"Alan Baker" > wrote in message
...
> In article ch.edu>,
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Alan Baker wrote:
>>
>> >>I prefer not to have my lights pop on for a couple of minutes just
>> >>because I want to use the windshield washers, thank you.
>>
>> > Pardon me, but why would you *care*? What harm does it do?
>>
>> >> Because it is ****ing annoying, that's why.
>>
>> > Annoying, how? You can't even see your own lights.
>>
>> Alan, I notice you're in BC. Are you, by chance, a transplanted American?
>> Your "Me first, **** the rest of the world, I'm the only one whose
>> annoyance counts" attitude is most unCanadian.
>
> LOL
>
> You couldn't be more wrong.
>
> I have a "why choose annoyance over little stuff" attitude.
>
> Face it: how would the OP even know to be annoyed if no one told him
> that the lights were coming on?
>
> --

Your response just proved Daniels assertion...you've completely missed his
point of the annoyance to others...especially the person in front of you
that has this "light cycling" business going on right in their rear view
mirror.