34 — Friday, August 28, 1996 — North Shore News

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Long weekends call for sober reflection

From page 30

the daytime than in the
nighttime.
You know, boat drinks,

ice-cold beer and barbecues,

ool-side pina-coladas and a

etter beach just a short
drive awav.

cod recall a fellow some

years ago who'd had a real

knack for combing the joy of

the roag trip with the

“glory” of a good booze can.

Ja tact, this fellow had

actually jury-rigged his wind-
shield washer to dispense ice-

cold rum and coke.
Seems he'd re-directed
the washer-fluid hose to a

spout just under the dash-
board and wrapped an ice-
pack around the washer-tluid
reservoir,

The co-pilot held the
tumblers filled with ice, he
pushed the “wash” button
on the wiper knob and voila,
fresh horses.

He even had a convenient

hole in the floorboard
through which to dump said
drinks should something
untoward like a counter-
attack roadblock appetr on
the road ahead.

§ still to this day admire
the fellow’s ingenuity but am
more than sligatly sickened
by the ends, regardless of the
means.

He never killed or
maimed anyone, never killed

What perensial! But I
digre

3. Don't speed. Ie does
not matter that speeding laws
seen) unjust to vou, that
paoto radar just seems some
sinister plot hatched by a
greedy goverument, nor that
vou are completely comfort-
able with your motoring abil-
iti ile "driving the speed

Others are none too
bright and may inadvertently
cut you off as they misjudge
your speed.

Others are almost blind
drunk but not so drunk that
they can’t hold a tumbler
under a makeshift rum spig-
ot. Grab a brain, Gonzales,
it’s just not cool to be
Speedy these days.

Me? I'm flying this Labor
Day. If you choose to drive
away the last days of summer,

essarily comfortable Mh

or maimed himself, but man
i you. be safe.

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