What the Heck!!!!

Good morning commuters, it was an interesting ride on Rte. 93 this morning for probably 200,000 commuters. Accidents on both the north and south bound side on a beautiful bright sunny day. I'm not quite sure I understand how an accident of this morning's magnitude can occur in the O'Neil Tunnel because the average speed going into to Boston in rush hour traffic has to be down around 25 m.p.h., and that's fast. Sometimes it's even slower than that. So, how do 4-6 cars smash into each other in the center lane? While it didn't really slow down us carpoolers, it must have been brutal on the other lanes, not to mention the bumper-to-bumper commute on the north bound side. How does it feel you north bound commuters? You got a little taste of what the south bound commuters go through every morning. Well the good news is, tomorrow has to be better than today. Make sure you have your caffeine before you drive in the morning. I thank you, and I'm sure 200,000 other commuters will thank you also.

Manic Monday

Good morning commuters, It's Monday and it's raining, the kinda day everyone just likes to stay in bed. Everyone must of had their coffee this morning. It was pretty quiet on Rte. 93 this morning. Thanks everyone. I don't really have anything to complain about this morning. WOW!!!

TGIF

Good morning commuters, YESSSSSSSSSSSS, it's Friday. Friday is always so exciting. For me it means martini time (I don't drink during the week), and I can turn off my alarm clock. Any day I can turn off the clock is a great day. I don't even have to have anything exciting planned. Thanks very much to everyone for being alert on the Rte. 93 this morning. No major incidents to report. Although the guy in the red car who sped up as I was trying to move out of the carpool lane on the bridge and then jammed his brakes on is a real nut job!!! I hope you recognize yourself. What was that about? It seems to me that drivers that don't travel in the carpool lane, and that's your fault not mine, almost want to punish carpool commuters because we don't have to wait in endless streams of traffic. LISTEN UP PEOPLE!!! NOT MY PROBLEM!! IT'S YOUR PROBLEM!!! Have someone commute with you and you can be in the carpool lane. I travel with 5 commuters so we are taking 4 cars off the road. The least you could do is say THANK YOU!!! Have a good weekend and see you on Monday.

Caffeine

Good morning commuters, well the last couple of days have been pretty quiet on the roads and I thank you all for that. However, I do have one small request from everyone. Please, please, have whatever form of caffeine you choose to poison your system with in the morning before you get behind the wheel of the car. People who are half asleep do bizarre things!!! According to the dictionary, caffeine is a stimulant and diuretic. Two for the price of one. Wakes you up and cleans you out. Imagine how much money you can save on laxatives. Remember, do a random act of kindness everyday. I've already done mine today by having my coffee and being alert so that I didn't cream the woman, who looked like she just came out of a blender, who opened her car door on a vary narrow street when I was so close that if I wasn't alert, I would have smacked right into her and her car. So, because I had my caffeine, she was lucky. I'm good for the day.

No News is Good News

Good morning commuters, I'm pleased to report it was a pretty mundane trip to Boston this morning. Everyone was awake and focused on Rte. 93 this morning. Last night going home, I put my blinker on to move over one lane and a gentleman (I use that term very loosely), in a white van just would not let me move over so I could make my turn. I guess I have trouble understanding what he must be thinking. Oops!!! He wasn't thinking!!! You are an idiot!!! In that kind of traffic, where do you think you're going so fast that one vehicle is going to slow you down. I wished a flat tire on him. That's the ultimate curse coming from me. Even bigger than the "profane gesture" which is soooooooooooo popular. Oh well!!! I don't think he got a flat tire, but I was hoping. Come on people -- Random Act of Kindness. One-a-Day!!! You'll be glad you did. What goes around, comes around.

New Carpool Members

Good morning commuters, today we welcome 2 new members to our carpool which is fantastic for the original 3. I just don't understand why more people don't do this. It's certainly less expensive than taking the commuter rail, or if you have to drive to the "T", pay a parking fee, and buy a pass. My commuting expense just dropped to $68.00 a month. Cannot beat that, and I get to have coffee and be warm!!! Traffic was pretty good this morning, so thanks to everyone for being awake this Monday morning. I missed blogging on Thursday and Friday because the "Wrath of God" visited me. Let me just alert you that there is a stomach virus on the loose.

Merge Lanes

Good morning commuters, this morning I want to talk about the meaning of "Merge Lanes". On Rte. 93 there are 4 lanes. The far right hand lane is for vehicles entering and exiting the roadway, so if you are electing to travel in that lane, you cannot get upset with vehicles merging into traffic from entrance ramps. Princess was driving this morning, yes, we fondly call her "Princess" for reasons I won't go into here. We entered Rte. 93 and attempted to merge into traffic. A woman with dark curly shoulder length hair, and I hope you recognize yourself, in a black SUV with MA plates, was not going to have it. What she hoped to accomplish I cannot even imagine. She beeped, made a profane gesture (that's as clean as I can say it), and was just irate that Princess had the nerve to merge in front of her. LISTEN UP!!!! It's simple, if you don't want people merging in front of you, GET OUT OF THE MERGE LANE. There are 3 other lanes to travel in. I'm not quite sure what gesturing profanely does, but you just made yourself look stupid. Our satisfaction is in the fact that we got to Boston before she did. So take that!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Good morning commuters, I'm wear'in my green today, although I'm not quite sure I have any Irish ancestors. I guess it doesn't matter. You just have to have the Irish spirit today. Because it's Evacuation Day in Suffolk County, the traffic was very light today. Thanks very much to everyone for behaving themselves on Rte. 93 this morning. Have a green beer today and toast to a leprechaun.

