Interestingly enough I have never seen anyone even approaching “medium sized” carrying one of the damn things, let alone a large person. Around here at least it’s always small folks. They have zero sense of how much space they are taking up and they do not care in the least that they are constantly in danger of de-oculating people with the ribs of their oversize brollies.
If you’re big and need a big umbrella and you don’t fling it about carelessly like Conan mowing down enemies with a chain flail then I thank you and please don’t consider this rant aimed at you, any more than a pitting of careless SUV drivers would extend to a responsible truck driver.
BorgHunter, I am ranting about that particular moron driver who was repeatedly letting his window fog up on a crowded freeway at rush hour in shitty weather. I’m sure he saved 3.7 cents. What a wonderful bargain compared to the large increase in risk of crashing into someone else. He could also save power by driving at night with his headlights off. People who do stupid shit while navigating two tons of steel at high speeds can eat a bowl of Dingleberry Crunch.
My 2005 Corolla has A/C, and it doesn’t come on automatically when I use defrost - they’re two separate things. One switch does defrost, a different switch does A/C.
Maybe it’s unique to Chrysler products, but both our truck and car have a setting on the knob at the far end that blows on the windshield only and shuts off the face and floor vents. Looks like a fan with squiggles on it.
And yes, add me to the crowd who saw the thread title and immediately thought of Bay Area drivers. I am amazed that I managed to survive for 20 years there and not get squished.
Fortunately, the penchant for sidewalk-dominating umbrellas (It’s all about ME. I’m so self-important! That other poster was joking, but **MY **hair is made of sodium! And **MY ** seasonally-inappropriate coat is made of the finest silk! Get out of MY way!) seems to be a Bay Area thing. I haven’t noticed any oversized brollies in Charlotte yet.
Just drivers who barrel along at 65 on black ice. :eek: Got to get to the store for milk and bread before someone else gets the last loaf!
Nice rant. I appreciate all the points made, in fact the only place that I have ever spent any time where there is an “umbrella culture” is Japan. Walking down the street from my **eye **level of 5’9", I am amazed by the umbrellas bobbing and dodging one another, it’s like being above the clouds.
About driving in rain. Florida has a “dry season” during which 4-7" of rain falls each month. If it doesn’t rain for 5 or 6 days, you need to stay at work an hour longer, to allow the authorities to clear the ambulances and tow trucks out of the way.
Bay Area rainy season Bah!
Try someplace where it rains all the time and they still don’t have a boody clue
