[DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping

[adin at frontier.net]

Wow, things have change since you were born!  I left norcal in 75 and  
socal in 77.  the roads were smooth and windy then, and the CHP  
couldn't catch "anyone" that was intent on getting home from  
breakfast, or something.

I guess that is now just a fond memory . . . .

Now I even sound like a geezer.


Quoting MikeLDrew at aol.com:

>
> In a message dated 10/10/08 9 43 41, adin at frontier.net writes:
>
>
>> Maybe Mike D is spoiled by the norcal pavement that most other places
>> don't enjoy?
>>
>
> Our freeway pavement hardly qualifies as such.   I have broken a windshield
> (!) hitting a sharp lip between different types of pavement on our freeways.
>
> Our state has more liberal regulations with respect to trucks (the trucking
> lobby is extremely powerful), and most trucks are doing point-to-point
> deliveries (as opposed to agricultural states, where the single   
> industry sees loaded
> trucks just going to a railhead).   Plus, we have a lot of pinkos in  
>  our state
> government who like to raid the state highway fund to fund their own pet
> social engineering projects, resulting in a chronic shortfall of money.
>
> The result is highways that look like they should be in Beirut or Baghdad.
> (As a matter of fact, Iraqi roads are generally much better than ours, IED
> craters notwithstanding!)
>
> After years of pleading for relief, the freeway near my house has finally
> been paved--but they did such a cheap, terrible job that it is just like a
> washboard; no attempt was made to smooth it out.
>
> Residents of other states have no idea how fortunate they are in this
> regard....
>
> Mike
>
>
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