Re: When are you too old to drive?

Dave Smith (adavidsmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying : 

>> > I suppose I could have just jumped off very narrow shoulder of the
>> > road

>> You either needed to do that anyway, or you didn't need to do that at
>> all. 

>> After all, he missed you, didn't he?

> We swerved toward me.

Yes, dear. And you either needed to get out of his way or you didn't.
Since you apparently didn't dive for the ditch, but didn't get flattened, 
then we can assume that it wasn't necessary.

<thinks>
You aren't actually under the impression waving your stick changed the 
trajectory of his car, are you?

>> > and let the asshole get away intimidating.

>> Umm, yes.
>> What's to be gained from anything else? Oh, yeh, you left the whole
>> mess even more shaken...

> I walk down this road almost every day, and sometimes at night. He has
> not dared to do it again.  I don't know where you live, but around
> here, car drivers are not allowed to threaten pedestrians like that. 

Nor here. Nor are peds allowed to belt cars with big sticks.

Perhaps he hasn't been down that road at the same time as you since? 
Perhaps he wasn't a local?

 
>> >> Just as well he didn't lose control of the car, eh? Wouldn't
>> >> *that* have been funny...?

>> > Yes.

>> Let's hope you'd have been laughing from your hospital bed, if he'd
>> lost control and hit you. Not from a coffin.

> I don't know where you got the impression that I was standing in the
> middle of the road when I threw it. 

I don't know where you got the impression that a vehicle stays in the 
middle of the road when the driver loses control whilst swerving.
 
>> >> I hope you're *really* proud of yourself...

>> > Yes :-)

>> Like I said. ****ing stupid. The pair of you.

> I guarantee you that he did not repeat that stunt.

So that's one ****wit that's learnt from it. Only one more to go.