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Subject:Re: Hi Speed Vanagoning
From:Joel Walker
Date:Sun, 08 Jun 97 10:42:44 CDT

On Sun, 8 Jun 1997 09:24:41 -0500 Steven Johnson said:
>I have these idiots once in a while, but more often, I have their distant
>cousins.  The ones that are putzing along and I gain on them and the minute
>they realize that they're being over-taken by a VW, they speed up!?!  Now

i call that kind "dumbasses". :) or "sleepers". they are off in another
world until you catch up to them. then they wake up.

>why the hell do they gotta do that?  They were going their original speed
>for a long time for me to catch up in the first place and then "all-of-
>a-sudden" they can't stand it that they were being passed by a VW.
>Sheesh!  And then after they speed up and are ahead of you for a while,
>they gradually slow down to their original speed until they realize that
>a VW is passing them again.  What kind of anal retentives do this kind
>of driving?!

the dangerous kind. this is just one of the eight million stories on the
Naked Highway. and YOU have to watch out for ALL of them!!! :)

joel