For the next two weeks, I will relinquish my cush ride on the Metra to and from the office and will drive to work. My wife has agreed to take on some extra hours at work to fill in for someone out on medical leave. While I am not overjoyed by this predicament, I am a team player and will make the best of the situation. So, bad news is that unless my train friends feed me a good story, there will be no Metra Diaries for the next two weeks. Good new is that variety is the spice of life and I am sure there will be some good material from the drive to work. A woman shaving with an electric razor in her car is probably the best I've seen to date, but I'll keep my eyes open.
I know I've mentioned this previously but will take the time to reiterate it now. I detest driving to work. The ride in general isn't that far; the office is 25 miles door to door. However, average time for ride is generally an hour. The majority of my ride takes place on a major highway in Chicago referred to as the tollway. The posted speed limit on the tollway is 55. If traffic is light the average actual speed is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 80. When I drive to and from work the average actual speed is somewhere right around, oh I don't know, 7 miles per hour. It's extremely irritating.
If you've never been to the Chicago area before, let me tell you it's really flat. A speed bump is probably the biggest hill you'll ever have to climb and if you have a step ladder, you can pretty much see the entire state. The reason I mention this is that I connotate a flat road with being really easy to drive. However, you'd never know it the way people drive here. The minute a drop of rain falls or the mention of a snowflake happens all hell breaks loose and the collective driving brain turns to mush. A 25 mile drive can take two hours. I have my theories, pollutants in the Lake Michigan water or a genetic defect but to date nothing can be substantiated. I'll try and keep you posted.
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Woman shaving with a razor? What area of the body was she shaving?
I once saw a man brushing his teeth. Oh yeah, I also saw a couple having sex. While he was driving!!!!!!!!!!!
Since you have a car - we can "do" lunch. Email me.
This tollway you speak of sounds similar to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway running from the VZ Bridge to the tunnel into the city. I too have witnessed odd behavoir in cars during my commute, like a woman dancing in seizure fashion all by herself while she hugged the center-line. Can't wait to see more big city travel stories.
hag-
thanks for all your kind words.
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