Peter Parker

In article <inz%e.33182$ib1.26945@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>,
Tom Greening <tgreen@yohmama.com> wrote:
>
>"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
>news:_Vj%e.8431$P34.1329@okepread07...
>> Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
>> > "DougW" wrote ...
>> >> Yes, yes it did. I've driven almost all over the world and Montreal is
>way
>> >> up there on the "I'd rather take the bus" list.
>>
>> > Ever been to India? The only place I've ever seen an entire 5-person
>family
>> > motoring on down the road....on a motorcycle.
>>
>> Nope, that's somewhere I have not been to yet. I have seen 20+ workers
>packed
>> into a truck down in Mexico.
>>
>
>
>FIVE people! On a MOTORcycle!! I've seen some "aggresive" driving here
>and abroad but I'll tell you I've never seen ANYthing like India. Roads

Mainland China is pretty amazing too. At night the only lights on the road
are street lights. Even the buses don't usually run headlights when it's
dark. Street lights are the main luminence for night driving.

>that have a designation, ie, 2-lane, 3-lane, etc., well that is only for
>general refernce. I've been on 2-lane roads that had no less than 4 or 5
>lanes of traffic, and direction of travel was open to interpretation. Cars,
>bikes, motorcycles, pedestrians, cows, pigs, and god knows what else all in
>the road at once. I don't shake to easy but man the first time I was on the
>road out there I was terrified that death was imminent. Surprisingly
>though, of the time I've spent there I only saw one accident.

Same here. The cabbies break down and you have to push!
>
>They aren't very big on "rules" over there as it pertains to road travel.
>One of the funniest things I remember seeing were drivers delivering brand
>new truck chassis. Long bed tri-axle trucks, the kind that are about half
>way between 1-ton flatbeds and tractor trailers. I watched these guys
>driving down the highway and it was nothing but a truck frame with a motor
>and steering wheel. No bed, no body, nothing. They had pallets stacked up
>on the frame with folding metal chairs strapped down across the whole mess
>so they had someplace to sit while driving. I asked our driver about that
>and he told me these guys had a 1000 miles or so to go to get where they
>were going.
>
>One other thing that travel abroad has taught me is that people here, no
>matter HOW poor they think they are, haven't got a clue what bad really is.


That is so true. It makes you want to think about all those so called welware
queens sucking the welfare money out of this country thinking they are poor.



--
Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice...

Peter Parker

In article <inz%e.33182$ib1.26945@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>,
Tom Greening <tgreen@yohmama.com> wrote:
>
>"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
>news:_Vj%e.8431$P34.1329@okepread07...
>> Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
>> > "DougW" wrote ...
>> >> Yes, yes it did. I've driven almost all over the world and Montreal is
>way
>> >> up there on the "I'd rather take the bus" list.
>>
>> > Ever been to India? The only place I've ever seen an entire 5-person
>family
>> > motoring on down the road....on a motorcycle.
>>
>> Nope, that's somewhere I have not been to yet. I have seen 20+ workers
>packed
>> into a truck down in Mexico.
>>
>
>
>FIVE people! On a MOTORcycle!! I've seen some "aggresive" driving here
>and abroad but I'll tell you I've never seen ANYthing like India. Roads

Mainland China is pretty amazing too. At night the only lights on the road
are street lights. Even the buses don't usually run headlights when it's
dark. Street lights are the main luminence for night driving.

>that have a designation, ie, 2-lane, 3-lane, etc., well that is only for
>general refernce. I've been on 2-lane roads that had no less than 4 or 5
>lanes of traffic, and direction of travel was open to interpretation. Cars,
>bikes, motorcycles, pedestrians, cows, pigs, and god knows what else all in
>the road at once. I don't shake to easy but man the first time I was on the
>road out there I was terrified that death was imminent. Surprisingly
>though, of the time I've spent there I only saw one accident.

