This medium leaves a lot to be desired for communication; you can't look people in the eyes, see body language, hear voice inflections, etc.
My intention is to not let jerks who drive interfere with my serenity.
I'm a retired big rig driver and a recovering alcoholic; I know about drinking and driving ~ I had one DUI when I was nineteen.
I've been clean and sober since 10-26-75, I retired in '86 when I was fifty five.
PS it's funny I was just communicating with Conspiracy Guy about one of his poems on John F'n Kerry. :)
Be ever vigilant and don't let crazies get to you.
Yep on the medium. I get the crap beat out of me somedays by people I actually agree with. When you were 19 the DUI laws were different than now. MADD almost villified drinking into a second prohibition era. Bar watching and road blocks by many PD's have allowed many communities, (often college towns), to double their income.
I got a DUI one night for leaving a bar in a small town after 11:00. Had I been drunk I wouldn't have gotten in the car. I refer to that night as my $2,500 six pack. I got my charge reduced but still paid full fines and lost license for 90 days (mandatory in AL if you get booked and take the breathilizer also automatic if you refuse to take the breathilizer) Gestapo? Had I needed a license for my job it would have cost me everything. I am not a heavy drinker and I know when to stop. I had to learn the hard way when the government wants me to stop.