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Bucky Badger

Bucky Badger

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Really...cell phones on planes????? Flying is annoying enough with the tight seating and now they want to have cell phones??? What cr@p
 
What I've seen is it will be texting and internet usage only, no talking on the phone but I may have missed the rest of it.
 
Johali said:
What I've seen is it will be texting and internet usage only, no talking on the phone but I may have missed the rest of it.
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It is kinda funny that we seem to have such a hard time putting these devices down for a few hours. I think the older generation doesn't have such a hard time. This past weekend, at a family gathering, I was seated at a table with some of my family in the dining room. To my left was my view of the kitchen with my brothers and some other older family members carrying on various conversations. The living room was the view straight ahead of my seated position. Most of the younger generation and their kids were all seated in the living room. Nobody was talking. They were all pecking away at their iPhones, iPads, & other smart phones. Smart Phones? Really? What a name. I think they are all creating a bunch of idiots. Maybe idiots is too strong a word but they are creating a bunch of non-interacting, non-verbal people. The art of conversation has been lost I’m afraid. Oh well, back to my keyboard.
 
And it pisses me off to no end when I run up on a car in the LEFT lane going about 45,50 mph and the driver is just sitting there jackin their jaw on the phone.:mad:

It may start with e-mails and internet but they will get the phone soon.:mad:
 
mike honcho said:
And it pisses me off to no end when I run up on a car in the LEFT lane going about 45,50 mph and the driver is just sitting there jackin their jaw on the phone.:mad:

It may start with e-mails and internet but they will get the phone soon.:mad:
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OK, the worst one I ever saw: I was pulling up to the left of a diver (luckily, she was in the slow lane) and saw that she had her left hand kind of holding the headrest of the driver seat. No big deal, probably just stretching. And as I pull up even with her, her right hand is holding her phone, yapping away. WTF?!?! NO HANDS!
 
Or the damn light turns green and they are looking down at the phone:owquitit: I think this is the first vehicle that I might wear out the horn
 
my dad made a point. there is no cell service at 35,000 feet, just as there is no wifi. They have wifi now, but they charge you for it ($10/hour i think). To get cell service, I'm expecting at least $1 per minute for 3G service at best, maybe even EDGE.
 
mike honcho said:
I want a train horn and just start scaring the chit out of some people.:D
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My buddy has a crazy set up on his Escalade. Check out hornblasters.com
In 2007 I was sitting at a red light when some jerkoff kid plowed into the back of my truck at 40-45. Knocked me out for a second and I sat up just in time to see the kid get out of his car with half a flip phone in his hand. I left in an ambulance with a collar on. I wanted to kill him.
 
They've been saying on the news that if they do go through with it and authorize the use of cell phones on planes the airlines have all said they will not permit it on their planes.
 
Johali said:
Watch it now, I am the beer run transport. :D
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Snakes can hide and strike without warning and do all kinds of ninja crap. Alligators can't really hide on a plane, so as long as you are on top of a seat or hanging halfway out of an overhead compartment, you're probably safe.
 
Magnethead said:
Snakes can hide and strike without warning and do all kinds of ninja crap. Alligators can't really hide on a plane, so as long as you are on top of a seat or hanging halfway out of an overhead compartment, you're probably safe.
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Yep. :D
 
I routinely leave my phone at home. It drives my daughter crazy.

I guess now she knows how I felt when she used to stay out a bit late! :D
 
mike honcho said:
I want a train horn and just start scaring the chit out of some people.:D
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My work truck is a Western Star straight job tri axle with a Moffett Forklift hanging off the rear bumper.Big truck,Big air horns. Certainly commands attention when people are doing everything BUT driving.
My personal truck (F 150) has a compressor with train horns .
More than happy to use them when the occasion warrants itself. All in the interest of safety.
 
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