Same here. The cabbies break down and you have to push!
>
>They aren't very big on "rules" over there as it pertains to road travel.
>One of the funniest things I remember seeing were drivers delivering brand
>new truck chassis. Long bed tri-axle trucks, the kind that are about half
>way between 1-ton flatbeds and tractor trailers. I watched these guys
>driving down the highway and it was nothing but a truck frame with a motor
>and steering wheel. No bed, no body, nothing. They had pallets stacked up
>on the frame with folding metal chairs strapped down across the whole mess
>so they had someplace to sit while driving. I asked our driver about that
>and he told me these guys had a 1000 miles or so to go to get where they
>were going.
>
>One other thing that travel abroad has taught me is that people here, no
>matter HOW poor they think they are, haven't got a clue what bad really is.


That is so true. It makes you want to think about all those so called welware
queens sucking the welfare money out of this country thinking they are poor.



--
Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice...

Peter Parker

In article <inz%e.33182$ib1.26945@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>,
Tom Greening <tgreen@yohmama.com> wrote:
>
>"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
>news:_Vj%e.8431$P34.1329@okepread07...
>> Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
>> > "DougW" wrote ...
>> >> Yes, yes it did. I've driven almost all over the world and Montreal is
>way
>> >> up there on the "I'd rather take the bus" list.
>>
>> > Ever been to India? The only place I've ever seen an entire 5-person
>family
>> > motoring on down the road....on a motorcycle.
>>
>> Nope, that's somewhere I have not been to yet. I have seen 20+ workers
>packed
>> into a truck down in Mexico.
>>
>
>
>FIVE people! On a MOTORcycle!! I've seen some "aggresive" driving here
>and abroad but I'll tell you I've never seen ANYthing like India. Roads

Mainland China is pretty amazing too. At night the only lights on the road
are street lights. Even the buses don't usually run headlights when it's
dark. Street lights are the main luminence for night driving.

>that have a designation, ie, 2-lane, 3-lane, etc., well that is only for
>general refernce. I've been on 2-lane roads that had no less than 4 or 5
>lanes of traffic, and direction of travel was open to interpretation. Cars,
>bikes, motorcycles, pedestrians, cows, pigs, and god knows what else all in
>the road at once. I don't shake to easy but man the first time I was on the
>road out there I was terrified that death was imminent. Surprisingly
>though, of the time I've spent there I only saw one accident.

Same here. The cabbies break down and you have to push!
>
>They aren't very big on "rules" over there as it pertains to road travel.
>One of the funniest things I remember seeing were drivers delivering brand
>new truck chassis. Long bed tri-axle trucks, the kind that are about half
>way between 1-ton flatbeds and tractor trailers. I watched these guys
>driving down the highway and it was nothing but a truck frame with a motor
>and steering wheel. No bed, no body, nothing. They had pallets stacked up
>on the frame with folding metal chairs strapped down across the whole mess
>so they had someplace to sit while driving. I asked our driver about that
>and he told me these guys had a 1000 miles or so to go to get where they
>were going.
>
>One other thing that travel abroad has taught me is that people here, no
>matter HOW poor they think they are, haven't got a clue what bad really is.


That is so true. It makes you want to think about all those so called welware
queens sucking the welfare money out of this country thinking they are poor.



--
Jeeps and dubs and everything's nice...

Will Honea

Now that brings back memories of Siagon in the late '60s-early 70s
time frame. It seems like when they got enough butts lined up to
exceed the length of the bike MamaSan would strap the youngest on her
back and carry a shopping basket on her head. Amazing what those
folks could carry on a 125cc Suzuki bike. Of course, there were so
many of them that real speed was not an issue - although the relative
speed of the mass was scary.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:07:26 UTC "Tom Greening" <tgreen@yohmama.com>
wrote:

