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Old 10-27-2009, 09:55 PM   #12
Phenix_Rider
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Location: Renton, WA
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Originally Posted by racedoll View Post
Rode to work today, on the way home got behind several cars going really slow. Then I saw why, a tractor, was holding everyone up. No one could pass because of the amount of cars coming the other direction.

Finally after a couple miles of going 25mph I got the opportunity to pass (was 3rd behind tractor).

Right now is harvest so they are every where. Actually saw a combine pulled over on the way in to town allowing traffic to go around.
We also have amish buggies when we go south.

What obstacles do you encounter on the road?
D all the above!

I encountered a freaking combine coming around a blind right end of last week. Sonuvabitch took up his entire lane, plus 3/4 of mine, plus the shoulder on his side! I just squeaked through. He probably hit his guardrail as I zipped past. All I could see was:

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Wind and drunken idiots on the road at all times of the day.
That's normal and not even worth mentioning
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deer, they are everywhere, like large rats with horns
Oh yeah, and groundhogs.
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