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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:01 AM
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I almost got into a multi-car accident
Edited on Tue May-20-08 09:20 AM by iamthebandfanman
but i got to the poll.

it felt good to vote for Obama.


to the guy who pulled out infront of me to cross 2 lanes when i was 15 feet from his intersection... FUCK YOU! ;)

i hadta swerve and did a complete 180 in the rain. it was exciting. to top it all off, a police officer saw it go down and did nothing but keep on driving... sad.
bet if i had been smoking a joint he woulda stopped.
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Ned_Devine Donating Member (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:10 AM
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1. The cops did nothing?
What state are you in?
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:13 AM
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3. i see you found out
Edited on Tue May-20-08 09:14 AM by iamthebandfanman
im still shook up from it too. was the most scary almost accident ive ever had. i thought for sure i was going to get hit by 3-4 cars.
the cop was 2 cars behind the poor elderly lady i slid infront of on the OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD. he still did nothing. just drove by staring.
even the person who pulled out infront of me pulled off the road right after it happened... id imagine it scared the crap outa them as well.
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Ned_Devine Donating Member (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:11 AM
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2. I just checked. Kentucky
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:13 AM
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4. Glad you're okay & Phew !!!
What sort of voting equipment are they using in Kentucky ?
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:16 AM
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7. thanks!
they offer two machines in my city...
one is touch screen(dont know the maker) and the other is an older model (i dont know the name) where you push buttons on a pad and then push a big green vote button on the bottem when youre done.

i always use the old version because im pretty sure it records paper copies for sure(im not really sure how the older machine works tho to be honest)

i think they were both made by diebold tho. so i guess it didnt matter which i used ;)

i had been putting comments in the local papers comment line about not using touch screens... hopefully people listened... definitely wasnt anything using them when i voted... there was a line for the 1 old machine they had to use. lol.
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Aloha Spirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:14 AM
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5. Are you sure you voted? Because it sounds like you were just playing that video game where you have
Edited on Tue May-20-08 09:15 AM by beat tk
to drive through all sorts of bad weather and crazy traffic to get to the voting booth.
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:18 AM
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9. it sure felt like a video game, thats for sure ;)
Edited on Tue May-20-08 09:18 AM by iamthebandfanman
i told my girlfriend 'people probably thought i was a stunt driver the way my car did a perfect 180 and landed perfectly straight in the opposite bound lane.' lol.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:16 AM
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6. Yeh, but if you'd been smoking a joint, you'd officially be "Kentucky fried"
albeit not a chicken.
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iamthebandfanman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:17 AM
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8. mandatory 7 days in jail
if i had been puffin on a J... and i know he woulda stopped for that.
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crankychatter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:18 AM
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10. If you'd been smokin' a joint, you'd probably be dead
off topic, I know.

Thanks for voting.

:-)
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-20-08 09:42 AM
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11. I'm so glad you're okay!
:hug:
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