>
> "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
> news:_Vj%e.8431$P34.1329@okepread07...
> > Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
> > > "DougW" wrote ...
> > >> Yes, yes it did. I've driven almost all over the world and Montreal is
> way
> > >> up there on the "I'd rather take the bus" list.
> >
> > > Ever been to India? The only place I've ever seen an entire 5-person
> family
> > > motoring on down the road....on a motorcycle.
> >
> > Nope, that's somewhere I have not been to yet. I have seen 20+ workers
> packed
> > into a truck down in Mexico.
> >
>
>
> FIVE people! On a MOTORcycle!! I've seen some "aggresive" driving here
> and abroad but I'll tell you I've never seen ANYthing like India. Roads
> that have a designation, ie, 2-lane, 3-lane, etc., well that is only for
> general refernce. I've been on 2-lane roads that had no less than 4 or 5
> lanes of traffic, and direction of travel was open to interpretation. Cars,
> bikes, motorcycles, pedestrians, cows, pigs, and god knows what else all in
> the road at once. I don't shake to easy but man the first time I was on the
> road out there I was terrified that death was imminent. Surprisingly
> though, of the time I've spent there I only saw one accident.
>
> They aren't very big on "rules" over there as it pertains to road travel.
> One of the funniest things I remember seeing were drivers delivering brand
> new truck chassis. Long bed tri-axle trucks, the kind that are about half
> way between 1-ton flatbeds and tractor trailers. I watched these guys
> driving down the highway and it was nothing but a truck frame with a motor
> and steering wheel. No bed, no body, nothing. They had pallets stacked up
> on the frame with folding metal chairs strapped down across the whole mess
> so they had someplace to sit while driving. I asked our driver about that
> and he told me these guys had a 1000 miles or so to go to get where they
> were going.
>
> One other thing that travel abroad has taught me is that people here, no
> matter HOW poor they think they are, haven't got a clue what bad really is.
>
>


--
Will Honea

Will Honea

Now that brings back memories of Siagon in the late '60s-early 70s
time frame. It seems like when they got enough butts lined up to
exceed the length of the bike MamaSan would strap the youngest on her
back and carry a shopping basket on her head. Amazing what those
folks could carry on a 125cc Suzuki bike. Of course, there were so
many of them that real speed was not an issue - although the relative
speed of the mass was scary.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:07:26 UTC "Tom Greening" <tgreen@yohmama.com>
wrote:

>
> "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
> news:_Vj%e.8431$P34.1329@okepread07...
> > Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
> > > "DougW" wrote ...
> > >> Yes, yes it did. I've driven almost all over the world and Montreal is
> way
> > >> up there on the "I'd rather take the bus" list.
> >
> > > Ever been to India? The only place I've ever seen an entire 5-person
> family
> > > motoring on down the road....on a motorcycle.
> >
> > Nope, that's somewhere I have not been to yet. I have seen 20+ workers
> packed
> > into a truck down in Mexico.
> >
>
>
> FIVE people! On a MOTORcycle!! I've seen some "aggresive" driving here
> and abroad but I'll tell you I've never seen ANYthing like India. Roads
> that have a designation, ie, 2-lane, 3-lane, etc., well that is only for
> general refernce. I've been on 2-lane roads that had no less than 4 or 5
> lanes of traffic, and direction of travel was open to interpretation. Cars,
> bikes, motorcycles, pedestrians, cows, pigs, and god knows what else all in
> the road at once. I don't shake to easy but man the first time I was on the
> road out there I was terrified that death was imminent. Surprisingly
> though, of the time I've spent there I only saw one accident.
>
> They aren't very big on "rules" over there as it pertains to road travel.
> One of the funniest things I remember seeing were drivers delivering brand
> new truck chassis. Long bed tri-axle trucks, the kind that are about half
> way between 1-ton flatbeds and tractor trailers. I watched these guys
> driving down the highway and it was nothing but a truck frame with a motor
> and steering wheel. No bed, no body, nothing. They had pallets stacked up
> on the frame with folding metal chairs strapped down across the whole mess
> so they had someplace to sit while driving. I asked our driver about that
> and he told me these guys had a 1000 miles or so to go to get where they
> were going.
>
> One other thing that travel abroad has taught me is that people here, no
> matter HOW poor they think they are, haven't got a clue what bad really is.
>
>


