[Coco] Greetings from Manila

[Roger Taylor]

At 12:33 AM 5/5/2008, you wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Devries"
>
>>Hi Roger,
>>
>>Your old rusty Pinto will blend right in here. Many cars here are 
>>old rust-buckets, especially taxis. Maintenance seems non-existent. 
>>Use of the vehicle's horn is the preferred warning method to say 
>>"I'm coming through, get out of the way"
>>
>>Worrying....
>
>Having lived in several states and in Mexico, I can attest to this...
>
>Horns in Texas are generally a door bell..... Hello! I'm in your driveway!


I've been in Texas for 3 years and I've learned that horns, blinkers, 
and brakes are there for decoration.  Oh, and the emergency lane to 
the far right?  NOPE.  That's a high-speed passing lane.  I'm not 
joking.  No matter how many potholes or gravel the emergency lane is 
degraded to, you're not holding them up behind you.  You better hope 
you don't require to swing outwards a tad on your left turn because 
it's gonna be a bad day for everybody involved, including all the 
cars BEHIND the guy passing you on the right who fully trust that the 
guy up front has the plow-way already planned out completely with no 
chance on Earth of there being a tiny mistake.  Zoom, zoom, zoom, 3 
cars just flew by your child's back window while you were preparing 
to turn left, causing your vehicle to rock back and forth from the 
wind.   Then you look up the road as they pass and you notice guy on 
the back in the big ole dually with extended mirrors and truck bed 
has been trying to pass them using road rage, and is why "they" up 
front are not stopping for anything.  Un-be-lievable.