In Philly they say "Gaper" delay. What is a gaper?
I am accustom to rubber knecking.
Gaper makes me giggle every time i hear it.
What is your local term for looking at an accident causing traffic?
Started by
concert andy
, Nov 13 2012 03:09 PM
53 replies to this topic
#17
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 03:59 PM
I bet every single one of you who are talking shit have slowed down to look at a bad accident across the road.
Only if it is really horrific. Otherwise I get mad at everyone around me and yell things like....
"That is what you were looking at?!" "This caused a 30 minute delay!?"
"YOU MORANS!"
#26
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- Locationthe Island
Posted 13 November 2012 - 04:38 PM
I bet every single one of you who are talking shit have slowed down to look at a bad accident across the road.
nope...fortunately there are always idiots in front o' me that stop and look...I've learned to notice the accident before I actually pass by it...but if it looks gnarly yes...I'll be one of those idiots as well
#32
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 04:57 PM
Not to fret I was able to see the post meant to rile up a bunch of folks who had previously posted. :winkydinky:
You really think I'm trying to 'rile up a bunch of folks' here? You really think my post up there was worth singling out, asking me to pointg out to what I was referring? Is the post where you're singling me out and challenging my assertion not 100% more likely to 'rile up' people, namely me? Well, it worked.
I tell you what riles me up...being called out for absolutely no reason, having it insinuated that what I'm posting is not appropriate, followed by a 'winky face' to make it half just-kidding.
This place has been going downhill for years, and I think it's close to hitting bottom, and I think I'm done with it. And you know what, Renee? I think a lot of the problems can be laid right at your power-tripping, mean-spirited (winky face) way of doing your 'job' around here. My wife came around to ask people to vote for her in a contest. She doesn't post much, but she posts. Your response was 'maybe now you'll come by a part of this community again'. You think that made her feel good? You spread more negativity and strife through what's left of this commnuity than any half-wit troll who comes around here, because you do it from a position of power.
Well, I'm done with it. I'm done with watching this place go downhill, and hanging around because I loved what it once was. I'm not 'leaving the board forever', but I'm not checking back here every day to see what's going on. Looking at the pictures in the old school boardie thread above has reminded me of what this place used to be, and brothers and sisters, this ain't what it used to be. My level of frsutration with this place and how it's policed has reached the breaking point. I wish you all well, and I really wish this had gone another way.
Peace. B. Diddy out. I'm on facebook if you want to reach me.
#34
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- VibeGuide
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VibeGuide
Posted 13 November 2012 - 05:01 PM
No one said it was not appropriate. p.s. I still love you as much as I did when on the rv of love. 
(Note: I am also a boardie, and as such allowed to participate as a boardie. There is no reason to construe every post as administrative.)
Sorry to Randy, I thought she could take a teasing, especially since she has another message board she created.
Be well
#40
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 06:32 PM
You really think I'm trying to 'rile up a bunch of folks' here? You really think my post up there was worth singling out, asking me to pointg out to what I was referring? Is the post where you're singling me out and challenging my assertion not 100% more likely to 'rile up' people, namely me? Well, it worked.
I tell you what riles me up...being called out for absolutely no reason, having it insinuated that what I'm posting is not appropriate, followed by a 'winky face' to make it half just-kidding.
This place has been going downhill for years, and I think it's close to hitting bottom, and I think I'm done with it. And you know what, Renee? I think a lot of the problems can be laid right at your power-tripping, mean-spirited (winky face) way of doing your 'job' around here. My wife came around to ask people to vote for her in a contest. She doesn't post much, but she posts. Your response was 'maybe now you'll come by a part of this community again'. You think that made her feel good? You spread more negativity and strife through what's left of this commnuity than any half-wit troll who comes around here, because you do it from a position of power.
Well, I'm done with it. I'm done with watching this place go downhill, and hanging around because I loved what it once was. I'm not 'leaving the board forever', but I'm not checking back here every day to see what's going on. Looking at the pictures in the old school boardie thread above has reminded me of what this place used to be, and brothers and sisters, this ain't what it used to be. My level of frsutration with this place and how it's policed has reached the breaking point. I wish you all well, and I really wish this had gone another way.
Peace. B. Diddy out. I'm on facebook if you want to reach me.
Whoa.
#42
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 07:12 PM
Out here on the left coast if there's an accident where an ambulance came, it is called an "Injury accident" on the radio traffic reports and that's become part of the local vocabulary. I'd never heard that before. Is that unique to out here?
#43
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VibeGuide
#45
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 11:13 PM
I bet every single one of you who are talking shit have slowed down to look at a bad accident across the road.
was gonna say this. I saw a flipped car the other night. everyone in front of me slowed to look. I did as well.
think the term I'd use to describe this behavior is human curiosity.