TGIF -- Again

Good morning commuters, thanks to everyone for driving carefully this morning. I think a lot of you took the day off. Came down Rte. 93 in 20 minutes. Have a good weekend. The Yankees are playing the Red Sox tonight. Hello Spring. I can almost touch Opening Day.

Hello Sun

Good morning everyone, what a great day in the neighborhood. The sun is out, although it is a little chilly. It's Thursday on the way to Friday and the weekend which is suppose to be fairly warm and sunny. At least there is no precipitation on the horizon for a couple of days. Just enough to get rid of the rest of the snow. Thanks to everyone for behaving themselves on Rte. 93 this morning. We came down in 30 minutes. Can't beat that. Have a great day everyone.

Rain Today -- Gone Tomorrow

Good morning commuters, even though the rain slows down the commute, I really can't be mad it's raining this morning because that means it's not snowing. There's no black ice on the roads (temperature is 43 degrees) which makes it a great day in the neighborhood. The commute was slow this morning, but that's okay. I didn't see anyone shaving, putting on their mascara, or generally being a screw-up. Thanks everyone.

Three Words -- Remote Car Starter

Good morning Commuters, it's always a little intimidating when I look out at my car and it looks totally encased in ice. Everyday I say a silent blessing on the persons who gave me my remote car starter. God Bless you. I started my car early today. Usually I start it about 10-15 minutes before I'm going to leave, but this morning I started it 25 minutes before I was leaving hoping it would defrost the ice. It worked. A couple of mornings I couldn't get it to start, and trying to even get a door open to start it was difficult. I now always have a can of de-icer in my trunk which doesn't seem to be as hard to open. Thanks to everyone who commuted safely this morning, and to the woman who, when she was on the bridge going into the tunnel and all the snow fell off the top of her vehicle on to her windshield, you are a stupid idiot and that's putting it kindly. You were in such a hurry this morning you couldn't take the snow off your roof. You put everyone on the road in jeopardy. Thanks very much for not caring about my safety.

It Came, and it went!!!

Good morning commuters, Spring was here, I know it was because I had my deck door open most of Saturday and yesterday. This morning my car was sliding all over the road. I lost control of my car 4 different times trying to make a turn, get up a hill, or just generally drive. Road conditions were terrible. I don't understand this because there wasn't any ice on the roads. Thankfully, Rte. 93 was in okay condition. When we went into the O'Neil Tunnel it was raining. When we came out on the other side, it was snowing. Go figure!!! Thanks to everyone for commuting safely this morning. I'm going to buy a lottery ticket today. It has to be my lucky day that I didn't hit anything this morning.

TGIF

Good morning commuters, thanks very much to everyone for behaving themselves this morning. Traffic was a breeze this morning. Alert!!! Alert!!! The good weather brings out the carpool lane police and an officer was in place this morning. Why are those guys always the biggest mother's you have ever seen in your life? He doesn't even have to do anything but look at you and it's all over. I'm all for catching those scofflaws that don't belong. I think I only went in there once or twice when I didn't belong and one of those times it was because I'm so used to being there that it was a reflex action. I'm not lying, honest. The other time I was just flaunting the law. Don't tell anyone. It's going to be a Spring weekend so enjoy it commuters. We'll see each other again on Rte. 93 on Monday.

Tunnel Accident

Good morning folks, at least for some of us it was a good morning and for others not so good. My heart goes out to those commuters who were involved in this morning's accident inside the O'Neill Tunnel. There were somewhere in the vicinity of 8-10 vehicles involved. I don't know if there were injuries, but I hope not. Traffic seems to bring out the worst in people. I will reflect today on how lucky I was not to be in that place at that time. Think I'll try to do a random act of kindness today. Try it, you'll like it.

Random Act of Kindness

Good morning fellow commuters, I really would like to seriously diss the woman in the car this morning who would not (with blinker on) allow us to move over in front of her so we could make our exit. I understand how some people can really be SOB's because people who make the effort to commute with others get to travel in the Carpool Lane and get to work faster (and we do), but there are trade offs to commuting with others. You can't leave when you want to unless you drive yourself. You have to be careful when scheduling appointments during the week, but the trade off is on the carpoolers side. After she had to get in front us, she then proceeded to move over to the lane we were in. SENSELESS!!!! Come on people, let's try a random act of kindness on Rte. 93 every morning. It's not hard, I do it all the time. You'll feel better for it and you won't have people in other vehicles shouting obscenities at you. Try it, you'll like it. You'll get to work in a better mood.

Snowmen

Good morning commuters, everyone was very well behaved on the roads this morning after being inundated with snow yesterday. I elected to take a pass on the day and stayed warm and snuggie yesterday. I'm not big on trudging through snow just so I can say, I made it. Thanks to everyone for an easy commute this morning. Think Spring!!!