOVE to see the look on the drivers face!! MUAHAHAHAHA!
Just know the world expects Nova Scotians to be friendly. They’re not. Not on this site, not in real life, not in Halifax and not in Dartmouth (as Pop noted). I’m so disappointed such racism, arrogance and violence still exists in Canada. HRM has all the big city problems but no big city… just a bunch of butches and bullies. Just look atchya go… like cattle. No wonder you’d all see kindness outlawed… you have no experience with it. Makes you feel all yuckie, doesn’t it?
i guess you fit in HRM perfectly. your all the things listed except your not from Nova Scotia. No yuckie here
Kay, Nova Scotia isn’t even on the Radar for most of Canada, let alone the world.
You see what you want to see Kay. If you think we are all evildoers, that’s what you will notice. It’s your attitude that needs adjustment, not everyone else. Sorry we don’t live up to your expectations.
uh NO I’m not a racist. NO I’m not a violent person. I’m not a butch and I’m not a bully. I may be a little arrogant but maturity comes off that way in a room full of adolescents
You know what I see? The same thing as you… people getting chewed helping seniors cross the street, women told to not get naked in their own homes because of peeping toms. Kids that look and act like gang members. Women who barely resemble anything feminine and could kick ass better than most average sized men. Racism.. OMG racisim! In the schools! In the kids! Gang style murders and guns… big city problems with no big city. What does that tell you about the social climate of Haligonia? Maybe this is WHY NS isn’t on the radar… we’ll just pretend this sort of thing doesn’t happen in Canada. I mean, who wants to invite anybody to a place that dumps their shit into the harbor for decades at a time while using free money to build fucking libraries? And you know what happens to a kind person who smiles all the time stays, isn’t afraid to talk to strangers who stays in a place like this… look, I didn’t create this mess I just stepped in it. It seems the moment I become a gay racist pig you guys will be a-okay with that so if that’s the sort of adjustment you speak of Miles, no thank you.
kay, id be most interested to see where this maturity is displayed. is it in the racist comments? is it in the self righteous, pompous attitude? and no, kay, maturity does not come off as arrogance…matter the age of the audience.
by assuming that people in here are all whiny little adolescents you show your true ignorance. your slanted views offer nothing positive on this discussion board. you accuse nova scotians of being racist and arrogant…do you even read your own posts?
Maybe you should go over to LTWWL if you want to see some of the good news stories about Halifax. It’s full of friendly bus drivers, polite sales clerks, wonderful waiters etc.
The good is out there. The city is full of kind and decent people. If you are getting treated like shit everyday…maybe it’s you. Internet you seems really negative and bitter. If real life you is anything like that, then the problem is yours.
I have no troubling finding kindness in this city…and it grossly outnumbers the assholes I meet.
Kay, how is any of the thing’s you just listed as recently occurring here in NS not occurring all over the World? Everywhere you go ignorance abounds, but goodness and kindness do as well. Unfortunately you are so mired in your own ignorance that you fail to see the whole picture, stick to the movies…they seem to offer you so much more in terms of enjoyment in life than reality does.
DER?,
about the tank on the road… Don’t give Hummer any ideas for a replacement for the H2.
Gas and Diesel consumption is terrifying…even compared to an H12. You push it top speed and it runs through fuel faster than Kay runs through ignorance! evil grin