#55 mph

Got Your Ears On?

FYI to you youngsters out there!! Back in the 1970s, there was a major oil crisis and the U.S. government imposed a nationwide 55 mph speed limit. Fuel shortages were widespread and CB radios were used to help locate a supply of gasoline and notify other drivers of speed traps. The Burt Reynolds “Smokey and the Bandit” movie was made as a result of the CB radio boom. This might be a “blast from…

Who was that masked woman?

Follow the politics What do we really know about Canada and the people who live there? Why do they sometimes speak a form of English (“about” comes out “a-boot”) then begin jabbering in something that sounds like an art house movie but without the subtitles? Despite siding with King George 3, they also yearn to live free, apparently. Big rig truckers are blocking the streets of their capital,…

Researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine found top-down driving at 55 miles an hour exposes driver AND passengers to 85 decibels of noise. That’s the equivalent of a gasoline-powered lawnmower. And the faster you go, the louder it gets. The experts say to put the top UP after driving at highway speeds for an hour. Long trip? Alternate an hour up with an hour down. Because prolonged exposure to anything over 85 decibels is known to cause hearing loss.

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“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache.”

Last night was amazing and scary. When the wind blew, I could hear furniture on the deck being tossed about. I could hear the rustling of the leaves on the trees and the creak of branches as the wind swept through them. The gusts got as high as 55 MPH. The rain came heavily at times and smashed against the windows. The deck and the front lawn are covered in pine needles blown from the scrub…