Wed, Nov 10, 2004, 10:11am (EST+5) otforme
(Charlie=A0Self) says:
I love this time of year, early morning before it's light, and nippy air
that helps clear the head. Today, I need to cut some cabinet doors, and
I don't want to waste plywood, so I was standing outside thinking it
out--this sometimes works better than pencil and paper snip

I do that, exactly the same way. Except later in the day.



JOAT
Viet Nam, divorce, cancer. Been there, done that. Now, where the Hell
are my T-shirts?

Bob Schmall responds:
Another is the insane amount of lighting auto
dealers use to light their lots after business hours. It may be required by
their insurance companies to protect millions of dollars of inventory, but
that's not the point here. The lights could easily be properly shielded and
directed to the ground, performing their intended function without waste.

Even then...on I77 south just as you exit Charleston, WV there's a Ford dealer
with incredibly bright lights on his/her inventory. It actually blinds you as
you come down the road, and is a true hazard on wet nights. I drove that road
off and on for 2-1/2 years and evidently there were no local complaints, so the
lights stayed as they are. I'd bet they are still that way. Dual pollution,
IMO, plus adding unnecessary danger to an already hazardous drive.

Charlie Self
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of
common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever
ineligible for public office." H. L. Mencken

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...
Bob Schmall responds:
Another is the insane amount of lighting auto
dealers use to light their lots after business hours. It may be required
by
their insurance companies to protect millions of dollars of inventory,
but
that's not the point here. The lights could easily be properly shielded
and
directed to the ground, performing their intended function without waste.

Even then...on I77 south just as you exit Charleston, WV there's a Ford
dealer
with incredibly bright lights on his/her inventory. It actually blinds you
as
you come down the road, and is a true hazard on wet nights. I drove that
road
off and on for 2-1/2 years and evidently there were no local complaints,
so the
lights stayed as they are. I'd bet they are still that way. Dual
pollution,
IMO, plus adding unnecessary danger to an already hazardous drive.

I hate it when they do that! Don't know how many times I've run into similar
lighting over the years.

In the same vein, many yrs. ago in Indianapolis, driving down Madison Ave.(4
lane divided blvd. with cross traffic) at night, there had been an accident
on the Northbound side, but as we were driving South, couldn't see ANYTHING
except a pair of blinding headlights until we got to it, then we could see
the flashing lights on top of the police car. Tried to ask an officer
standing in the middle of the intersection to dim them so people could tell
there was an emergency instead of just being blinded, and was told to "Get
the H*ll out of here". To be honest, I don't believe this was a State or
Sheriff, not even a City boy, but a local Constable, who I've discovered
over the years often have their heads up a long dark tunnel, blinded by
their own authority. It was pure good luck he didn't have a second accident
to go with the original one due to his asinine attitude.

--
Nahmie
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