..And ye shall be rewarded with green lights

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Yesterday, I was walking across a parking lot with a bag of groceries in both hands, and I saw a 1 3/4" coarse thread drywall screw all ready to puncture someone's tire.

So I stopped. Put a bag down, picked up the screw and went on my way. On the drive home, every light turned green as I approached, and today each green light stayed green till I made it through.

I can count, on one finger, the amount of times this has happened before.

So always keep your eyes peeled for a screw, you might just be rewarded.
 
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One or two times I have decided to walk to the repair shop to pick up my car. Every time I find a tool along the side of the road, socket, wrench. People must leave tools in or on the car and drive away.

I did that with a nice watch when I was about 17. Did not want to scratch it so I put it on top of my car. Never again.
 
Speaking of traffic light synchronization, in my city they are timed to turn red on you at just about every intersection. Say you are stopped at the first light and at green the next light turns red just as you reach it. It seems so ridiculous. Even you can hit a string of green lights in this city it would be a miracle.
 
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Speaking of traffic light synchronization, in my city they are timed to turn red on you at just about every intersection. Say you are stopped at the first light and at green the next light turns red just as you reach it. It seems so ridiculous. Even you can hit a string of green lights in this city it would be a miracle.

If you accelerate hard and go 10MPH over the speed limit, you will get all greens.

Traffic light in some cities in Orange County are like that, one red light after another then another ...
 
Originally Posted By: zerosoma
This thread should be in the humor section.

A good nailing never hurt anyone!!


Man this is terrible....


Until your married anyway....then you just want to sleep. No nails or screws involved mind you
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Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
Speaking of traffic light synchronization, in my city they are timed to turn red on you at just about every intersection. Say you are stopped at the first light and at green the next light turns red just as you reach it. It seems so ridiculous. Even you can hit a string of green lights in this city it would be a miracle.

If you accelerate hard and go 10MPH over the speed limit, you will get all greens.

Traffic light in some cities in Orange County are like that, one red light after another then another ...


Sometimes but usually the lights around here are timed to just catch you even if you make a jack rabbit start and go 10 mph over the speed limit. It's like they're timed perfectly to stop you at anywhere near normal driving.
 
I remember 8 Mile Road in Detroit had good light timing. Back in the 70s, if you kept the speed limit (50 mph), you could drive from one end of the city to the other without hitting a red light... no worse than a freeway.
 
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Originally Posted By: zerosoma
This thread should be in the humor section.

A good nailing never hurt anyone!!


Man this is terrible....


Until your married anyway....then you just want to sleep. No nails or screws involved mind you
smile.gif



Are you kidding? My wife is a machine!
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