just made the drive west from the area of san antonio, TX all the way to las
cruces, NM on I-10 today...  pretty long stretch, about nine hours total.
quite the boring drive, that.  and all that talk about how TX had raised the
speed limit to 80 MPH on that long, empty stretch ...

Designed for "net-savvy youngsters", Mazda's new concept hatchback, Sassou,
ditches the traditional cylinder lock key system in favor of USB flash
drives. In addition to starting the engine, the flash drives can be used to
transfer driving directions for long trips along with ...

I saw some footage on TV of people driving out of New Orleans.
The left-most lane of a 3-lane highway was chocka with cars.
The other 2 lanes just had a few cars going by every now and
then. Why was everyone in the one lane?

"Will gas prices be the asteroid that brings an end
to the reign of the SUV dinosaurs?"
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/0905/01suvwoes.html
It was inevitable.  But sad to say that I still see plenty

There is a very interesting article on http://LiveToBe100.org about how
to drastically increase you gas mileage.  The great thing about it is
you don't have to buy anything.  The guy has some very interesting
ideas and it won't cost you anything to try them.

Thousands Complain to Feds on Gas Gouging
Sep 01 7:52 PM US/Eastern
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
Associated Press Writer

Let's hear it.  I'm willing to bet there's a shitload of hypocrites
here.  I for one am not for price controls, higher CAFE standards,
taxing more for larger vehicles.  I want the government out of it as
much as possible.

CA-4 is currently being reconstructed in eastern Contra Costa County, to
expressway standards.  Here's a map:
http://www.ci.antioch.ca.us/Community/annoucements/RevisedNotice.pdf
Presently, construction is being done between Hillcrest Road and East 18th

Bought some gas on tuesday for $2.56.  Next day, same station, it's
$2.90  What else can bush eff up?

...with homage to an earlier movie with Harrison Ford in it...
Ever notice how sometimes your internal radar  warns you about
something that on the face of it is perfectly ordinary?
The other day I was taking a little walk in the morning and for some

I was involved in a rear collision and now the other party does not
want to take blame for the accident.  I know there is a vehicle code
that states something about safe driving distance.  Fault is always on
the driver who hits the other from the rear.

I drive a lot for work (in town and out), and receive 30 cents a mile.
A year ago that wasn't great, but now it is just awful.
The man who decides the amount has commented that "at 30 cents a mile
you are MAKING money" (perhaps he thinks we only pay for gas) and I'm

Here's something we already knew: drivers who are forced to slow down
for speed humps speed up once they get past the hump in order to make
up for lost time. Couple that with the fact that pedestrians are
pretty much invisible to the average driver (a fact to which I can

How does it feel getting raped at the pump?
---Mack

For the pleasure of us KRETP folks.
Floyd
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