[CaptJohn]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

If you are kind you can't seem to stop acting that way.

If you are mean there may be something troubling happening.

But good manners are drilled into you when you are very young.

Honking at people is what you do to say hi where I was raised and not an act of impatience.

We can talk about it until the cows come home. There are differences in how we act and what we expect from others depending on what we have grown to expect.


There are no easy answers. Happiness usually engenders happy behavior.

My sweetie says that having the last word is just the same as entering a ****ing contest. No one ever wins.

Well put, Gracie. Bears repeating. I was raised the same as you but 752 miles away!.

Of course, honking has changed. Now it is used to notify people the red light has changed to green when they are so engrossed in their text messaging that they don't realize why they're sitting behind the wheel a minute later (some honk a little quicker!). Not all are texting though, as some are reading, talking on the phone, changing the cd or diapers (had to get this in for Bill's benefit), picking things off the floor of the passenger seat, putting on makeup or just daydreaming. I get the biggest laugh when I'm first in line at the light, leave it promptly when it changes to green and then look in the mirror and see the person behind me 1/4 mile still hasn't noticed I've left! Life is busy!