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email thisYou'd think after living in New Hampshire for a dozen years I'd have figured things out. Yet it still isn't obvious to me: is it legal to drive over pedestrians in crosswalks? Encouraged? You wouldn't know by watching.
Maybe it's an accepted battle of the wills, survival of the meanest, between a driver who might lose valuable seconds by slowing down, and a pedestrian who has neither the bulk or nerve to claim any right to being in the road. Perhaps pedestrians should give off a magnetic field? When they are too close to a moving vehicle the magnetic field triggers an ink capsule built into the car's steering wheel. The spaced out or inconsiderate driver spends the next day with "Doofus" written on their forehead in bright green ink.
Here's an update for those of you hanging on the edge of your seats wondering how the trip is going for my new laptop. The rest of you can scroll up/down a bit for a new mushroom photo.
Last we looked it was at the airport, presumably hurrying onto a FedEx jet. Not so, apparently it sat on the loading dock for about a day. Instead of heading right for Indianapolis it stopped off in Anchorage (to see Phil?). As of 5:19am this morning it looks stalled in Indianapolis, held up by a Regulatory Agency Clearance Delay. Sounds officious.
| Scan Activity | Date/Time | Comments |
| Package status INDIANAPOLIS IN | 10/29/2002 05:19 | Regulatory Agency Clearance Delay |
| Left FedEx Ramp C.K.S. INTL AIRPORT TW | 10/28/2002 19:41 | |
| Left FedEx Sort Facility ANCHORAGE AK | 10/28/2002 14:44 | |
| Package status C.K.S. INTL AIRPORT TW | 10/27/2002 16:36 | |
| Arrived at FedEx Ramp TA YUAN HSIANG TW | 10/26/2002 18:21 | |
| Left FedEx Origin Location TAOYUAN CITY TW | 10/26/2002 11:18 | |
| Pickup status TAOYUAN CITY TW | 10/26/2002 11:10 | Future pickup/delivery requested |
Heck, you can hardly see the Anchorage stop. 7,700 miles so far...