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Re: Daily gripe: Shoppers and rush hour

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From: Walt Horning
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 00:00
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Tony Wang <tonyw44@prodigy.net> wrote:

>Oh, so let me see here, Walt.  I shouldn't stop at the grocery store, or
>the pet store, or the sporting goods store, or whatever on my way home
>from work, because it might slow you down?  Instead, I should go home,
>wait until rush hour is over, and then go out again.

Quick to critique, slow to read. Re-read the second line of number one
(1) below:

>
>Sure.
>
>Walt Horning wrote:
>
>> Washington Post ran an article recently. It stated that during rush
>> hour most of the traffic jams on secondary roads are, get this, due to
>> people running errands.
>>
>> (1) Its stupid to shop and make commuting even more hellish for
>>     others, unless you are a commuter on the way home or to work.
>>
>> (2) It is stupid to shop during rush hour and eat up more of your time
>>     stuck in rush hour traffic.
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