Saturday, February 23, 2008

Things that make you go Bump Bump Bump

It's that season again. The frozen nights, the day time thaw. Do you know what that produces? No?

Then you don't live in Indianapolis.

We have a bumper crop of potholes already. (aka chuckholes, kettles) The street on the way to my job is a daily adventure. You have to shift positions ever so slightly every few feet to miss a little hole in the ground while constantly being aware of the sudden need to swerve sharply to miss a crater big enough to swallow a Hummer.

It's nerve-racking and exhilerating and it hones your driving skills for treks of I-465. You have to drive a fine line between not hitting the curb on your right and the on-coming traffic to your left while straddling and sideswiping chuck holes.

There's a turning lane over by the mall that looks like it was bombed in an air raid. You don't know whether to watch the road or the skies.

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