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Originally Posted by one1
I am in total agreement on that one,nothing but depression on this end.
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What I don't like is the Rat Race mentality of it all.
Take this morning.
My wife and I went for a nice leisurely walk in the park.
That was nice.
Then after that we like to take a nice easy drive around this lake in our town.
I guess I do have an advantage here, I'm retired and feel no need to be in a hurry. I like to set the cruise control at about 30 (it's a 35 mph limit) and just sight see. There is a lot of cool wildlife around that lake, even though it's in town. Lot's of exotic birds, rabbits, etc.
But generally it isn't more than a few minutes before I have some soccer mom in an SUV riding my bumper and mouthing obscenities at me because I am going too slow for her and she has 78 things on her X-mas "to do" list that just can't wait.
The traffic is absolutely horrible around Christmas.
And it's mean.
Everybody is in a huge hurry and they are out there running red lights, cutting you off, tailgating you, and pulling out in front of you when they have no room to. As a result there is a big spike in fender benders. Every fast food joint has a huge line at the drive up window because no one has time to cook because they have to get ready for Christmas. It's a royal pain in the ass just to go out your front door.
And you don't even get a break when Christmas is over.
Hell no!
Then the stores put all the shit they couldn't sell on sale for half price and the frenzy starts all over.
Add to that the mile long lines of people that are bringing all the stupid gifts they got back and trying to exchange them for something else.
No sooner is that over and it's tax refund season and everybody and their dog is back in the stores trying to burn through that money as fast as they can.