Zipp0 1 #26 October 17, 2007 Get one of these: http://www.buycostumes.com/Category/0/Product/4439/ProductDetail.aspx and draw a swastika on the side. Then when this happens again just throw it on and pump your fist in the air a few times. Problem solved. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #27 October 17, 2007 Was this incident, anywhere near a NASCAR track or a 'Monster Truck' show? Seriously, pretty scarey situation. What about getting a plate number, description of the vehicle, driver etc. 911 call to the cops? His flippin' you the bird, is 'disorderly conduct by gesture.' Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #28 October 17, 2007 Not saying this is the case with your potential highway road rager, but the roads we drive on have a way of often turning an otherwise rational person into a raving lunatic who is willing to put their safety and the safety of others around them at risk while they travel in their vehicles. Plus it is also funny that the vast majority of the people out there think that they are above average drivers while they view everyone else as an idiot. Fortunately skydiving has taught me some valuable lessons as to knowing when I should be seeking speed (like when I am swooping in a controlled environment) and when I should be backing off like driving to and from work, the DZ and home. I too had an encounter yesterday coming home from work with someone who was just acting like an aggressive “asshole”. Fortunately I was behind this person after the initial altercation and I knew staying behind this dick was the smart thing to do. He basically (LOL yes he too was a red neck driving his pickup truck) cut me off at a high rate of speed traffic leaving inches to spare and since there wasn’t a whole lot of room between myself and the other vehicle in front of me I had no choice but to brake hard (as my red neck friend also had to do). Of course once stopped my arms go up in the “why” gesture and this red neck just starts losing it (his blood pressure must have skyrocketed) as I begin to laugh at him and wave him off to proceed ahead. Of course he tries the “slam on his brakes in traffic" trick (why someone tries to get themselves into an accident on purpose is beyond me), but I would have nothing of it. Finally he loses interest in me and zooms off. LOL … but you know how traffic is, zooming in and out of traffic never really seems to work and I catch up to him about a mile up the road in a mandatory right turn lane and he starts losing it again. Now here’s the kicker, I am turning right (we are after all in a mandatory right turn lane) but my red neck friend is going straight and since there is a pedestrian in the intersection preventing me from immediately turning right, I get to observe my road raging red neck friend have his next encounter as he forces his way into the traffic going straight and he gets into an altercation with yet another driver. The moral in all this is that some people are just assholes behind the wheel and it’s best to just avoid them at all cost. If this means, turning off where you did not plan to turn off, so be it. Life is too short as it is, to make it even potentially shorter by stooping to the level of some of these road ragers. I am forever thankful that skydiving has put a certain perspective in my life to know when and where to get my jollies going fast. For all those who think they are gods gift behind the wheel, by all means please pass me, I promise to do my best not to be in your way. But don’t expect me to stop one mile down the road and pull your dying body from the traffic accident you just caused because you were too selfish thinking of how precious your time and your life is. PS: this last comment is a generic comment and not at all directed at the OP of this thread. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #29 October 17, 2007 That could be a picture of me, not funny at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,146 #30 October 17, 2007 Quote That could be a picture of me, not funny at all. Riigghht!... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rehmwa 2 #31 October 17, 2007 QuoteNot saying this is the case with your potential highway road rager, I see the term "rage" as relating to righteousness. There is nothing righteous in the behavior of these people. That's why I call it like I see it - it's NOT "road rage", it's (more correctly) "road tantrum" Let's call the babies what they really are. ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #32 October 17, 2007 Hey I am still better looking than you!for halloween I will be covering up the swastika and SS lightning bolts on my neck and get a wig and go as an aging professor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #33 October 17, 2007 Quote Quote Not saying this is the case with your potential highway road rager, I see the term "rage" as relating to righteousness. There is nothing righteous in the behavior of these people. That's why I call it like I see it - it's NOT "road rage", it's (more correctly) "road tantrum" Let's call the babies what they really are. ROFLMAO ... road tantrums. That is so true ... I have no doubt in my mind that my red neck friend from yesterday views me as "the idiot" since I made the "why" gesture after he forced his way into traffic at a high rate of speed with inches to spare and yes turn signals were definitely optional to this dude. But I am not the one who was yelling and screaming in his mirror. In fact was was laughing which only may this dude lose it even more. I can only wonder what the poor innocent person to my red friend's left was thinking as we sat there waiting for the light to turn. This innocent person likely had no idea what was up yet the person to their right is yelling and screaming having their "road tantrum". Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #34 October 17, 2007 Nice one - laughing is a great weapon Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #35 October 17, 2007 QuoteI've had this happen to me several times. I don't know if they were skinheads though. I'm Catholic, they don't like my kind either; but they couldn't have known that just by looking at me. Anyway, each time I held my cell phone up through the moonroof and then dialed 911. That always worked. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe it was the magnetic Mary on your dashboard. I know you meant this in humor and I do take it in humor; but to set the record straight, I do not have a magnetic Mary on my dash. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #36 October 17, 2007 My vindication was when we parted ways, myself turning right and my red neck friend forcing himself into the traffic going straight even though he was in a mandatory turn right lane. As soon as I saw him get into it with the next driver, I knew that this "road tantrum" dude was just ... well ... just an asshole. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #37 October 17, 2007 I've always thought it would be funny to have one of those scrolling LED boards in your window with a keypad on the dash so if you are in traffic you could say things like.... "you, sir, are an asshole" "climb out of the trunk dickhead" "seems your car wasn't specified with the optional turn signals" and other such nonsense or alternatively "can i have your number" or "nice car, wanna f***?" The possibilities are endless Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #38 October 17, 2007 I suspect the difference between the two of you was more style than substance.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #39 October 17, 2007 That is a shitty thing to say to JC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #40 October 17, 2007 QuoteThat is a shitty thing to say to JC http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2973714;search_string=jenfly00;#2973714 One seeks to threaten and intimidate with veiled words ...another uses his truck. Looks like a style difference to me. If he wasn't on the other side of the country, I would have filed for a restraining order and had my cop family taking a very close look at him.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #41 October 17, 2007 So I intimidate by quoting Sir Robin's Minstrels from Monty Python and the Holy Grail? (As an aside, please recognize that they ate Sir Robins Minstrels, and there was much rejoicing. They couldn't have been TOOO threatening) I guess I should have instead deployed my Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, of course, after consulting the Book of Armaments: And lawrocket raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it." Right. One. Two. Five. Three. (cite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk&mode=related&search=) You don't frighten me, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called "Arthur King," you and all your silly English Kinnnnnnnnnniggits. I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. (cite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl8H-rm6kt4) Instead, of fighting the good fight, "Brave lawrocket ran away. Bravely ran away, ran away. When danger reared its ugly head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave lawrocket turned about and gallantly he chickened out Bravely taking to his feet he beat a very brave retreat Bravest of the brave, brave lawrocket. He is packing it in and packing it up And sneaking away and buggering up And chickening out and pissing off home, Yes, bravely he is throwing in the sponge... My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #42 October 17, 2007 I'd sooner flee and lose some self-respect points than get 9mm lead poisoning...Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #43 October 17, 2007 QuoteA gun would not have made that situation come out any better. It would be inappropriate to let him know I had one. BUT - it's always better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it. unfortunately, CA law doesn't really allow you to have it has a last resort option. They'd rather you get beaten up and killed. Though vunerable to actual homicidal intent (which is extremely rare), the acceleration and width of the motorcycle allows one to quick get distance from these kinds of nutjobs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #44 October 17, 2007 Take off your blinders he did not say that in a factual sense rather a more satirical one. Did you say you have an education? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Para_Frog 1 #45 October 18, 2007 She swings, she misses... Ouch.- Harvey, BASE 1232 TAN-I, IAD-I, S&TA BLiNC Magazine Team Member Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #46 October 18, 2007 Quote Quote That is a shitty thing to say to JC http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2973714;search_string=jenfly00;#2973714 One seeks to threaten and intimidate with veiled words ...another uses his truck. Looks like a style difference to me. If he wasn't on the other side of the country, I would have filed for a restraining order and had my cop family taking a very close look at him. Wow all that for paraphrasing MP? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #47 October 18, 2007 Yes, it was a threat ...as you intended. Choosing between the two, at least the skinhead showed spine instead of hiding behind words and plausable deniability.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #48 October 18, 2007 Quote Quote Quote That is a shitty thing to say to JC http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2973714;search_string=jenfly00;#2973714 One seeks to threaten and intimidate with veiled words ...another uses his truck. Looks like a style difference to me. If he wasn't on the other side of the country, I would have filed for a restraining order and had my cop family taking a very close look at him. Wow all that for paraphrasing MP? Wow, hell hath no fury like warpedskydiver scorned. Stop sending me PM's dude. If you haven't gotten the message yet ...I'm not interested.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #49 October 18, 2007 Oh gonna play that game? You claimed you have met me. I want to know when? I suspect you are full of shit. Interested in what? OMFG do not flatter yourself. Hey I have an great idea, have your cop family look me up and threaten me, they will regret the experience. A grown woman acting like a child is what you are. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #50 October 18, 2007 QuoteOh gonna play that game? You claimed you have met me. I want to know when? I suspect you are full of shit. Interested in what? OMFG do not flatter yourself. Cool, then you have no further need to PM me, right?----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
