[Mishmash] Economic Slavery on the Highways

[Fred Atkinson]

Dick,

    I think you have good advice there.

    He was a buddy from my high school band in Alabama.  I never knew he
could be like that until it happened.  I don't know what happened to him.
It was a real disappointment as our band was 'all for one and one for all'
type of people.  You've never experienced a band like this one unless you
were in it or experienced it regularly.  I think you saw the video of those
trophies.  There were plenty of band trophies among them.  You couldn't
understand it fully without knowing these people.  But maybe you can get the
general idea.

    But I've been discussing this on a mailing list that he is on (along
with other band members from our era).  So now he's a captive audience.  He
can't speak up without making himself look bad.  And while some of the
others on that list don't share my opinion, they do consider what I have to
say.  And that I don't have any problem with.  They can express opposing
views.  Being able to listen to a different point of view is a dynamic that
is required with friends that are worth having, IMHO.

    Regards,



                                                                        Fred

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Barth" <w3hwn at comcast.net>
To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] Economic Slavery on the Highways


> Many years ago, when i first moved to Washington DC and my parents were
still
> alive up in NYC, I spent a lot of time on the road between here and there.
I
> was a regular on Route 40 (before I-95 was even thought of) and the Jersey
> Turnpike.  I found that as a group, truck drivers were a lot saner
> and predictable
> than the guys in the cars.  Truckers were pros; they made their living at
what
> they were doing and couldn't afford to act stupid.
>
> As Hugh mentioned, there are exceptions.  There's always a jerk in
> the crowd, or
> somebody who is so tired he ought to be sleeping instead of driving,
> or some crank
> who should be driving at all.  But they're in the 4-wheelers too, and a
higher
> percentage, in my experience.
>
> As for the "friend" who wouldn't listen to your opinions, Fred, I
> think you handled
> it exactly right.  If he's so fond of his own opinions, he can talk to
himself.
>
> Dick
>
>
>
>
> Richard Barth *** W3HWN at ARRL.NET *** Silver Spring, MD
>
>
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