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Just When You Thought Today Would Be A Great Commute Day....
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07-03-2006, 09:13 AM
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Just When You Thought Today Would Be A Great Commute Day....
Lots of people took July 3 off to have a 5-day weekend, so I thought my work commute would be better....it was worse.  At least five major accidents in Dallas this morning, including a fuel spill. Had to exit I635 (wrecks in both directions).
There was light rain for the first time in awhile this morning, but wondering if maybe there were drivers with a hangover? 
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07-03-2006, 09:25 AM
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Re: Just When You Thought Today Would Be A Great Commute Day....
Heavy rain here. I wasn't expecting much and I didn't get much
I was wondering if the roads would be any lighter and I think they were a little. I probably could have done very well if it werent for the rain.
As that great movie once said "There's always tomorrow"
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07-03-2006, 05:25 PM
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Re: Just When You Thought Today Would Be A Great Commute Day....
Hi Chuck:
___I was/am sitting on a record tank until early this morning when the heavy rain took her down a notch and then almost an hour of heavy rain near work for the ride home  The 2 accidents encountered actually helped a bit as they were mostly the 10 - 40 mph rolling variety which helps tremendously vs. the dead stop and crawls I run into every few days. Maybe 2 miles of the dead stop and crawl type today which in my book is a huge success for the day before a Holiday in the Chicago area …
___Good Luck
___Wayne
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07-03-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Just When You Thought Today Would Be A Great Commute Day....
it actually wasn't bad here at all. the sun finally came out, which is good since we had to get our hay cut, and it finally got done.
i ran into almost no traffic on the 4 lane into work, and only two trucks bugging me to move faster on the backroads home. heavy headwinds, both directions, go figure. i am making good use of coasting, though, and keeping it above 60mpg....
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