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CarSpace Ms. AdventureThe wacky wendings of my life on the road. Oct 30, 2007 - What is the World Coming To?I totally did an S.F. U-ie. Perhaps it's time to further clarify the S.F. U-ie. It's not just an everyday, ordinary, run of the mill U-turn in the middle of the road. It's one where you literally put other people in jeopardy or cause undue annoyance. So, like I said -- I totally did an S.F. U-ie. But there was a parking spot I needed. :-\ When in Rome????
Aug 8, 2007 - As if it Wasn't Bad EnoughVery quick note to report that I was the victim of a DOUBLE SF U-ie. Two white SUV's turned right onto Lake while traveling south on Park Presidio. The first offending SUV was actually in the center lane originally and had to rely on the kindness of the second offending SUV to let him into the right lane so he could make a right on Lake. I was car number three behind them and they both flipped SF U-ie's on Lake immediately after I turned onto the street myself. Of course, I had to stop behind them (muttering curses under my breath) waiting for them to complete their offending U-ie's so they could make lefts back onto Park Presidio just to go back the way they'd come. Grrrr... I sense this was an inside job. They knew each other. I feel it in my bones!
Jul 31, 2007 - Just What to Do with "The Boo"?One of my best friends (let’s call him “Bill”) introduced me to a very fascinating hand gesture a few years back. No, not that one (I learned that one in kindergarten; I did experience my formative years in N.Y. and N.J. after all). No, this hand gesture is rather an ordinary one and quite benign:
One day, around this time (being fully in the throws of reveling in my newly found gesture) I experienced a moment of serendipity in new use of “The Boo”. I was in Santa Monica heading north on 4th Street and turned right to get onto the 10 freeway. There are two lanes on this on-ramp that merge into one. As was par for the course, the car that was originally waiting behind me to turn onto the freeway sped up and tried to pass around on the right. However, the person driving didn’t leave themselves enough time to get around, so they ended up getting back behind me, very close on my tail and stayed there. Well, he stayed on my tail that is, until I put my right arm up in full view of my rear window and gave him “The Boo”. Time seemed to stop. The car slowed down and pulled back. The driver, expecting an entirely different hand gesture, didn’t know what to make of this new one at all. His entire body language changed. It was sort of a physical manifestation of the abbreviation “wtf?” used in IM conversations. Very deer-in-the-headlights crossed with things-that-make-you-go-hmmm.
Jul 14, 2007 - The SF U-ie
Okay, parking sucks here. I get it. I.GET.IT. But no. No, no, NO! You don't get to turn around wherever you feel like it. There's an old lady crossing the street there, there's a line of cars waiting to go through a green light, there's a pigeon trying to get a crust of bread! Even when parking isn't the issue it still seems like it doesn't matter. If something a driver wanted is behind them, they must make a U-ie. Can't go around the block, nope. Gotta pull the U-ie. It's viral... it happens daily... this is an EPIDEMIC here, people! This is why it must have a name, be classified and exposed. The signature automotive move for the city of San Francisco is: The S.F. U-ie. It's real. It exists. It will happen to YOU.
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