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I was driving North on Interstate 5 in Ca. and a FED X semi passed me and honked. My wife said :why is he honking" I checked and I was well on my side, then he started flashing his rear lights. I chec...
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Coming back from seeing the eclipse in Oregon last year, we were in far Eastern Oregon trying to avoid all the post-eclipse drive home craziness (friends of ours were stuck in a traffic jam for almost 12 hours.) We were some of few that went way out of the way (at least 150 miles, by my guess) to avoid that traffic. On one stretch of two lane highway a 30'ish foot fifth wheeler past us, as he did we noticed his A/C shroud flapping in the wind. About 5 minutes later we come across the remains of that shroud strewn across the highway.
Well, we got to the only gas station within a hundred miles or so and that same fifth wheel is in line in front of us. As he's having his gas pumped I get out to let him know what happened and hear him talking in a rather annoyed tone to the pump attendant.
Needless to say, he didn't take the news of his lost shroud very well, muttering some profanity under his breath. I didn't care, I could tell it wasn't directed at me, as I walked away I said "You're welcome" and I hear a mumbled, straining to be as pleasant as he could possibly muster, "Thanks."
I would at least like to think that maybe my courtesy helped change his attitude from that point forward. Maybe.
Oh, by the way, our friends stuck in traffic jam arrived home about 30 minutes before we did, having left about the same time. They slept in their car on the side of the highway for 3 hours, while had about 7 hours of sleep in our motorhome. The joys of RVing!
Well, we got to the only gas station within a hundred miles or so and that same fifth wheel is in line in front of us. As he's having his gas pumped I get out to let him know what happened and hear him talking in a rather annoyed tone to the pump attendant.
Needless to say, he didn't take the news of his lost shroud very well, muttering some profanity under his breath. I didn't care, I could tell it wasn't directed at me, as I walked away I said "You're welcome" and I hear a mumbled, straining to be as pleasant as he could possibly muster, "Thanks."
I would at least like to think that maybe my courtesy helped change his attitude from that point forward. Maybe.
Oh, by the way, our friends stuck in traffic jam arrived home about 30 minutes before we did, having left about the same time. They slept in their car on the side of the highway for 3 hours, while had about 7 hours of sleep in our motorhome. The joys of RVing!