--
Will Honea

Will Honea

Now that brings back memories of Siagon in the late '60s-early 70s
time frame. It seems like when they got enough butts lined up to
exceed the length of the bike MamaSan would strap the youngest on her
back and carry a shopping basket on her head. Amazing what those
folks could carry on a 125cc Suzuki bike. Of course, there were so
many of them that real speed was not an issue - although the relative
speed of the mass was scary.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 17:07:26 UTC "Tom Greening" <tgreen@yohmama.com>
wrote:

>
> "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
> news:_Vj%e.8431$P34.1329@okepread07...
> > Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
> > > "DougW" wrote ...
> > >> Yes, yes it did. I've driven almost all over the world and Montreal is
> way
> > >> up there on the "I'd rather take the bus" list.
> >
> > > Ever been to India? The only place I've ever seen an entire 5-person
> family
> > > motoring on down the road....on a motorcycle.
> >
> > Nope, that's somewhere I have not been to yet. I have seen 20+ workers
> packed
> > into a truck down in Mexico.
> >
>
>
> FIVE people! On a MOTORcycle!! I've seen some "aggresive" driving here
> and abroad but I'll tell you I've never seen ANYthing like India. Roads
> that have a designation, ie, 2-lane, 3-lane, etc., well that is only for
> general refernce. I've been on 2-lane roads that had no less than 4 or 5
> lanes of traffic, and direction of travel was open to interpretation. Cars,
> bikes, motorcycles, pedestrians, cows, pigs, and god knows what else all in
> the road at once. I don't shake to easy but man the first time I was on the
> road out there I was terrified that death was imminent. Surprisingly
> though, of the time I've spent there I only saw one accident.
>
> They aren't very big on "rules" over there as it pertains to road travel.
> One of the funniest things I remember seeing were drivers delivering brand
> new truck chassis. Long bed tri-axle trucks, the kind that are about half
> way between 1-ton flatbeds and tractor trailers. I watched these guys
> driving down the highway and it was nothing but a truck frame with a motor
> and steering wheel. No bed, no body, nothing. They had pallets stacked up
> on the frame with folding metal chairs strapped down across the whole mess
> so they had someplace to sit while driving. I asked our driver about that
> and he told me these guys had a 1000 miles or so to go to get where they
> were going.
>
> One other thing that travel abroad has taught me is that people here, no
> matter HOW poor they think they are, haven't got a clue what bad really is.
>
>


--
Will Honea

Peter Pontbriand

Actually, I believe it's Jos. Louis - Pepsi, as in "gateaux Jos. Louis",
isn't it?

/Peter

"Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:aMm%e.8695$cq2.1115177@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Canadian slang (or English quebecer slang) for Frenchman from Quebec..
> Pepsi :) as in Jean-Lois-Pepsi.
>
>
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:269a9$433de238$d8449845$1360@FUSE.NET...
> > Pepsi?
> >
> > --
> > Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> > 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> > Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
> > .
> > "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:ufl%e.8657$cq2.1086767@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> >> Grrrrrr hate it when my puter don't like the links....
> >> Worst thing I ever saw during the 13 years I lived on the beautiful
West
> >> Island (west end of Isle. Montreal) was the pepsi who decided to drive
> >> west in the east bound lanes on the then 2&20 (now I believe its just
> >> called the 20) and the true blue and white Quebexican who covered his
car
> >> with that indoor outdoor carpet, the '70's multi-colored stuff too.
> >>
> >> Snow...
> >>
> >>
> >> "FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:N_adnfVQvphXHaDenZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@magma.ca...
> >>>
http://www.mycarsucks.com/photos/aud...rk_shocker.wmv
> >>>
> >>> Anybody know the Musician is?
> >>> Sounds like Adrian Legg
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Peter Pontbriand

Actually, I believe it's Jos. Louis - Pepsi, as in "gateaux Jos. Louis",
isn't it?

