[VLWH]

Originally Posted by tijlover

I'm planning on driving down to Tucson and Nogales Sunday morning, and I've so spooked myself out reading those Phoenix threads on red-light/speed cameras, and their over-vigilance by the police, I'm torn between driving straight south to Blythe (thru desert roads) and then head east, and skirt Phx by doing a turn-off at Buckeye and go south, or face the "music", go thru Wickenberg and the PHX area.

After having gotten those two traffic fines, recently, I'm scared to death of getting another ticket, and I'll be stressed out to the max anyway!

This is going to be a scouting mission for potential places to retire, and I'm going to meet-up with a City-data.com friend as well.

There's a secret way to avoiding those tickets that not everyone is aware of......drive within the speed limit.

[VLWH]

Originally Posted by PinkString

That was hilarious! Wrong music for sure. Someone at CNN needs a spanking.

If it's a hot young female intern, then I'll be more than happy to take on that task.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by VLWH

There's a secret way to avoiding those tickets that not everyone is aware of......drive within the speed limit.

There's many times you don't drive within the speed limit, and your telling someone else to drive within the speed limit!

Here's the scare! I get of work at 6am, plan to leave after that, with no sleep, and you know how your vigilance level declines after 5-6 hours on the road (to Phoenix) and I've got 2 more hours to Tucson. You know the score, you've done it, the closer you get to your destination the antsier you get, the tendency to be more careless, get foot heavy towards the end.

Just to drive 20 miles across town, it's an impossible task to drive within the speed limit, without going over, for anyone!

I screwed up though on my days off, I won't leave now until Tues. a.m. after work, back on Saturday.

[kimba01]

LOL...it's not impossible for me to do the speed limit...I am that person you all tailgate and call names! Funny thing is that the people will fly around me only to have me wave at them at the next light or traffic jam! Do you have cruise control?

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by las vegas drunk

Oops, CNN really screwed up here. Watch this for a good laugh....


CNN plays the wrong music and apologizes - YouTube

Tried to rep you, but no go. Thanks for down-deep hard belly laugh that had my wife running from the dining room to see what was so funny.

My logical mind tells me that somebody knew exactly what was playing for that story.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by happyhunting

Best suicide film in my opinion was The Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola.......great film, pretty haunting.

Best heartfelt suicide scene close to real life depression thinking: A Few Good Men. The mental situation that the Marine Sargeant was put into is one that leads the weakened mind to view it as a valid way out. He couldn't live with himself for not testifying and telling the truth, but his marine training ("The Code") would not allow him to testify. In his mind...and at that moment...there was only one way out.

In major depression thinking...you know you've got to get up and carry on with life...yet the depression is so unbearable and makes it so painful to do so. When forcing yourself to do it day-after-day, month-after-month (sometimes year-after-year!) with what seems like no relief in sight...it's at moments like that, that suicide begins to feel like a valid solution.

[happyhunting]

My logical mind tells me that somebody knew exactly what was playing for that story.

Oh ya, for sure............no station, especially a reputable national headline news station, happens to have that queued in it's audio system. We were thinking that some of the guys in editing in the back were messing around with each other, probably left it in to mess with one of their bosses or something and then forgot to take it out before airing. Someones head was rolling over that one, doubt he still has his job. I was at once appalled and yet hysterically laughing............didn't expect that song. Heck, didn't know that song existed? But what's even funnier to me was that it wasn't like this music just started playing in the intro, the reporter actually says, "Miss Flavor, this shout outs to you!" before the music kicks in. Can't beat that! Then she has to sulk back and claim that CNN is working "very hard to make up for it". Then she smiles and is like, well anywho, later in in the news..........

[jfkIII]

...she knows it's not her head that's going to roll.

[unf0rgiven6262]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

Tried to rep you, but no go. Thanks for down-deep hard belly laugh that had my wife running from the dining room to see what was so funny.

My logical mind tells me that somebody knew exactly what was playing for that story.

Lol, I'm betting they played the wrong music but it wasn't that song. Someone probably remixed the video with an even worse song that you heard here. Either way that was pretty damn funny.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by unf0rgiven6262

Lol, I'm betting they played the wrong music but it wasn't that song. Someone probably remixed the video with an even worse song that you heard here. Either way that was pretty damn funny.

I'd love to see the faces of all her elderly friends and family that gathered over her house to see that story presented on a national network...priceless.