[TriLUG] Bye bye Tiger

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

I have said before that while Virginia drivers seem to be suicidal (I-95
between Richmond and DC), Massachusetts drivers are definitely homicidal.
As legendarily difficult as navigating Boston surface streets can be, there
are few things closer to a Mad Max movie as driving I-84 in Massachusetts...

Ken

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Peter Neilson via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 May 2015 08:38:47 -0400, John Vaughters via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>  I will definitely miss Tiger. It came in really handy for quick fixes.
>> Frys will not be coming to Raleigh anytime soon, just look at their current
>> locations. All near high population areas. I would like a Frys too, but I'm
>> happy I am not in a high population area.
>>
>
> Every time I drive around Raleigh I'm really pleased not to be near Boston
> or NYC. But I do miss the ideas for projects that used to come from
> wandering about Radio Shack (167 Washington Street, Boston, IIRC) and
> poking through the parts when I was a novice ham (KN1LWT).
>
> If you're stuck in the left lane on 440 and there is an idiot behind you,
> "pushing" at you, trying to make you elevate or vanish so he can get by,
> you can be certain that he's from Boston.
>
> True Story time: Left lane, 128 around Boston (like 440 here, only with
> more surprises), doing about 80. Guy comes up behind me, must have been
> doing 110. Pulls into the median strip to pass me. Hooks his left front
> tire onto the guard rail, turns over, and passes me while he's upside down.
> You just don't see talent like that here.
>
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