Ethics/911/The butterfly effect/Etc.

[birdgirl73]

In Dallas, the way we say thank-you in the EZpass (here it's a Tolltag) lanes is by not breaking the sound barrier as we come though them . . . .

That was a nice Joe Liberal piece, Breuk!

[graymatter]

How fast have you gone? My girlfriend clocked me at ~ 39 mph once...

[birdgirl73]

I think we're supposed to slow down to 40, unless I'm mistaken and it's really 30.

I slow down. I was kidding about the sound barrier, altough there are fools who seem to attempt that, and I've seen attendants practically blown a foot or two over from the wake when they're already over in the booth lanes to begin with. I don't become one of those plodding grandmas. But I am careful. Comes from having worked those years as a paramedic. It just makes you slow down because you have such vivid images of people and cars who didn't. Yowzah!

[graymatter]

I can appreciate that... got to admit, pushing near 40 was enough for me... but we were actually conducting the "how fast do you have to go before you don't get the 'GO EZpass' light" experiment...

[birdgirl73]

I can appreciate that... got to admit, pushing near 40 was enough for me... but we were actually conducting the "how fast do you have to go before you don't get the 'GO EZpass' light" experiment...

I'm familiar with that game myself! It's a fun one. Before the Tolltag lanes down here existed, the earlier version of that game was to throw the quarters into the exact-change-only basket (you need a completely clear lane and path ahead for this) and try to get through the light before the money fell through and changed the light from red to green. You really had to move fast. And have good, guick, left-handed aim with quarters.

What enviable recreational lives we lead, Gray!

[graymatter]

Do you see what I do?

The "how fast have you gone through a toll booth" thread...