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purple hayes
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 Posted: 04/03/03 - 12:24 Post subject: Familiar faces
For those of us that take the same route to work every day, how many times do you see the same car on a weekly basis? I realize not every car sticks out in the crowd but certain cars catch you eye in traffic.
I see a silver Ford Focus with bike racks on it a could of times a week, both coming and going to work. A bright yellow Monte Carlo passes me a couple of times a week on my way in. When I drive, I see the same hippy van on a regular basis.
Just this week, I've stopped behind the same van at the same stop light two days in a row and some bus driver waved to me like "I see you everyday.  "
Does anyone else pay that much attention to traffic?
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akern
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 12:27 Post subject:
Yep. There are several cars I pass on a daily basis. Can't help but notice. None have ever waved tho..
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Cappy
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 12:28 Post subject:
I see the same bus, lets me know how I am doing on my time. Don't really notice the other cars though. The same people are at the 7-11 when I get my coffee though.
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omega lambda
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 12:32 Post subject:
I haven't noticed lately, but years ago when I was commuting into Los Angeles, I would see a bright yellow Honda Civic with a liscense plate that said BANANE. He was pretty hard to miss, but I was surprised that on a 35 mile one way commute on LA freeways, I would see him about 2 times a week.
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BamBam
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 12:40 Post subject:
In Western PA you always see the same construction workers on the road since they are always working on our highways
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 13:04 Post subject:
Do you know who I see driving pretty frequently?
Delta Lambda! 
But I don't ever see Omega Lambda until I get to work.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 14:08 Post subject:
Unless there is something that makes them stick out (like a personal plate), there are too many cars on my commute.
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Running Brewer
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 14:27 Post subject:
| runswithscissors wrote: | | Unless there is something that makes them stick out (like a personal plate), there are too many cars on my commute. |
How can that be? I see a ton of the same pple everyday. And we have almost the same commute. Although I have never seen you, but I have seen Tracy.
There is this little burnt orange metro that always goes 55mph I see him atleast once a week. Another small car with a L plate that says, "my beau" and one that says "N2 T WND" or something like that. There is this yellow VW Beattle (a new one) with red flames and a bunch of mail box stickers that say "Deisel"
No one ways (with all fingers at least) but I am usually passing them rather quickly. My average speed to work is a mile a minute. That includes the city driving. 
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 14:41 Post subject:
| Running Brewer wrote: | | runswithscissors wrote: | | Unless there is something that makes them stick out (like a personal plate), there are too many cars on my commute. |
How can that be? I see a ton of the same pple everyday. And we have almost the same commute. Although I have never seen you, but I have seen Tracy.
There is this little burnt orange metro that always goes 55mph I see him atleast once a week. Another small car with a L plate that says, "my beau" and one that says "N2 T WND" or something like that. There is this yellow VW Beattle (a new one) with red flames and a bunch of mail box stickers that say "Deisel"
No one ways (with all fingers at least) but I am usually passing them rather quickly. My average speed to work is a mile a minute. That includes the city driving. |
As I said, if there's something to make them stick out, I notice them. I see the yellow beatle all the time as well. I leave for work prolly an hour before you do, so we have a different 'crowd'. I hardly ever leave at the same time each day either.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 14:43 Post subject:
I see my next door neighbor sometimes too. Coke in one hand, Sausage McMuffin in the other. 
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ShannonG
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 15:01 Post subject:
I always see:
a taupe Escort with a crunched fender
the various parents who are headed to school
a blue Chevy 4x4 belonging to a dad who takes his daughters to Tim Horton's for breakfast every morning before school
a black Sunfire
a silver Chev 4x4
there's more but I won't bore you. The school is on a country road and so the same traffic is always there at that time.
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Erstwhile Lurker
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 15:06 Post subject:
I may be the familiar face, though to whom, I don't know. Last night at the Y some guy got on the track after I had done a couple of miles and kept pace with me for two or three more. Eventually he did a littke kick and passed me, then stopped, then thanked me by name afterward.
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copteacher
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 21:25 Post subject:
I travel on very heavily traveled roads so I never noticed.
I have seen the same people at the Dunkin Donuts when I stop before daywork
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keltic63
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Posted: 04/03/03 - 21:33 Post subject:
| BamBam wrote: | | In Western PA you always see the same construction workers on the road since they are always working on our highways |
Unless it's an actual PennDot worker, in which case, said person is leaning on the shovel, or "supervising" the 1 person who has been designated "actual worker of the day"
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jrjo
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Posted: 04/04/03 - 11:47 Post subject: small town usa
Today I saw a Chev Astro.. yesterday was a Ford Ranger. And somedays I might even see more than one.
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