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On 17 Aug 1999 22:33:28 -0700, in scruz.general,ntucker@area.com
(Neal Tucker) wrote:

>I don't claim that these people don't exist, but you make it sound
>as if you're constantly having to avoid these drivers that are so
>obviously out to get you.  I just happen to think this isn't so.  I
>have been in the situation where someone drove too close to me, too,
>and it's really easy to think "man, I could have sworn that guy
>looked in his rearview mirror and laughed", but if you're really
>objective about it you will realize that that's the result of being
>in a vulnerable position at the mercy of someone else.  Sometimes
>there is some truth to it, most of the time there is not.  If you're
>that sensitive about it, maybe you shouldn't put yourself in that
>situation.

I know someone who had a noise dispute with a neighbor about the
noise that the neighbor's truck was making.  They talked, but the
noise persisted.

The neighbor lived right next door and drove by this person's
kitchen window every morning.

After this discussion, the neighbor drove by and this person told
me that the neighbor flipped her off.

I was over there on another morning and saw the same thing.  

What was *actually* happening was that the neighbor was reaching
for his seatbelt as he drove by the kitchen.

Not a single digit anywhere.

Perceptions are an amazing thing.

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