St. Euphrosynos Taverna and Ouzeri 44 (6)
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Hmm. Saw a cop texting while driving, even though that's illegal in this state!
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A cop breaking the law?
May it never be ...
(One of my family members scares me to death with his driving. He used to get tickets pretty regularly, but he's "in" with police, judges, sheriff's office, and so on. His buddy that used to take care of tickets for him finally gave him a sticker to put on his license plate that essentially identifies him as someone who's "allowed" to break traffic laws.
I just pray he stays safe!)
May it never be ...
(One of my family members scares me to death with his driving. He used to get tickets pretty regularly, but he's "in" with police, judges, sheriff's office, and so on. His buddy that used to take care of tickets for him finally gave him a sticker to put on his license plate that essentially identifies him as someone who's "allowed" to break traffic laws.
I just pray he stays safe!)
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That's what I thought too.
On the one hand, yes, you have law enforcement officers (who one HOPES have been trained to drive in these situations) who may have a legitimate need, even during off hours in their private vehicle, to get somewhere quickly or follow the bad guy.
But far too often it's just a kind of "I'm important and in a hurry so get out of my way" kind of thing. I'm concerned for safety all around. Lord have mercy!
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Admittedly, I'll drive fast. Some of the roads around here are 70 mph, a straight shot, and very few people drive on them. So, if I'm listening to music, sometimes I forget the speed limit. Then I look at the speedometer and I'm like, uh, whoops. 
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Well ...
I will admit when I lived in the mountains, there were very long curves, no traffic, downhill. The scale made it feel like I was driving slower. Quite frequently, I'd look down and see I was doing 80 or so. I think the limit was 50 or 60?
And near my home now, the "back way" to town goes through the trees. There's a farm or two, and a couple roads come off it that have subdivisions. The speed limit is 35. I'm usually doing closer to 40 or 45. The other direction, a well-traveled road is only 25 down a long stretch. There aren't really houses on it - just streets that go to houses. They watch that stretch. IMO it should be 35, and I'm afraid I get over 25 going that way very easily.
Maybe I'm getting old. Other than those, I tend to do the speed limit.
Probably helped by the fact that my car had some issue for a long time where it would shake violently if I ever got over 60. My husband replaced the shocks - now it shakes just a tiny bit over 75. But not that many places around here the speed limit is that high.
I will admit when I lived in the mountains, there were very long curves, no traffic, downhill. The scale made it feel like I was driving slower. Quite frequently, I'd look down and see I was doing 80 or so. I think the limit was 50 or 60?
And near my home now, the "back way" to town goes through the trees. There's a farm or two, and a couple roads come off it that have subdivisions. The speed limit is 35. I'm usually doing closer to 40 or 45. The other direction, a well-traveled road is only 25 down a long stretch. There aren't really houses on it - just streets that go to houses. They watch that stretch. IMO it should be 35, and I'm afraid I get over 25 going that way very easily.
Maybe I'm getting old.
Other than those, I tend to do the speed limit. Probably helped by the fact that my car had some issue for a long time where it would shake violently if I ever got over 60. My husband replaced the shocks - now it shakes just a tiny bit over 75. But not that many places around here the speed limit is that high.
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Haha. I drive a car that doesn't really feel shaky until about 90 or 95. 
VWs are built pretty well.
VWs are built pretty well.
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Haha. I drive a car that doesn't really feel shaky until about 90 or 95.
VWs are built pretty well.
LOL!
Mine would fall apart before I went that fast, I think.
I used to have a Mustang that went at least 95 or so. I didn't go past that. But when I was REALLY stupid as a teenager I once got my Grandma's car (forget the model, but it was a big station wagon) up to 110.
My friend had a stock car and we got up to 130.
The stupid things I did in my youth ... Thank God He preserved me in spite of myself!
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Yeah, I actually had a tire blow out a few weeks ago, and I just prayed and thanked God that I hadn't been on the interstate when it blew out. I was only going 35 or so. I think had I been going about 80, as I typically do in the 70 mph on the interstate, I would be comatose or dead. I was really fortunate.
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These things happen and there's nothing you can do about it
Stay home till you are better
Stay home till you are better
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I'm learning that this is a hazard of having young nieces and nephews. I seem to collect germs I haven't touched before.
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So... two things...
1) I'm an uncle to twins!
2) I've gone "church shopping" again. There's an Antiochian church that's 45 minutes away which I've been hesitant to go to since I've been having two hours to commute for the last two years. Well, I went there today and only in the Orthodox world would I run into parishoners there who are from my hometown.
We will be cheering zealously for the Seahawks next week
1) I'm an uncle to twins!
2) I've gone "church shopping" again. There's an Antiochian church that's 45 minutes away which I've been hesitant to go to since I've been having two hours to commute for the last two years. Well, I went there today and only in the Orthodox world would I run into parishoners there who are from my hometown.
We will be cheering zealously for the Seahawks next week
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