Cell phone junkies are as bad as drunks!

On Aug 4, 12:33*pm, Shawn > wrote:
> KingOfTheApes wrote:
> > On Aug 4, 11:57 am, necromancer
> > > wrote:
> >> On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:10:56 -0700 (PDT), KingOfTheApes
>
> >> > wrote:
>
> >>> That's in the UK, but in America we've got another problem: LOUD
> >>> COMMERCIALS, a lot of them. Yeah, in the middle of Penny Lane and
> >>> California Dreaming, they start shouting that you should buy a Toyota
> >>> or get a McDonald's burger for 25 cents (and the french fries for 2
> >>> bucks), so you either change the station (accident risk) or crash...
> >> Two of the best inventions ever for dealing with terrestrial radio and
> >> the never ending commercial mix: satellite radio and CD changers.
>
> > Ah, at least some people are relieved from the loud annoying
> > commercials!
>
> > Then we should do a campaign to get rid of commercial radio!
>
> I believe Clear Channel is taking care of that for us. *:-P
>
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Good, and what's the catch?

On Aug 4, 2:22*pm, (Matthew T. Russotto)
wrote:
> In article >,
>
> KingOfTheApes > wrote:
>
> >So I say, don't drink and drive, but if you drink, catch a taxi, bus
> >or ride a bike.
>
> Riding a bike drunk is DUI. *Boarding a bus drunk is public
> intoxication.
>
> Stop making the alternatives illegal too in the crusade against
> alcohol, and maybe you really can cut drinking and driving.
> --
> * There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
> * result in a fully-depreciated one.

Riding a bike under the influence is NOT DUI. At worst it could be
RUI. And if you wonder what's the difference it's that when you ride
under the influence you are endangering yourself. Hey, it may be even
be good for society if you get killed.

But when you have two or more tons of steels behind the wheel, you
become PUBLIC ENEMY.

And by the way, this is not a crusade against alcohol, since I reserve
myself the right to ride a bicycle in the rare occasion that I decide
to drink and ride. The real purpose of this campaign is to create
OPTIONS (buses, bikes) for the drunks and everybody else.

Cheers!

On 2008-08-04, KingOfTheApes > wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2:22*pm, (Matthew T. Russotto)
> wrote:
>> In article >,
>>
>> KingOfTheApes > wrote:
>>
>> >So I say, don't drink and drive, but if you drink, catch a taxi, bus
>> >or ride a bike.
>>
>> Riding a bike drunk is DUI. *Boarding a bus drunk is public
>> intoxication.
>>
>> Stop making the alternatives illegal too in the crusade against
>> alcohol, and maybe you really can cut drinking and driving.
>> --
>> * There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
>> * result in a fully-depreciated one.
>
> Riding a bike under the influence is NOT DUI. At worst it could be
> RUI. And if you wonder what's the difference it's that when you ride
> under the influence you are endangering yourself. Hey, it may be even
> be good for society if you get killed.

Cops don't care. They charge people with DUI either way. I've read
news reports of people being charged with DUI while riding bicycles,
motorized coolers, wheel chairs (yes, that's right the handicaped can't
drink outside their home at all without risking a DUI), practically
anything that moves human powered or not. Cops charge people with DUI
when they decide to sleep it off in their vehicle. Cops charge people
with DUI when they use on-star to call a cab. The list goes on and on.
Cops need to make DUI arrests for their next review.

In article >,
KingOfTheApes > wrote:
>On Aug 4, 2:22=A0pm, (Matthew T. Russotto)
>wrote:
>>
>> Riding a bike drunk is DUI. =A0Boarding a bus drunk is public
>> intoxication.
>>
>> Stop making the alternatives illegal too in the crusade against
>> alcohol, and maybe you really can cut drinking and driving.
>
>Riding a bike under the influence is NOT DUI.

Yes, in many if not most states, it is.
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.

In article >,
Brent P > wrote:
>
>Cops don't care. They charge people with DUI either way. I've read
>news reports of people being charged with DUI while riding bicycles,
>motorized coolers, wheel chairs (yes, that's right the handicaped can't
>drink outside their home at all without risking a DUI), practically
>anything that moves human powered or not. Cops charge people with DUI
>when they decide to sleep it off in their vehicle. Cops charge people
>with DUI when they use on-star to call a cab. The list goes on and on.
>Cops need to make DUI arrests for their next review.

And they get convictions in all those cases, so it's not just
overzealous cops; it's overzealous lawmakers.
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.