/Peter

"Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:aMm%e.8695$cq2.1115177@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Canadian slang (or English quebecer slang) for Frenchman from Quebec..
> Pepsi :) as in Jean-Lois-Pepsi.
>
>
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:269a9$433de238$d8449845$1360@FUSE.NET...
> > Pepsi?
> >
> > --
> > Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> > 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> > Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
> > .
> > "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:ufl%e.8657$cq2.1086767@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> >> Grrrrrr hate it when my puter don't like the links....
> >> Worst thing I ever saw during the 13 years I lived on the beautiful
West
> >> Island (west end of Isle. Montreal) was the pepsi who decided to drive
> >> west in the east bound lanes on the then 2&20 (now I believe its just
> >> called the 20) and the true blue and white Quebexican who covered his
car
> >> with that indoor outdoor carpet, the '70's multi-colored stuff too.
> >>
> >> Snow...
> >>
> >>
> >> "FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:N_adnfVQvphXHaDenZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@magma.ca...
> >>>
http://www.mycarsucks.com/photos/aud...rk_shocker.wmv
> >>>
> >>> Anybody know the Musician is?
> >>> Sounds like Adrian Legg
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Peter Pontbriand

Actually, I believe it's Jos. Louis - Pepsi, as in "gateaux Jos. Louis",
isn't it?

/Peter

"Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:aMm%e.8695$cq2.1115177@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> Canadian slang (or English quebecer slang) for Frenchman from Quebec..
> Pepsi :) as in Jean-Lois-Pepsi.
>
>
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:269a9$433de238$d8449845$1360@FUSE.NET...
> > Pepsi?
> >
> > --
> > Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> > 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> > Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
> > .
> > "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:ufl%e.8657$cq2.1086767@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> >> Grrrrrr hate it when my puter don't like the links....
> >> Worst thing I ever saw during the 13 years I lived on the beautiful
West
> >> Island (west end of Isle. Montreal) was the pepsi who decided to drive
> >> west in the east bound lanes on the then 2&20 (now I believe its just
> >> called the 20) and the true blue and white Quebexican who covered his
car
> >> with that indoor outdoor carpet, the '70's multi-colored stuff too.
> >>
> >> Snow...
> >>
> >>
> >> "FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:N_adnfVQvphXHaDenZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@magma.ca...
> >>>
http://www.mycarsucks.com/photos/aud...rk_shocker.wmv
> >>>
> >>> Anybody know the Musician is?
> >>> Sounds like Adrian Legg
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Mike Romain

My Dad grew up in Quebec and told me that Pepsi was a penny cheaper than
Coke so all the french kids bought the cheaper one and got the nickname.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Peter Pontbriand wrote:
>
> Actually, I believe it's Jos. Louis - Pepsi, as in "gateaux Jos. Louis",
> isn't it?
>
> /Peter
>
> "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:aMm%e.8695$cq2.1115177@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> > Canadian slang (or English quebecer slang) for Frenchman from Quebec..
> > Pepsi :) as in Jean-Lois-Pepsi.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> > news:269a9$433de238$d8449845$1360@FUSE.NET...
> > > Pepsi?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> > > 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> > > Sharing is why we are all here....... or should be.
> > > .
> > > "Snow" <snowbal@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:ufl%e.8657$cq2.1086767@news20.bellglobal.com. ..
> > >> Grrrrrr hate it when my puter don't like the links....
> > >> Worst thing I ever saw during the 13 years I lived on the beautiful
> West
> > >> Island (west end of Isle. Montreal) was the pepsi who decided to drive
> > >> west in the east bound lanes on the then 2&20 (now I believe its just
> > >> called the 20) and the true blue and white Quebexican who covered his
> car
> > >> with that indoor outdoor carpet, the '70's multi-colored stuff too.
> > >>
> > >> Snow...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "FrankW" <fworm@mxznorpak.ca> wrote in message
> > >> news:N_adnfVQvphXHaDenZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@magma.ca...
> > >>>
> http://www.mycarsucks.com/photos/aud...rk_shocker.wmv
> > >>>
> > >>> Anybody know the Musician is?
> > >>> Sounds like Adrian Legg
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >