Comments on: Road grace http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/27/road-grace/ ...........................just noticing Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jack http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/27/road-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Jack Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:04:28 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=37#comment-60 Remembering well the driving aesthetic there, I'm not sure how grace translates into the Boston roadscape except that if you move quickly enough, people let you live another day to talk about it. Remembering well the driving aesthetic there, I’m not sure how grace translates into the Boston roadscape except that if you move quickly enough, people let you live another day to talk about it.

]]> By: mary http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/27/road-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-59 mary Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:46:41 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=37#comment-59 It's a lovely thought and, as a former Clevelander, I can imagine it working in many places. But now that I live in the Boston suburbs, I've learned the harsh reality that some roads (and drivers) will swallow you whole if you show any kind of "road grace." It’s a lovely thought and, as a former Clevelander, I can imagine it working in many places. But now that I live in the Boston suburbs, I’ve learned the harsh reality that some roads (and drivers) will swallow you whole if you show any kind of “road grace.”

]]> By: Jack http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/27/road-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jack Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:12:25 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=37#comment-58 That's wonderful. It reminds me of the time I let a lady with a single red pepper go in front of me at the grocery store - she was standing with it behind me with a full cart and the guy behind me also with a full cart. The guy was so enraged he followed me out to the parking lot yelling about how people like me were ruining the country. Actually, I was insulted by his remark. I was hoping for the whole civilization : ) That’s wonderful. It reminds me of the time I let a lady with a single red pepper go in front of me at the grocery store - she was standing with it behind me with a full cart and the guy behind me also with a full cart. The guy was so enraged he followed me out to the parking lot yelling about how people like me were ruining the country. Actually, I was insulted by his remark. I was hoping for the whole civilization : )

]]> By: Sujatin http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/27/road-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Sujatin Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:14:27 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=37#comment-57 I usually let in two or three, while being mindful that, if I let in more, the guy behind me will be about to have a coronary. Seems like the right number. I know how nice it feels when somebody lets me in - and what's an extra minute in the history of the world. And waving thanks is good, too. On the other hand, I have had those days when..... and feel so rotten about it. I usually let in two or three, while being mindful that, if I let in more, the guy behind me will be about to have a coronary. Seems like the right number. I know how nice it feels when somebody lets me in - and what’s an extra minute in the history of the world.

And waving thanks is good, too.

On the other hand, I have had those days when….. and feel so rotten about it.

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.jackzen.com/2005/04/27/road-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Kathryn Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:35:36 +0000 http://www.jackzen.com/?p=37#comment-56 This is a very apt and elegant metaphor. Thank you for writing it. This is a very apt and elegant metaphor. Thank you for writing it.

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