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Old 05-16-11 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by hairnet
that aint nothing for LA. You should just take a walk on the Venice boardwalk or take a stroll around the major boulevards of Hollywood.
Just another of one of the guys
Is he still out there? I remember seeing him (or maybe his precursor) in the 80s when I lived in Culver City.


Anyway, on Saturday I was cutting through a neighborhood, on a marked bike route, and ended up behind a line of cars. There was a tow truck with a car in tow, then another car, then me. The tow truck pulled off and parked on the left, leaving the front end of the car out in the traffic lane. The car behind me slowed, apparently not sure what the tow truck was doing. Then I realized that she was with the tow truck because she pulled over to the right curb and put it in Park. So I proceeded down the middle of the road. She was still in the car with the window rolled down, and she shouted, "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!!" at me. Even two days later, I'm kind of
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Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."

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