2:46 - Nice capture! I was working at DD during this storm, a vast majority of it missed us, but I remember checking radar and thinking, "Man, Norwich is getting hammered again!" 5:27 - There are times where I'd like to have one of those little mini-pickups for my paper route. Adorable, good on gas, enough cargo space for most of the week's papers, with the turning radius of a mobility scooter. (Seriously, what is Quaker Hill's fascination with dead-end streets that have no place to turn around? 😆) 5:31 - And if you can see bags of trash on the ground surrounding the dumpster at my DD, it's because these jerkwads didn't bother picking up the trash for three weeks. I wonder if this driver was formerly employed with Willimantic Waste Paper, he sure drives like it. 🤣 Maybe he went to Juicee's on his lunch break? (I just Googled, apparently they're closed now.) I remember taking a few friends there years ago, because they lacked cars and I didn't, but I spent the night listening to the radio in my car because I wasn't interested in watching ladies dance, not my cuppa tea. Another time I took a friend there, he left after about twenty minutes because most of the dancers were former Norwich Tech graduates - and that venue wasn't the best place to have an impromptu "class reunion." We used to joke that it was the place to go to "Learn the ABCs of STDs." 5:48 - On the extremely rare times I parked in any city with kids, whether that be with cousins or Godchildren, not only did they enter/exit curbside, but they weren't allowed to even open the passenger door until I had gotten to it. Even if that means they have to slide across the back seat. NO EXCEPTIONS. (The "no opening the door until I get there" also applied for parking lots, I'm not letting them ding someone's door.) Not only did I make this mandatory for safety reasons, but sometimes kids aren't willing or able to exit the vehicle quickly, and if they're taking a long time to get out, it's a discourtesy to other drivers. And mandatory hand-holding, as well, until we get inside; a street/parking lot is not the best environment for "free-range" parenting. 100% success rate. 7:33 - One of my neighbors has a '67 El Camino. It's in almost-perfect condition, but it was no "parking lot car show" truck - he actually put it to work. When he was redoing his driveway... Wow, fifteen years or so ago... He made several trips with it loaded up to the bed rails with gravel. It was squatting so low in the rear, it was SO funny to see. 7:46 - My grade-school band teacher had that exact same Cadillac. Same color, power-assisted convertible, and it was the first car I'd ever seen and/or ridden in with an aftermarket subwoofer and a CD changer in the trunk - which, for 1989, was a Pretty Big Deal. He only drove the car during the spring, and complained that every few years he had to have the entire front suspension rebuilt because it was such a heavy-nosed car. As you'd expect from 70s-80s Caddies, it was like sitting on a pair of extremely-comfortable white leather sofas floating through the clouds, exactly what you'd like to drive on a wide and empty highway at 70 mph on a beautiful day. His daily driver was an '87 Chevy Beretta, which was almost the polar opposite. 8:02 - Sure, it's nice seeing classic cars, but it's also nice to see classic trucks get some representation! I saw a red Pontiac Fiero GT exit the parking lot today when I passed by my Drive Thru window. It looked like it was brand-spankin'-new. Didn't get a chance to get a picture of it, he took the prohibited left out of the parking lot. Nice car, and I've always wanted one, but they're way too low to the ground for me to get in and out of!
This was madness! I guess people are not afraid to pass on a double solid yellow, even with oncoming traffic.
2:46 - Nice capture! I was working at DD during this storm, a vast majority of it missed us, but I remember checking radar and thinking, "Man, Norwich is getting hammered again!"
5:27 - There are times where I'd like to have one of those little mini-pickups for my paper route. Adorable, good on gas, enough cargo space for most of the week's papers, with the turning radius of a mobility scooter. (Seriously, what is Quaker Hill's fascination with dead-end streets that have no place to turn around? 😆)
5:31 - And if you can see bags of trash on the ground surrounding the dumpster at my DD, it's because these jerkwads didn't bother picking up the trash for three weeks. I wonder if this driver was formerly employed with Willimantic Waste Paper, he sure drives like it. 🤣 Maybe he went to Juicee's on his lunch break?
(I just Googled, apparently they're closed now.) I remember taking a few friends there years ago, because they lacked cars and I didn't, but I spent the night listening to the radio in my car because I wasn't interested in watching ladies dance, not my cuppa tea. Another time I took a friend there, he left after about twenty minutes because most of the dancers were former Norwich Tech graduates - and that venue wasn't the best place to have an impromptu "class reunion." We used to joke that it was the place to go to "Learn the ABCs of STDs."
5:48 - On the extremely rare times I parked in any city with kids, whether that be with cousins or Godchildren, not only did they enter/exit curbside, but they weren't allowed to even open the passenger door until I had gotten to it. Even if that means they have to slide across the back seat. NO EXCEPTIONS. (The "no opening the door until I get there" also applied for parking lots, I'm not letting them ding someone's door.) Not only did I make this mandatory for safety reasons, but sometimes kids aren't willing or able to exit the vehicle quickly, and if they're taking a long time to get out, it's a discourtesy to other drivers. And mandatory hand-holding, as well, until we get inside; a street/parking lot is not the best environment for "free-range" parenting. 100% success rate.
7:33 - One of my neighbors has a '67 El Camino. It's in almost-perfect condition, but it was no "parking lot car show" truck - he actually put it to work. When he was redoing his driveway... Wow, fifteen years or so ago... He made several trips with it loaded up to the bed rails with gravel. It was squatting so low in the rear, it was SO funny to see.
7:46 - My grade-school band teacher had that exact same Cadillac. Same color, power-assisted convertible, and it was the first car I'd ever seen and/or ridden in with an aftermarket subwoofer and a CD changer in the trunk - which, for 1989, was a Pretty Big Deal. He only drove the car during the spring, and complained that every few years he had to have the entire front suspension rebuilt because it was such a heavy-nosed car. As you'd expect from 70s-80s Caddies, it was like sitting on a pair of extremely-comfortable white leather sofas floating through the clouds, exactly what you'd like to drive on a wide and empty highway at 70 mph on a beautiful day. His daily driver was an '87 Chevy Beretta, which was almost the polar opposite.
8:02 - Sure, it's nice seeing classic cars, but it's also nice to see classic trucks get some representation!
I saw a red Pontiac Fiero GT exit the parking lot today when I passed by my Drive Thru window. It looked like it was brand-spankin'-new. Didn't get a chance to get a picture of it, he took the prohibited left out of the parking lot. Nice car, and I've always wanted one, but they're way too low to the ground for me to get in and out of!