Saturday, December 31, 2011

The One Speeders


This makes me nuts.  You are driving behind someone and they are going about 10 miles below the speed limit and there is no traffic.  Then the speed limit goes down but they still keep going at the same speed.  I don't get it.  Why don't you want to go the speed limit and then why do you think you can go above the speed limit?

This is a perfect example.  I used to drive my son back and forth to Ithaca, NY.  At one point you get off the interstate and get on a state highway.  In some spots, the speed limit is 55, then 40, then 30 in towns and then it goes up again.  I have been behind people doing 40 in the 55 zone and remain at 40 while driving through the town.  Why they don't get tickets is beyond me.  I always slowed down because I was fearful of getting stopped.

Another thing that irks me is people who drive very slowly even when there is no traffic.  A good example is a road I drive on almost daily, Bergen Blvd.  The limit is mostly 35 and sometimes 40.  Usually, there is so much traffic that 35 is impossible but occasionally not.  However, people still drive 25 when there are no cars in front of them.  What is their problem?  And no, these are not old people; just people who don't know how to drive.

Saturday, December 03, 2011

The War on Pizza and Potatoes


I am so sick and tired hearing how pizza and potatoes are not good for you.  I had pizza for dinner last night and the scale was down a pound this morning.

Pizza is the perfect food:  vegetable, protein and carb.  Sure, if you sit and eat two entire pies, that's not good for you.

And the poor potato.  It must be one of the most vilified foods ever.  If you eat a potato, the most horrible things will happen to you.  Really?  Potatoes are a great food and are full of vitamins.  Recently, a new study says that potatoes do not raise the glycemic index as much as was believed.

I think the people who come up with this stuff are just miserable and want the rest of us to join them.