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I live in the suburbs on a corner lot. My esteemed city leaders have seen fit to tear up and rebuild the east-west street that runs past the south side of my home. The street my house faces, sadly, is actually a cul-de-sac with about 10 houses on it.
What does this mean? It means I'm trapped, dadgummit! This massive pavement-shredding machine came by at 5:00 this morning and removed all the tarmac on the north-side lane, right down to the dirt. My cul-de-sac was spared, but as soon as you cross the concrete gutter into the adjoining thoroughfare, there's a drop-off of several inches, with a corresponding mini-cliff when you get to the as-yet untouched south-side lane.
I tried driving the GTO across this chasm, I really did. I approached the drop-off at an angle and gently lowered the front end over it, but it appeared to me as though my nose would encounter the ridge of pavement on the opposite side. So I chickened out, backed up and put the Goat in the garage. I drove my wife's Envoy to work, and arranged with my folks for them to loan her their GMC Safari van.
Dang! I missed having my invigorating commute. Not a single doofus in a Dodge Ram pickup challenged me on my way to work today. Just not the same.
What does this mean? It means I'm trapped, dadgummit! This massive pavement-shredding machine came by at 5:00 this morning and removed all the tarmac on the north-side lane, right down to the dirt. My cul-de-sac was spared, but as soon as you cross the concrete gutter into the adjoining thoroughfare, there's a drop-off of several inches, with a corresponding mini-cliff when you get to the as-yet untouched south-side lane.
I tried driving the GTO across this chasm, I really did. I approached the drop-off at an angle and gently lowered the front end over it, but it appeared to me as though my nose would encounter the ridge of pavement on the opposite side. So I chickened out, backed up and put the Goat in the garage. I drove my wife's Envoy to work, and arranged with my folks for them to loan her their GMC Safari van.
Dang! I missed having my invigorating commute. Not a single doofus in a Dodge Ram pickup challenged me on my way to work today. Just not the same.