| Re: [GMCnet] Here I sit. [message #147621 is a reply to message #147238] |
Sun, 23 October 2011 21:52   |
Richard Denney
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> wrote:
> No GPS, no cell phone, No motorclub, Just friendly neighbors who help out
> other in need. In Indiana the State Police will help with fuel and if you
> are unable to do it yourself or a woman they will change a tire for you. I
> guess the difference is the area of the country that you live in.
>
> I'll just leave it at this: Southeast Washington, DC, ain't the same as
rural Indiana.
But I was on a ramp feeding me from a Maryland freeway to a bridge over the
Potomac that would take me into Virginia. And that freeway had left DC only
a quarter mile previously. This piece of Maryland freeway is not something
any Maryland courtesy patrol or state cop would ever drive on without a
reason. The next entrance ramp upstream from my location, and the next exit
ramp downstream, were not in the same state where I ran dry. The courtesy
patrol guy who eventually brought me a couple of gallons had to drive into
DC, come to me, and then into Virginia before he could get back into his
jurisdiction.
I finally remembered to dial #77, which is the road emergency number for the
area freeway management system. There is a reason I should have known that
number, and a reason I should have used it earlier. After all, I was going
home after a meeting at the Federal Highway Administration headquarters,
which was about five miles behind me, where we were discussing the use of
systems engineering in deploying intelligent transportation systems. I got
to live out one of my own user scenarios, heh.
Rick "who hates going to meetings at HQ" Denney
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'73 230 "Jaws"
Northern Virginia
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| Re: [GMCnet] Here I sit. [message #147622 is a reply to message #147239] |
Sun, 23 October 2011 21:56 |
Richard Denney
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Dan Gregg <gregg_dan@hotmail.com> wrote:
> First off, don't run out of gas again. Someone had to have siophoned your
> tank.
>
Well, duh. But I can't claim my tank was siphoned. When I drive into DC, my
attention is so focused on not getting killed that I tend to ignore things I
usually pay attention to, like the fuel gauge.
Also, I was parked in the secure garage, which requires a DOT badge. Only
another federal employee could have siphoned gas out of my tank. Surely no
federal employee would ever think of doing that. Surely not.
Rick "ahem!" Denney
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Northern Virginia
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| Re: [GMCnet] Here I sit. [message #147627 is a reply to message #147621] |
Sun, 23 October 2011 22:36 |
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This reminds me of the time I was driving through Cincinnati and got
rear-ended on a rainy day. I picked up my cell phone and immediately
dialed 411. When the female voice answered I hung up. It was at that point
I looked at a partner and asked a really dumb question: "What's the number
for 911?" When I realized what I had said my excitement about the accident
turned to total embarrassment.
Byron Songer
Louisville, KY
Eastern States - http://www.gmceast.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Denney <rwdenney@gmail.com>
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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:52:34 -0400
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Here I sit.
>I finally remembered to dial #77, which is the road emergency number for
>the
>area freeway management system. There is a reason I should have known that
>number, and a reason I should have used it earlier. After all, I was going
>home after a meeting at the Federal Highway Administration headquarters,
>which was about five miles behind me, where we were discussing the use of
>systems engineering in deploying intelligent transportation systems. I got
>to live out one of my own user scenarios, heh.
>
>Rick "who hates going to meetings at HQ" Denney
>
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