Subj : Re: Travel
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Sun Apr 21 2019 18:12:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 04-18-19  06:22 <=-

 JM> Usually if I take an unexpected side trip I can use a map to find my
 JM> way back. 

Likewise... :)

 JM> The most common cause of these side trips is being in a busy
 JM> city and little opportunity to pull off the road.  Stuck in a line
 JM> of fast moving traffic, etc.

I've not had that happen too often.... but then, I try to plan ahead to
not get caught... and most of my trips nowadays are in at least somewhat
familiar territory, so I know what's coming up...

 JM> In 1973 I was moving back to WV from CO and visiting folks along the
 JM> way.  I was going from Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Farmington Hills, MI
 JM> (outside Detroit) and was in the wrong lane to make an exit near
 JM> Chicago. Pulling a small U-Haul didn't help.
 JM> I kept trying to get in the exit lane with traffic whizzing by on
 JM> both sides with horns honking, getting the you're number one wave,
 JM> people yelling.  
 JM> I was eventually allowed over and glad to get off that road.

I'm sure you were... those sound like particularly nasty and
inconsiderate drivers...  

 > I've traveled rather extensively in NYS, and somewhat in NYC... but
 > perhaps I've been fortunate enough to not need to ask for directions or
 > help.... :)

 JM> I seldom ask for directions, I just figure eventually I'll run
 JM> across whatever I'm looking for.  :)
 JM> The only time is if I am pressed for time.  Or way far afield.
 
Likewise, all around... ;)  If I can figure out from the map where I
actually am on the way far afield, I can generally make my way back to
where I was supposed to be, though.... :)

 > ..Instead of being like the song about Charlie and the MTA... his fate
 > still unknown... "he may ride forever on the streets of Boston, he's
 > the man who never returned"...  :)

 JM> When I was in NYC around 1971, I never had a problem with the
 JM> subway. Of course being in uniform (my ship made a stop on the way to
 JM> RI) people were a bit more understanding.
 JM> There were all these warnings about how dangerous NYC was.  I never
 JM> had a problem.  No one so much as said boo to me.  I never felt unsafe.
 JM> The USO provided smallish city maps with places of interest here and
 JM> there, which subway/bus to take, etc.

Between the uniform and the city maps, you probably were indeed quite
safe... :)  I've never felt unsafe in NYC, either, though.... whether
driving through it, or taking the public transportation... It might make
a difference exactly which part of the city, I suppose, especially for
the subway/streets... that part of it I was only in Brooklyn and
Manhattan... Driving through, I've probably gone through dicier areas,
but those don't bother me when I'm safe in my car... ;)

 >  JM> For years when I saw a black '48 Ford sedan I was sure that was
 >  JM> the driver looking for me.  :)
 > I'm sure the statute of limitations has expired on that one
 JM> I hope so!
 > ... and probably so has the owner of that sedan... ;) 

 JM> That too!  :)

After all, you were just a kid... and you're old enough now to
retire....  ;)

ttyl      neb

.... Who is at fault here? Can we sue somebody about this for millions?

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