On 2008-08-05, Matthew T. Russotto > wrote:
> In article >,
> Brent P > wrote:
>>
>>Cops don't care. They charge people with DUI either way. I've read
>>news reports of people being charged with DUI while riding bicycles,
>>motorized coolers, wheel chairs (yes, that's right the handicaped can't
>>drink outside their home at all without risking a DUI), practically
>>anything that moves human powered or not. Cops charge people with DUI
>>when they decide to sleep it off in their vehicle. Cops charge people
>>with DUI when they use on-star to call a cab. The list goes on and on.
>>Cops need to make DUI arrests for their next review.
>
> And they get convictions in all those cases, so it's not just
> overzealous cops; it's overzealous lawmakers.

Cops work for government. They enforce government edicts. They stopped
working for the people a long time ago. That's why it's called 'law
enforcement' now.

On Aug 4, 9:24*pm, Brent P > wrote:
> On 2008-08-05, Matthew T. Russotto > wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Brent P > wrote:
>
> >>Cops don't care. They charge people with DUI either way. I've read
> >>news reports of people being charged with DUI while riding bicycles,
> >>motorized coolers, wheel chairs (yes, that's right the handicaped can't
> >>drink outside their home at all without risking a DUI), practically
> >>anything that moves human powered or not. Cops charge people with DUI
> >>when they decide to sleep it off in their vehicle. Cops charge people
> >>with DUI when they use on-star to call a cab. The list goes on and on.
> >>Cops need to make DUI arrests for their next review.
>
> > And they get convictions in all those cases, so it's not just
> > overzealous cops; it's overzealous lawmakers.
>
> Cops work for government. They enforce government edicts. They stopped
> working for the people a long time ago. That's why it's called 'law
> enforcement' now.

Law enforcement? It must be the Law of the Jungle in which they are
the Collection Agents...

On Aug 4, 5:53*pm, Brent P > wrote:
> On 2008-08-04, KingOfTheApes > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Aug 4, 2:22*pm, (Matthew T. Russotto)
> > wrote:
> >> In article >,
>
> >> KingOfTheApes > wrote:
>
> >> >So I say, don't drink and drive, but if you drink, catch a taxi, bus
> >> >or ride a bike.
>
> >> Riding a bike drunk is DUI. *Boarding a bus drunk is public
> >> intoxication.
>
> >> Stop making the alternatives illegal too in the crusade against
> >> alcohol, and maybe you really can cut drinking and driving.
> >> --
> >> * There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
> >> * result in a fully-depreciated one.
>
> > Riding a bike under the influence is NOT DUI. At worst it could be
> > RUI. And if you wonder what's the difference it's that when you ride
> > under the influence you are endangering yourself. Hey, it may be even
> > be good for society if you get killed.
>
> Cops don't care. They charge people with DUI either way. I've read
> news reports of people being charged with DUI while riding bicycles,
> motorized coolers, wheel chairs (yes, that's right the handicaped can't
> drink outside their home at all without risking a DUI), practically
> anything that moves human powered or not. Cops charge people with DUI
> when they decide to sleep it off in their vehicle. Cops charge people
> with DUI when they use on-star to call a cab. The list goes on and on.
> Cops need to make DUI arrests for their next review.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Gee, why don't they close the damn liquor stores, and go back to the
good ol' times of Capone?

He was tough competition for the police, huh?

KingOfTheApes wrote:
> On Aug 1, 10:05 pm, Tom Sherman >
> wrote:
>> Mark C. wrote:
>>> ...
>>> And having an un-muzzled 2 year old screaming his/her head off in the
>>> backseat is a distraction as well...probably in the 0.10 equivalent range!...
>> I am all for banning carrying children in motor vehicles.
>>
>> --
>> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
>> “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
>> She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”
>
> And I'm against breastfeeding babies while driving. Is that a problem
> anywhere?

Well, I have seen adult men manipulating the breasts of adult women who
are driving (one of the advantages of being in the cab of a commercial
size truck).

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

KingOfTheApes wrote:
> On Aug 3, 1:51 pm, Peter Grange > wrote:
>> On 02 Aug 2008 20:39:59 -0700, (Bill Z.)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Even if you change stations 6 times per hour, its still a factor of
>>> 200 (figuring on 1 second per station change).
>> Even less station changes around here. I get in the car, tune the
>> radio to (BBC) Radio 4 & it stays there until I get out again.
>>
>> My wife gets in the car, tunes the radio to (BBC) Radio 3 and it stays
>> there until she gets out again.
>>
>> If we both get in the car we talk to each other, which must be
>> remarkably like talking on a mobile. Anyone tried to make a
>> distinction, or should we legislate against passengers too?
>>
>> Pete
>
> That's in the UK, but in America we've got another problem: LOUD
> COMMERCIALS, a lot of them. Yeah, in the middle of Penny Lane and
> California Dreaming, they start shouting that you should buy a Toyota
> or get a McDonald's burger for 25 cents (and the french fries for 2
> bucks), so you either change the station (accident risk) or crash...
> ...
Many commercials are compressed to have less than 6 dB dynamic range,
which is why they are so subjectively loud and annoying.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”