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Springtime in the Atlanta metro has brought about a bumper crop of interesting stuff around which one much swerve. Not sure if folks are moving or if yard sales are the culprit, but last week I found myself in the left lane, riding among scattered socks and ladies panties only to see the inverted dresser drawer emerge from beneath the car in front of me.
I had to dodge the parts of a smallish TV or large CRT monitor on the way to work this morning.
None of this is too surprising in a city where there always seems to be at least one ladder and one mattress lost (and found) on our perimeter interstate 285 each day, and small car parts are a normal part of most intersections.
So other than the normal dead stuff, anyone else swerving to avoid anything interesting lately?
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
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Iused to think that dodging large straps of retread was bad until I was behind a truck that started to shed retread! 
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
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Spring Is pothole season in New England, the winter freaze loosens the asphalt then the spring rains wash it out. So
much of the back roads have craters and hunks of loose blacktop, Plus the landscapers and what have you contractors are out,They tend to park their trucks in the middle of the street to unload various equipment. And of course there are still some sandy spots on less traveled roads.
The percentage you're paying is too high-priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
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I had an awesome 400mile ride yesterday without a single incident until I was a block away from home and locked em up when the neighbors cat decided to play kamikaze squirrel in front of me. Another reason to hate cats.
pain is temporary, pride is forever.
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I remember a similar cat many years ago while riding at night (back when I was really not even supposed to be riding in the day time). I remember hearing that cat's claws on the pavement as we JUST missed it. Of course I also later learned that cats do NOT like riding on a snowmobile, even inside your jacket. 
Thom
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Meet George Jetsam , his wife Flotsam .
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Nuts! I thought this would be about the '80s Heavy Metal band. 
You've got the headbangin' in there though!
I would be unstoppable if not for law enforcement and physics.
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I too have noticed clumps of clothing and shoes on some of the roads recently. what the?
mike
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There is an intersection of two country roads out here that has been littered with a couple hundred shoes. Shoes, boots, sandals, slippers.... doesn't matter, whenever somebody cleans them up, more just reappear.... It's like some local joke that I'm not in on.....  I wonder if they have anything in my size 
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I had an awesome 400mile ride yesterday without a single incident until I was a block away from home and locked em up when the neighbors cat decided to play kamikaze squirrel in front of me. Another reason to hate cats.
Could you explain why you hit the brakes instead of the gas? 
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I had an awesome 400mile ride yesterday without a single incident until I was a block away from home and locked em up when the neighbors cat decided to play kamikaze squirrel in front of me. Another reason to hate cats.
Could you explain why you hit the brakes instead of the gas?
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Nothing as interesting to dodge as shoes and shirts. Just the local quarry at the edge of town, with the giant dump trucks full of sand and gravel, and no "state mandated" tarp coverings. Think of sandblasting for the body.
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No discarded clothing around here either, just potholes, tree branches, and the occasional suv/minivan cellphone soccermom or cellphone teenager. Why is it when they pull out in front of you they smile and wave???
And I don't brake for cats or anything smaller than a raccoon....
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Eeh! Gimme a break! You guys got it easy!!!  Just yesterday I rode through South Central L.A. on the Harbor Freeway and I had to dodge one 9mm round AND what sounded like TWO BURSTS from an AK-47!!! (man..the inconsequential stuff some people around here complain about!!!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I too have noticed clumps of clothing and shoes on some of the roads recently. what the?
mike
You know how when the cage in front of you hits a bird and the feathers fly everywhere................................................
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Just yesterday I rode through South Central L.A. on the Harbor Freeway and I had to dodge one 9mm round AND what sounded like TWO BURSTS from an AK-47!!!
You gotta quit ridin' with Hillary, dude. Too much sniper fire.
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Well here in Minnesota we don't have spring or summer...just road construction season.
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Iused to think that dodging large straps of retread was bad until I was behind a truck that started to shed retread!
Road Gators. The live (still moving) ones are the most dangerous.
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