Dr Rick said:
Bechet45 said:
You seem to be in fantasy-land again.
I don't fantasise about elderly men driving in the middle lane for no good reason late at night, to be honest, Carl.
You said "rules are for fools and the guidance of wise men", which I take to mean you feel they don't apply to you; and said that you in fact ignore them. You have noted that your behaviour, when ignoring the rules, irritates others (from their response if not from this thread), and complained that some of their resulting behaviour troubles you. Where exactly am I fantasising?
Shit, this is tedious - so here are my last words on the matter.
You said "rules are for fools and the guidance of wise men", which I take to mean you feel they don't apply to you; - fantasy - of course they apply to me, ask any policeman.
and said that you in fact ignore them. - tell me where. Of course I don't ignore them.
You have noted that your behaviour, when ignoring the rules, irritates others (from their response if not from this thread), and complained that some of their resulting behaviour troubles you. - You compound fantasy upon fantasy. Some posts in this thread and behaviour observed on the road and the general behaviour of Government prompted my remarks, which I suppose are the ones you are fantasising about.
In the real world, Rick, I avoid night driving like the plague. Being retired and thus having time at my disposal, I'll check into a hotel and maintain my beauty sleep regime rather than drive along motorways in the dead of night, if at all possible. Sometimes, 'tain't and I drive along the centre lane of an empty motorway. I'm not aware that to do so is to break any rule and anyway, who cares - no-one else is about. If a speeding motorist - and s/he'd have to be speeding, if you catch my drift - catches up to me they may over-take me in the slow lane, fast-lane and I really don't care. I've seen them coming for miles, we're all big boys and girls to be driving at speed at that time of night, we have a vested interest in not getting killed and all is well. I suppose one night I may get a testosterone enriched young yarhoo wanting to fuck me about but I have wisdom and experience enough to deal with such behaviour in a safe manner. I have driven all over the worlld, including on the mostly lawless roads of Kuwait and India, and never had an accident, been abused beyod a horn honked or lights flashed.
If I wanted aggro on the road, I'd drive during the daily rush hours - but I don't so I don't. A woman friend still at work uses flexi-time to avoid rush hour behaviour. I'm sure all you workers know what it is like. I don't have to endure such shitty behaviour. Retirement is nice in lots of ways.
Hugs and kisses to you, Rick. Go peacefully.
