Hell's Roundabout

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Benjamin Vance. Hell's Roundabout

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Have you ever pulled up to a stop light or stop sign, looked both ways to make sure no cars were coming, then cautiously pulled out, only to be on the receiving end of horn blaring road rage from another swerving, cursing driver? How does that ever happen?

In a more benign vein, have you ever been in a similar situation and looked back to your right or left and been unable to see a car that you’re absolutely, 100% positive was there just a second before? It happens to us all, but have you ever really … really considered why?

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Army called, but had to leave a message on Gilbertson’s machine. He cleaned up, ate breakfast and headed to a food store to buy a broom. He decided on a polymer broom with a soft bristle and stopped to purchase some beer on the way to the register. The store wasn’t exactly busy so he breezed through the checkout and into his four-wheel drive SUV in record time. As he pulled out, he noticed it was snowing even harder. He decided to sweep the tracks before he did anything else, since a wait may have meant no tire tracks until spring.

He took the same route and found the tracks were still discernable. He parked and started sweeping, but found it almost impossible to tell if the car that made the tracks had just backed perfectly over the ones it made going in. The more he swept, it seemed the more snow obliterated his sweeping. He finally gave up and decided to visit a Toyota dealership to check on tire makes for a Prius.

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