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I live in Bloomington, In. On my way home this morning from visiting my parents in Lafayette over the weekend, I stopped at a McDonald's, South of Indianapolis, for coffee. As I was leaving the parking lot, a black pick-up truck started to pull away from the drive-up window and had to stop to let me pass. I exited the parking lot and was turning from W. Thompson Rd onto the highway, when the pickup passed me on the left, then pulled in front of me and slowed down, forcing me to slow down. When I attempted to go around, it sped up, pulled in front of me again, and slowed down again - all in the middle of Holiday traffic. Maybe some of you other Indiana rednecks can explain this.

That's not a redneck....just an A-hole! Probably thinks you beat him out of going first and is doing the road rage thing. "I'm gonna show that person he can't get in front of me. "

I live in Bloomington, In. On my way home this morning from visiting my parents in Lafayette over the weekend, I stopped at a McDonald's, South of Indianapolis, for coffee. As I was leaving the parking lot, a black pick-up truck started to pull away from the drive-up window and had to stop to let me pass. I exited the parking lot and was turning from W. Thompson Rd onto the highway, when the pickup passed me on the left, then pulled in front of me and slowed down, forcing me to slow down. When I attempted to go around, it sped up, pulled in front of me again, and slowed down again - all in the middle of Holiday traffic. Maybe some of you other Indiana rednecks can explain this.

I'd just laugh at the idiot at how much $$ he was wasting in gas gunning that thing to keep you from passing. I see it all the time here where larger vehicles just gun it and haul ass from every light, as if they NEED that kind of acceleration, wasting about $1 a light I guess. I just put alongin my crappy 4-cyl sedan... always gets me to point B

Yeah. Don't blame it on the rednecks. Most of 'em I know are better at gettin' under your skin than that, if that's what they want to do.

Most of the ones I know don't bother with the road rage crap. If you DO manage to tick them off on the road, they usually just get the heck away from you in a huff & flip you a bird.

yeah up here in detroit they would just shoot ya instead of silly redneck games

Ghost, I just realized that you are near Detroit. Lived most of my adult life in Romeo. Gotta love that name for a town ....er village.

Yea.. See. None of you know Rednecks all that much do you?

That my friend, means he thinks you're cute. The guy was trying to pick up on you. It's the Redneck mating dance.

He was just showing you how big his truck is, and how swiftly it can maneuver so you'll follow him home. Don't make me explain what happens if you follow him home.

Hmmm. He wasn't bad-looking.

Yea.. See. None of you know Rednecks all that much do you?

That my friend, means he thinks you're cute. The guy was trying to pick up on you. It's the Redneck mating dance.

He was just showing you how big his truck is, and how swiftly it can maneuver so you'll follow him home. Don't make me explain what happens if you follow him home.

So... a confederate flag covering the back window is the equivalent of "cologne" ?

Ghost, I just realized that you are near Detroit. Lived most of my adult life in Romeo. Gotta love that name for a town ....er village.

no im not to far from there ,was out at the cider mills just yesterday fall is finally here my favorite season.

So... a confederate flag covering the back window is the equivalent of "cologne" ?

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no that would be Budwiser!

The cider mills are the one thing that I miss most of all!! Fresh cider and doughnuts (fried cake like ones).......hmmm wonder what we have to snack on.....

the hot cinnamon ones are my favorite.but look on the bright side all the calories your missing :

I was just thinking that....as I look in the cupboard to find something that is good and fattening as those doughnuts. Damn. Wonder if my son can overnight me some....hmmm wonder if he ..... ah well. Gonna have to time my vacation better next year LOL

Bloomington is a rather cosmopolitan society, owing to the University. The people the school brings in, both transients and transplants, for the most part have a lot to offer. I'm comfortable with them despite the lack of a formal education. But the natives - the people whose families have been here for ninety years or more - I have no affinity with whatsoever. It's not that I feel I'm better than them: just different. And with maybe thirty years left, tops, I'd rather not spend it in an environment where so large a percentage of the inhabitants leave me uninspired.

Since my wife and I separated, two years ago, I've been pretty starved for companionship. I've re-discovered much of my own self that had been suppressed or winnowed away over the last twenty-five years, through no one's fault but my own, of course, but lost nonetheless. We sort of renewed our relationship a year ago, started counseling about four months ago; but the experience has done little more than suggest the inevitability of divorce. And now I'm casting around for some satisfying human interaction, trying music forums and such, seeking validation, I suppose. I've devoted a lot of energy to learning songs and rehearsing them, and am happy with the result. But really, I'm still spending most of my free time non-productively on the internet. I just can't seem to find a forum of any sort where people are interested in adult conversations about whatever topic might come up.

Anybody interested in this?