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Mar 17, 2008 09:37

So here's the skinny on the trip! It was awesome. Long drive each day, but well worth it. I figured out a few things a long the way:
1. Kentucky had way too many incidents of road kill. Figured someone would have done a better job of cleaning up the sides of the road.

2. Indiana has a town called Santa Claus. (I wanted to stop, but time was a ( Read more... )

travel, thoughts, oregon

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sc00ter March 17 2008, 17:30:19 UTC
"10. Don't understand this one so much, but I saw a pick-up truck in the median, that had obviously been rolled at one point. And the great people of Idaho left it there, maybe to show what can happen to you if you roll over. Considering the winds there, I can understand how one can roll over pretty easily!"

I've heard of this in other places, usually it's to show people what can be caused from a drunk driving accident. But this doesn't sound like the case here.

"Or at least make you hold your hands at 10 and 2 on the steering wheel"

This is actually not what they tell you in drivers ed anymore. The correct position to hold your steering wheel if you have airbags is at 3 and 9.

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ok, ok! me2orion March 17 2008, 18:40:07 UTC
so i guess the truck thing makes sense. but they had rolled it back over on its wheels, with its crushed roof and stuff.

and i didn't know there was a difference with the airbags and where you should position your hands. i know it's easier to have them up higher on the wheel, like the 10 and 2 position. :)

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amaesan March 18 2008, 02:17:23 UTC
When you mentioned #12 I thought of the James Kim thing. Ugh. I'm glad you made it there okay. It sounds like you had fun to some extent.

What's next?

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huh? me2orion March 18 2008, 02:21:46 UTC
What do you mean? hopefully finding a place to live by the end of the week. and then working on finding a job. today, i'm taking the day off. i plan on going to sushi land tomorrow. it's 3 miles away.

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